Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys look back on a great week of hardware hacking. What a time to be alive when you can use open source tools to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/17/hackaday-podcast-136-smacking-asteroids-decoding-voyager-milling-cheap-and-ps5-triggered/)

Retrotechtacular: The Dangers of Confined Spaces
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/17/retrotechtacular-the-dangers-of-confined-spaces/

Many people find themselves working in confined spaces every day, whether it be in sewer systems, drains, or other tight spots. These areas come with their own unique risks to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/17/retrotechtacular-the-dangers-of-confined-spaces/)

DIY Laser Speckle Imaging Uncovers Hidden Details
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/17/diy-laser-speckle-imaging-uncovers-hidden-details/

It sure sounds like “laser speckle imaging” is the sort of thing you’d need grant money to experiment with, but as [anfractuosity] recently demonstrated, you can get some very impressive …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/17/diy-laser-speckle-imaging-uncovers-hidden-details/)

Putting an Afterburner on an Electric Ducted Fan
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/17/putting-an-afterburner-on-an-electric-ducted-fan/

Afterburners are commonly agreed to be the coolest feature of military fighter aircraft. Injecting raw fuel into the exhaust stream of a jet engine, afterburners are responsible for that red-hot …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/17/putting-an-afterburner-on-an-electric-ducted-fan/)

Banish Early Morning Zombification With The zom-b-gone!
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/17/banish-early-morning-zombification-with-the-zom-b-gone/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YvWAb6U9Zk
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Snap-2021-09-14-at-13.55.14.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Snap-2021-09-14-at-13.55.14.png?w=800">[Applied Procrastination] aka [Simen E. Sørensen] has a simple project to help those of us that struggle with early-morning zombification. By leveraging the backlight optics from a broken LCD monitor, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/17/banish-early-morning-zombification-with-the-zom-b-gone/)

3D-Printing Complex Sensors and Controls with Metamaterials
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/17/3d-printing-complex-sensors-and-controls-with-metamaterials/

If you’ve got a mechatronic project in mind, a 3D printer can be a big help. Gears, levers, adapters, enclosures — if you can dream it up, a 3D printer …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/17/3d-printing-complex-sensors-and-controls-with-metamaterials/)

Automatic Microfiche Scanner Digitizes Docs
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/17/automatic-microfiche-scanner-digitizes-docs/

While the concept might seem quaint to us today, microfiche was once a very compelling way to store and distribute documents. By optically shrinking them down to just a few …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/17/automatic-microfiche-scanner-digitizes-docs/)