Solar Plane Might Be Able To Last Through The Night
https://hackaday.com/2022/08/06/solar-plane-might-be-able-to-last-through-the-night/

“Just add solar panels to the wings” is a popular suggestion for improving the flight times of fixed-wing drones. However, the reality is not so simple, and it’s easy to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/08/06/solar-plane-might-be-able-to-last-through-the-night/)

Learning By Playing
https://hackaday.com/2022/08/06/learning-by-playing/

Summer break has started over here, and my son went off to his first of a few day-camp-like activities last week. It was actually really cool – a workshop held …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/08/06/learning-by-playing/)

Hackaday Prize 2022: DIY Brushless Hand Cranked Generator
https://hackaday.com/2022/08/06/hackaday-prize-2022-diy-brushless-hand-cranked-generator/

A standard part of travel kit for the 2020s is now a battery pack — a hefty lithium-ion cell with onboard electronics for USB charging, that ensures all of our …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/08/06/hackaday-prize-2022-diy-brushless-hand-cranked-generator/)

PixMob Wristband Protocol Reverse-Engineering Groundwork
https://hackaday.com/2022/08/06/pixmob-wristband-protocol-reverse-engineering-groundwork/

The idea behind the PixMob wristband is simple — at a concert, organizers hand these out to the concertgoers, and during the show, infrared projectors are used to transmit commands …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/08/06/pixmob-wristband-protocol-reverse-engineering-groundwork/)

This Stainless Steel Knife Build Starts with Raw Iron Ore
https://hackaday.com/2022/08/06/this-stainless-steel-knife-build-starts-with-raw-iron-ore/

Making knives at home has become a popular hobby, thanks partly to reality TV and the free time and idle hands afforded by lockdowns. Depending on how far you get …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/08/06/this-stainless-steel-knife-build-starts-with-raw-iron-ore/)

Compare PDFs Visually
https://hackaday.com/2022/08/06/compare-pdfs-visually/

Sometimes a problem seems hard, but the right insight can make it easy. If you were asked to write a program to compare two PDF files and show the differences, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/08/06/compare-pdfs-visually/)

Laptoppin’ Like 1975
https://hackaday.com/2022/08/06/laptoppin-like-1975/

When we first saw the PZ1 laptop — a 6502 laptop-style computer with a small display and 512K of RAM — we couldn’t help but think of the old AIM …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/08/06/laptoppin-like-1975/)