If we’re being honest, the main reason to buy a power tool is to avoid the pain of using one’s muscles. Oh sure, we dress it up with claims that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/14/fail-of-the-week-a-bigger-hacksaw-isnt-a-better-hacksaw/)

NASA Taps Lockheed to Bring Back a Piece of Mars
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/14/nasa-taps-lockheed-to-bring-back-a-piece-of-mars/

Since NASA’s Mariner spacecraft made the first up-close observations of Mars in 1964, humanity has lobbed a long line of orbiters, landers, and rovers towards the Red Planet. Of course, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/14/nasa-taps-lockheed-to-bring-back-a-piece-of-mars/)

Retrotechtacular: Raw Video From Inside a 1980s Arcade
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/14/retrotechtacular-raw-video-from-inside-a-1980s-arcade/

Photo of Aladdin’s Castle arcade inside a Quincy, Illinois Mall.
" data-image-caption="Photo of Aladdin’s Castle arcade still operating in 2021.
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Aladdins-Castle-Arcade-in-Quincy-IL.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Aladdins-Castle-Arcade-in-Quincy-IL.jpg?w=800">It was just this year that Sega left the arcade business for good. A company synonymous with coin-op games for over a half century completely walked away from selling experiences …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/14/retrotechtacular-raw-video-from-inside-a-1980s-arcade/)

Predicting the Future: How’s That Working Out?
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/14/predicting-the-future-hows-that-working-out/

With 2022 off to a good start, it is about time to let go of all those New Year’s resolutions that didn’t quite work out. The scale’s needle didn’t reverse, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/14/predicting-the-future-hows-that-working-out/)

3D Printing Tiny Metal Parts
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/14/3d-printing-tiny-metal-parts/

It may sound like a pop band, but μ-WAAM is actually a 3D printing technique for making small metal parts from the NOVA University Lisbon. Of course, WAAM stands for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/14/3d-printing-tiny-metal-parts/)

A Solari Mechanical Digital Clock Hack With A Little Extra
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/14/a-solari-mechanical-digital-clock-hack-with-a-little-extra/

https://hackaday.io/project/183679-solari-cifra-5-hack
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/9671971643124717001.jpeg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/9671971643124717001.jpeg?w=800">[Alfredo Cortellini] was perusing an antique shop in Bologna, and came across a nice example of a late 1950s timepiece, in the shape of a Solari Cifra 5 slave clock, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/14/a-solari-mechanical-digital-clock-hack-with-a-little-extra/)

As Fast as a Speeding Bullet
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/14/as-fast-as-a-speeding-bullet/

[Electronoobs] built a coil gun and the obvious question is: how fast is the projectile? To answer it, he built a chronograph suitable for timing a bullet. The principle is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/14/as-fast-as-a-speeding-bullet/)

Printing Magnets
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/14/printing-magnets/