If you are a Star Trek fan, you’ll probably remember the phrase “You have to learn why things work on a starship.” The truth is, in most episodes, knowing how …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/21/linux-fu-an-odd-use-for-fork/)

Watch a Complete Reflector Telescope Machined from a Single Block of Glass
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/21/watch-a-complete-reflector-telescope-machined-from-a-single-block-of-glass/

If this is the easy part of making a complete reflector telescope from a single piece of glass, we can’t wait to get a load of the hard part! A …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/21/watch-a-complete-reflector-telescope-machined-from-a-single-block-of-glass/)

The Honda Takedown: How A Global Brand Failed To Read The Room
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/21/the-honda-takedown-how-a-global-brand-failed-to-read-the-room/

Perhaps the story of the moment in the world of 3D printing concerns a Japanese manufacturer of cars and motorcycles. Honda has sent a takedown notice requesting the removal of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/21/the-honda-takedown-how-a-global-brand-failed-to-read-the-room/)

2022 Sci-Fi Contest: A Star Wars Mouse Droid Of Your Very Own
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/21/2022-sci-fi-contest-a-star-wars-mouse-droid-of-your-very-own/

The show-stealing droids of Star Wars, R2-D2 and C-3PO, are quite challenging to replicate at home, due to their size and complexity. [curiousmarc] had built the former, with much work going …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/21/2022-sci-fi-contest-a-star-wars-mouse-droid-of-your-very-own/)

Scanning Receipts Proves Trickier Than Anticipated
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/21/scanning-receipts-proves-trickier-than-anticipated/

It’s one of those things that certainly sounds simple enough: take a picture of a receipt, run it through optical character recognition (OCR), and send the resulting information to whatever …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/21/scanning-receipts-proves-trickier-than-anticipated/)

Car Hacker Hacks Lawn Care Carb Into Hot Rod Car
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/21/car-hacker-hacks-lawn-care-carb-into-hot-rod-car/

Internal combustion engines have often been described (quite correctly) as air pumps, and because of this nature, they tend to respond very well to more air. Why? Because more air …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/21/car-hacker-hacks-lawn-care-carb-into-hot-rod-car/)

Electric Chopsticks Bring the Salt, Not the Pain
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/21/electric-chopsticks-bring-the-salt-not-the-pain/

The Japanese people love their salt, perhaps as much as Americans love their sugar high fructose corn syrup and caffeine. But none of these are particularly good for you. Although …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/21/electric-chopsticks-bring-the-salt-not-the-pain/)