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Incident Creator ❎<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hackaday</span></a> "Jolly Wrencher" on the <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RepRapMicron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepRapMicron</span></a> V0.05 from a 50x50 PNG at 10μm/pixel. So 0.5mm across, 1/3 the size of a pinhead. Why such a little deal? Because 10μm is the resolution at which the Intel 4004 CPU was first fabricated. And I just got there with 3D printed parts. I'll have to get the good microscope out. Took about an hour to print.</p>
James Akers<p>wowza! My pony necklace made hackaday!</p><p><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/10/05/wearable-neon-necklaces-run-on-battery-power/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/10/05/wearab</span><span class="invisible">le-neon-necklaces-run-on-battery-power/</span></a></p><p>I actually didn't even realize it until someone emailed me about it. Its neat to be featured and read their little write up about the post.</p><p>Here is a little GIF I sent to my two virtual neon mentees of the bending sequence. You can see where I mark the glass and with the bending, things aren't always linear and in order- certain bends are skipped.</p><p>teeny tiny</p><p>I did end up turning the midget transformers down a bunch to make them way less bright. Even at full brightness, the little talentcell batteries I had them on lasted about all evening. </p><p>All the event people at Forest Hills were excited about em. Some even took photos of Ali an I wearing them with their personal phones saying that they weren't even supposed to photograph the patrons.<br>I guess real neon really IS a nice light</p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/neon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neon</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/pony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pony</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/tiny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiny</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/wearable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wearable</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackaday</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/published" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>published</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/brooklyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brooklyn</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/concert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>concert</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/glass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glass</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/necklace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>necklace</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handmade</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/nyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nyc</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sculpture</span></a></p>
stfn<p>Are there any fedicians here who have accounts on Hackaday.io?</p><p>I just created an account there and would love to follow you <a href="https://hackaday.io/thestfn" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://hackaday.io/thestfn</a></p><p><a href="https://fedi.stfn.pl/tags/hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackaday</span></a></p>
Pyrzout :vm:<p>Two Decades Of Hackaday In Words <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/09/29/two-decades-of-hackaday-in-words/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/09/29/two-de</span><span class="invisible">cades-of-hackaday-in-words/</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/computationallinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computationallinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/SoftwareHacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareHacks</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Featured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Featured</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Interest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Interest</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackaday</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/trends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trends</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Two Decades Of Hackaday In Words - I think most of us who make or build things have a thing we are known for making. ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/09/29/two-decades-of-hackaday-in-words/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/09/29/two-de</span><span class="invisible">cades-of-hackaday-in-words/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/computationallinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computationallinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/softwarehacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>softwarehacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/featured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>featured</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/interest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interest</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackaday</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/trends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trends</span></a></p>
Dave<p>Hackaday's SuperCon is coming up, the season of new simple add-ons has begone. Time for a refresher on the pinout then :)</p><p>I took my lightning talk from last supercon and put it on my channel. </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_YbHZDzzh0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Q_YbHZDzzh0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SimpleAddon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SimpleAddon</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hackaday</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Supercon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Supercon</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/badgelife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>badgelife</span></a></p>
gnd<p>Hackaday featured my recent article on making music with radio signals! Yay! :)</p><p><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/09/18/give-your-band-the-music-of-the-bands/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/09/18/give-y</span><span class="invisible">our-band-the-music-of-the-bands/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/websdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>websdr</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/sdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sdr</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/amateurradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amateurradio</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackaday</span></a></p>
SWLing Post<p>Noise-Reduction Ideas via Hackaday &amp; Electronics Unmessed</p><p><a href="https://swling.com/blog/2025/09/noise-reduction-ideas-via-hackaday-electronics-unmessed/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">swling.com/blog/2025/09/noise-</span><span class="invisible">reduction-ideas-via-hackaday-electronics-unmessed/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/ElectronicsUnmessed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectronicsUnmessed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hackaday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/QRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QRM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/RFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFI</span></a></p>
