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Name that Ware
Guessing games are fun, especially when unnamed hardware and prizes are involved. [bunnie] holds a Name that Ware contest on his blog once a month; he posts an image of hardware components like the PCB...
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555 Timer circuit simulation software
[FightCube] wrote in recommending a very helpful piece of circuit simulation software for those of you still constructing entries for the 555 design contest. LTSpiceIV, available from Linear...
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DIY hot air hand dryer – an OCD sufferer’s best friend
[haqnmaq] admits that he suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and on occasion, can be found washing his hands up to 20 times an hour. Very distrustful of cloth towels, he exclusively uses paper...
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Hacking and Rolling at the Red Bull Creation Challenge
The crew over at the HarfordHackerspace used their wits and creativity to land a spot at the final round of Red Bull’s Creation challenge. The team arrived in Brooklyn just yesterday, ready to take on...
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Workshop 88 hosts a near space balloon contest
Launching high-altitude balloons to take pictures of the Earth from space is great fun. Heck, even credit card commercials are now suggesting you cash in your rewards points to organize a space...
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Hackerspace competition combines drinking and lock picking – need we say more?
The guys from Bloomington’s Fraternal Order of Lock Sport (FOOLS) sure know how to throw a party! At this year’s DerbyCon event down in Louisville, the group put on an awesome event that combined...
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Wireless Bullduino belt buckle sets the stage for romance, schtick
As the Red Bull Creation Contest gets underway, we’re seeing a ton of great entries, including this one put together by [Team Instructables]. While we are pretty partial to our own spectacular Red...
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Make Awesome, Win Smoothieboard
If you haven’t looked around the RepRap project in a while, you probably haven’t heard about the Smoothieboard. It’s an extremely unique electronics board for 3D printers, laser cutters, and CNC...
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Caption CERN Contest Week 12
Week 11 of the Caption CERN Contest has flown by faster than the mullet or hammer pants. Thank you for all the wonderful captions. Some of our astute readers noticed that this week’s photo actually...
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Caption CERN Contest Week 13
Week 12 of the Caption CERN Contest and the strange stringed scientific instrument it brought along are both history. As always, thank you for your captions! They provided quite a few chuckles in the...
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Caption CERN Contest — Prize Upgrade this Week
Week 13 of the Caption CERN Contest might be gone, but our intrepid scientist is still rocking his caffeine rush. Thanks for the captions! We’re still trying to figure out if the faces in on the wall...
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The Square Inch Project
For the last few years, Hackaday has been putting together some amazing contests. We gave away a trip to space, but the winner took the money instead. We gave away another trip to space, but those...
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Hackaday Links: December 25th, 2016
You should be watching the Doctor Who Christmas special right now. Does anyone know when the Resturant at the End of the Universe spinoff is airing? We have a contest going on right now. It’s the 1 kB...
View ArticleCoin Cell Challenge: Use Coin Cell, Win Prizes
Today, we’re calling all hackers to do the most with a single coin cell. It’s the Coin Cell Challenge, and we’re looking for everything from the most low-power electronics to a supernova in a button...
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Win Big Prizes With Repairs You Can Print
Another month, another contest, and this time we’re looking for the best 3D printed repairs you’ve built. The Repairs You Can Print Contest on Hackaday.io is a challenge to show off the real reason you...
View ArticleFlashing Light Prize 2018: This Time with Neon
The Flashing Light Prize is back this year with a noble twist. And judging from the small set of entries thus far, this is going to be an interesting challenge. Last year’s Flashing Light Prize was an...
View ArticleThinking Inside The (Cardboard) Box With Nintendo Labo Hacks
Cardboard is one of the easiest ways to build something physical, far easier than the 3D printing and laser cutting we usually write about here. So when Nintendo released their Labo line of cardboard...
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Blink A Pi, Win A Prize
You can plug in a Raspberry Pi, and you can blink a LED. You can visualize data, and now there’s a contest on Hackaday.io to show off your skills. Right now, we’re opening up the Visualize It With Pi...
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These Projects Bent Over Backward to Win the Flexible PCB Contest
Back in March, the call went out: take your wiggliest, floppiest, most dimensionally compliant idea, and show us how it would be better if only you could design it around a flexible PCB. We weren’t...
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A Twisted Tale of Woven Wires
A little over a year ago, we ran a contest that challenged readers to leave the comfort of their PCBs and breadboards. We wanted to see circuits built in three dimensions, with extra points awarded for...
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