Lego Technic is a wonderful thing, making it easy to toy around with all manner of complicated mechanical assemblies without needing to do any difficult fabrication. [touthomme] recently posted one …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/11/a-most-unconventional-lego-walker/)

Hackaday Podcast 155: Dual Integrating Spheres, More Magnetic Switches, PlottyBot, Red Hair in Your Wafers
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/11/hackaday-podcast-155-dual-integrating-spheres-more-magnetic-switches-plottybot-red-hair-in-your-wafers/

This week Hackaday Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Managing Editor Tom Nardi take a close look at two pairs of projects that demonstrate the wildly different approaches that hackers can take …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/11/hackaday-podcast-155-dual-integrating-spheres-more-magnetic-switches-plottybot-red-hair-in-your-wafers/)

Pick and Place Hack Chat Reveals Assembly Secrets
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/11/pick-and-place-hack-chat-reveals-assembly-secrets/

The feeder of pick and place machine. Manufacture of electronic components.
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/pick-and-place.jpeg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/pick-and-place.jpeg?w=800">These days we’ve got powerful free tools to do CAD and circuit design, cheap desktop 3D printers that can knock out bespoke enclosures, and convenient services that will spin up …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/11/pick-and-place-hack-chat-reveals-assembly-secrets/)

Tiny TV Celebrates the Forgotten Tech of CRTs
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/11/tiny-tv-celebrates-the-forgotten-tech-of-crts/

For those of us who grew up before the Internet, the center of pretty much every house was the TV. It was the shrine before which we all worshipped, gathering …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/11/tiny-tv-celebrates-the-forgotten-tech-of-crts/)

One Tool Twists Wires, and Skewers Shish Kebabs
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/11/one-tool-twists-wires-and-skewers-shish-kebabs/

screen cap from YT video
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/twist-feature.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/twist-feature.png?w=800">Twisting stranded wire with your fingers in preparation for tinning and/or soldering is almost a reflex for folks making electronic assemblies. But what if the wires are too close to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/11/one-tool-twists-wires-and-skewers-shish-kebabs/)

Maybe the Simplest Cloud Chamber
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/11/maybe-the-simplest-cloud-chamber/

Have you ever seen a Wilson cloud chamber — a science experiment that lets you visualize ionizing radiation? How hard would it be to build one? If you follow [stoppi’s] …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/11/maybe-the-simplest-cloud-chamber/)

Pyrotechnic Posters Are Fireworks Drawn On Paper
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/11/pyrotechnic-posters-are-fireworks-drawn-on-paper/

There’s a deep love many humans feel for fire; it’s often cited as one of the most important discoveries that led to the founding of civilization. The work of French …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/11/pyrotechnic-posters-are-fireworks-drawn-on-paper/)

Homemade Probe for 3D Printer: $3
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/11/homemade-probe-for-3d-printer-3/