With the world opening up again, [Niklas Roy] and [Kati Hyyppä] have been busy making a public and collaborative project. Meet the Vektor Kollektor, a portable drawing machine experience, complete …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/13/vektor-kollektor-inspector/)

Ray Casting 101 Makes Things Simple
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/13/ray-casting-101-makes-things-simple/

[SSZCZEP] had a tough time understanding ray tracing to create 3d-like objects on a 2d map. So once he figured it out, he wrote a tutorial he hopes will be …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/13/ray-casting-101-makes-things-simple/)

The Labor of Love That Is Recovering Lost Software
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/13/the-labor-of-love-that-is-recovering-lost-software/

At the beginning of the home computer revolution, the humble compact cassette was far and away the most popular choice for microcomputer data storage, especially on the European continent. As …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/13/the-labor-of-love-that-is-recovering-lost-software/)

Salvaging Working LEDs from “Dead” Light Bulbs
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/14/salvaging-working-leds-from-dead-light-bulbs/

Sure the box said they would last for years or even decades, but anyone who’s picked up some bargain LED bulbs knows the reality is a bit more complicated. Sometimes a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/14/salvaging-working-leds-from-dead-light-bulbs/)

What’s Cooler Than A 7-Segment Display? A 7200-Segment Display!
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/14/whats-cooler-than-a-7-segment-display-a-7200-segment-display/

If you look around your desk right now, odds are you’ll see a 7-segment display or two showing you some vital information like the time or today’s weather. But think …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/14/whats-cooler-than-a-7-segment-display-a-7200-segment-display/)

A Rant on Personal Software Projects
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/14/a-rant-on-personal-software-projects/

Looking across your hard drive and GitHub, you might find hundreds of notes and skeletons of Git repositories. A veritable graveyard of software side projects. The typical flow for many …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/14/a-rant-on-personal-software-projects/)

3D Objects without Scanning
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/14/3d-objects-without-scanning/

There are many scanners — both commercial and homemade — that can take a variety of scans or images of a 3D object and convert it into something like a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/14/3d-objects-without-scanning/)