Triggering Lightning with a Rocket
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/triggering-lightning-with-a-rocket/

Lightning, despite being a common and readily-detected phenomenon, is nevertheless difficult to study. One reason is the difficulty of predicting when and where lightning will strike; tall structures do attract …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/triggering-lightning-with-a-rocket/)

The Physics of Keeping Thermal Power Stations Cool
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/the-physics-of-keeping-thermal-power-stations-cool/

Recently thermal power stations have been in the news quite a bit, mostly in the context of them being throttled back or shut down due to the river water used …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/the-physics-of-keeping-thermal-power-stations-cool/)

Functional Jumping Pokéball from an Ancient Pokémon World
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/functional-jumping-pokeball-from-an-ancient-pokemon-world/

When playing a game about Pocket Monsters, there’s one thing you can’t avoid using no matter what you do, and that’s a pokeball. Whether it’s a new or old game, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/functional-jumping-pokeball-from-an-ancient-pokemon-world/)

Linux Fu: Heads or Tails for VPN
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/linux-fu-heads-or-tails-for-vpn/

If you’ve done much networking, you surely know the frustration of trying to connect to something, say a Raspberry Pi, that lives behind your consumer router. There are a number …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/linux-fu-heads-or-tails-for-vpn/)

Teardown of an Oxford Nanopore MinION DNA Sequencer
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/teardown-of-an-oxford-nanopore-minion-dna-sequencer/

For most people the term ‘DNA sequencing’ probably brings to mind large, expensive laboratory equipment in sterile rooms, but over the past decades technological progress really has had its way …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/teardown-of-an-oxford-nanopore-minion-dna-sequencer/)

Building a bicycle dropper seat post
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/building-a-bicycle-dropper-seat-post/

A recent addition to mountain bikes is the dropper seat post. This invention is in the vein of office swivel chairs, allowing the seat height to be adjusted with a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/building-a-bicycle-dropper-seat-post/)

Cotton-Fiberglass Composite Makes Lightweight RV Countertops
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/cotton-fiberglass-composite-makes-lightweight-rv-countertops/