Over the years we’ve seen a variety of interesting pieces of hardware emerging from the folks at Pine64, so it’s always worth a second look when they announce a new …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/17/take-note-an-e-ink-tablet-from-pine64/)

WWII Hydrogen Peroxide Rocket 3D Print
https://hackaday.com/2021/08/17/wwii-hydrogen-peroxide-rocket-3d-print/

[Integza] was reading about a World War II-era rocket plane created near the end of the war by the Germans. The Heinkel He-176 wasn’t very practical, but he was intrigued …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/17/wwii-hydrogen-peroxide-rocket-3d-print/)

Of Lasers and Lightning: Thwarting Thor with Technology
https://hackaday.com/2021/08/17/of-lasers-and-lightning-thwarting-thor-with-technology/

Most of us don’t spend that much time thinking about lightning. Every now and then we hear some miraculous news story about the man who just survived his fourth lightning …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/17/of-lasers-and-lightning-thwarting-thor-with-technology/)

Packing Heat with a Homemade Portable Soldering Iron
https://hackaday.com/2021/08/17/packing-heat-with-a-homemade-portable-soldering-iron/

Small portable soldering irons are all the rage so [electronoobs] decided to build one on his own. While the design isn’t quite as sleek as a commercial unit, considering it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/17/packing-heat-with-a-homemade-portable-soldering-iron/)

Teardown: 3D Printed Space Shuttle Lamp
https://hackaday.com/2021/08/17/teardown-3d-printed-space-shuttle-lamp/

Since the very beginning, the prevailing wisdom regarding consumer desktop 3D printers was that they were excellent tools for producing prototypes or one-off creations, but anything more than that was …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/17/teardown-3d-printed-space-shuttle-lamp/)

Why Buy A New Scope When You Can ‘Just’ Build One?
https://hackaday.com/2021/08/17/why-buy-a-new-scope-when-you-can-just-build-one/

ThunderScope datapath
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/thunderscope_arch.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/thunderscope_arch.png?w=800">Hackaday Prize 2021 Finalist ThunderScope is doing exactly that. [Aleska] is building a modular open source PC-connected oscilloscope aiming at four channels and a cool 100 MHz bandwidth with a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/17/why-buy-a-new-scope-when-you-can-just-build-one/)

Custom Isolated Variac is Truly One of a Kind
https://hackaday.com/2021/08/17/custom-isolated-variac-is-truly-one-of-a-kind/

It’s no surprise that many hardware hackers avoid working with AC, and frankly, we can’t blame them. The potential consequences of making a mistake when working with mains voltages are …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/17/custom-isolated-variac-is-truly-one-of-a-kind/)