Chris Smart<p>Read Breakout Boards For The <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blind</span></a> | <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hackaday</span></a>:</p><p>Breadboards rely almost completely on the visual cues of rows, columns, and if the part is even in the hole correctly. [Tara] fixed these issues while<br>attempting to keep the usefulness of a breadboard. Using tactile cues rather than the traditional visual, a visually impaired individual can figure out<br>what is positive or negative.<br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/08/29/breakout-boards-for-the-blind/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/08/29/breako</span><span class="invisible">ut-boards-for-the-blind/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/stem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/k12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>k12</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/TVI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TVI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/AmateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a></p>
Francesco Marinucci<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sociale.network/@pierostrada" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pierostrada</span></a></span> <br>"By using our website and services, you expressly agree to the placement of our performance, functionality and advertising cookies."</p><p>Qualcuno dovrebbe far sapere a <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hackaday</span></a> che questo non conta come consenso per il <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a>.</p>
SpaceMacSpiff<p>Worth a read: an article exploring the impact of industrial/product design on user center things we use. </p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/industrialdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industrialdesign</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Design</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>article</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackaday</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/07/23/the-death-of-industrial-design-and-the-era-of-dull-electronics/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/07/23/the-de</span><span class="invisible">ath-of-industrial-design-and-the-era-of-dull-electronics/</span></a></p>
GeeWhiz<p><a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/this-incredibly-frustrating-metronome-will-never-ever-tick-exactly-once-per-second-in-order-to-thwart-the-goals-of-hackadays-one-hertz-challenge/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pcgamer.com/hardware/this-incr</span><span class="invisible">edibly-frustrating-metronome-will-never-ever-tick-exactly-once-per-second-in-order-to-thwart-the-goals-of-hackadays-one-hertz-challenge/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackaday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/onehertzchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onehertzchallenge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a></p>
Gary Parker :party_porg:<p>Analysing Thread data with a modded Flipper Zero <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackaday</span></a><br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/07/15/pulling-at-threads-with-the-flipper-zero/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/07/15/pullin</span><span class="invisible">g-at-threads-with-the-flipper-zero/</span></a></p>
Mike Coats 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌍♻️<p>My latest blog post: Metronalmost</p><p><a href="https://mikecoats.com/metronalmost/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mikecoats.com/metronalmost/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>This metronome, by design, will never, ever, tick exactly once per second. This infuriating object is designed to thwart the goals of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hackaday.social/@hackaday" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hackaday</span></a></span>'s One Hertz Challenge contest.</p><p><a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>code</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackaday</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/microPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microPython</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/openSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openSource</span></a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/openHardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openHardware</span></a></p>
Gary Parker :party_porg:<p>Subpixel Rendering For Impossibly Small Terminal Text <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/subpixel-rendering-for-impossibly-small-terminal-text/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/07/02/subpix</span><span class="invisible">el-rendering-for-impossibly-small-terminal-text/</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackaday</span></a></p>
SWLing Post<p>Meteor Burst Communications</p><p><a href="https://swling.com/blog/2025/05/meteor-burst-communications/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">swling.com/blog/2025/05/meteor</span><span class="invisible">-burst-communications/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hackaday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/MBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/MeteorBurstCommunications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MeteorBurstCommunications</span></a></p>
Pyrzout :vm:<p>Knowing What’s Possible <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/03/knowing-whats-possible/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/03/knowin</span><span class="invisible">g-whats-possible/</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/HackadayColumns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackadayColumns</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creativity</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/examples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>examples</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackaday</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/possible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>possible</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Rants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rants</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/ideas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ideas</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Knowing What’s Possible - Dan Maloney and I were talking on the podcast about his memories of the old electr... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/03/knowing-whats-possible/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/03/knowin</span><span class="invisible">g-whats-possible/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackadaycolumns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackadaycolumns</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creativity</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/examples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>examples</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackaday</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/possible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>possible</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/rants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rants</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ideas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ideas</span></a></p>
:awesome:🐦‍🔥nemo™🐦‍⬛ 🇺🇦<p>When the power goes out, this clever bike generator ⚡️🚲 can keep essentials running! Using a DC motor from a wheelchair &amp; a smart charge controller, it turns pedaling into emergency electricity 🔋🔌. Perfect for outages or prepping! Check it out: <a href="https://hackaday.com/2013/10/30/bicycle-generator-for-emergency-electricity/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2013/10/30/bicycl</span><span class="invisible">e-generator-for-emergency-electricity/</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/EmergencyPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmergencyPower</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hackaday</span></a></p>
tTh<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>davidrevoy</span></a></span> dans <a href="https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/tags/Hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hackaday</span></a>, well done bro ! <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/quick-and-easy-digital-stethoscope-keeps-tabs-on-cat/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/04/27/quick-</span><span class="invisible">and-easy-digital-stethoscope-keeps-tabs-on-cat/</span></a></p>