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LED goggles make you trip out?
Who knows if this works and should you really want to try to induce hallucinations by flashing colors in front of your eyes? But we do love the zaniness of the project. [Everett's] homemade...
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Lucid dreaming mask marries economy with comfort
Here’s an effort to make a cheap lucid dreaming mask that is also comfortable. The idea is in response to the goggles we saw in April (which would not be too comfortable to sleep in) and the wildly...
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Augmented reality welding mask
There are so many good ideas crammed into this project its hard for us to believe this isn’t already widely used for critical welding applications. Traditional welding masks simply filter out light to...
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Chewbacca Mask Hack Cheers Up The Whining Wookie
Once tried, even grown-ups just can’t let go of that hilariously funny Chewbacca mask. Also, the speaking toy literally cries out to be hacked. Weary of the whining Wookie, [John Park] set out to bring...
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Keep the Peace in the Bedroom with a Snore Stopping Sleep Mask
Despite what my wife says, I have absolutely no evidence that I snore. After all, I’ve never actually heard me snoring. But I’ll take her word for it that I do, and that it bothers her, so perhaps I...
View ArticleThis Mask Will Make You A Psycho
Videos games are a cornucopia of project ideas well-suited to the talents of makers and hackers, and Halloween is as good a time as any to show them off! Reddit user [Tavarin], a huge fan of the...
View ArticleThree Ways to Etch Snazzy Brass Nameplates
It’s the little touches that make a project, and a nice nameplate can really tie a retro build together. Such badges are easy enough to make with a CNC machine, but if you don’t have access to machine...
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Get Your PCBs Made at the Mall
As we’ve seen with some recent posts on the subject here at Hackaday, there seems to be a growing schism within the community about the production of PCBs. Part of the community embraces (relatively)...
View ArticleCNC Machine Most Satisfyingly Mills Double-Sided PCBs
We know that by this point in the development of CNC technology, nothing should amaze us. We’ve seen CNC machines perform feats of precision that shouldn’t be possible, whether it be milling a complex...
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These Bit Twiddling Tricks Will Make Your Coworkers Hate You
In the embedded world, twiddling a few bits is expected behavior. Firmware is far enough down the stack that the author may care about the number of bits and bytes used, or needs to work with registers...
View ArticleHacked Protective Gear Keeps Doctor Safe in the Hot Zone
It’s rarely a wise idea to put a plastic bag over one’s head, but when the choice is between that and possibly being exposed to a dangerous virus, you do what you have to. So you might as well do it...
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Homemade Masks In A Time of Shortage
Due to the worldwide pandemic of COVID-19, there has been a huge shortage of N95 masks. [Paddy Robertson] from Smart Air has been working on designs for a DIY mask that may be able to protect those who...
View ArticleHackaday Links: March 22, 2020
Within the span of just two months, our world of unimaginable plenty and ready access to goods manufactured across the globe has been transformed into one where the bare essentials of life are hard to...
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3D-Printed COVID Stuff That’s Not Face Shields or Ventilators
The coolest stories from the hacker community this year are the rapid manufacturing efforts that have gone on in response to COVID-19. But [Mark Rehorst], frequently featured on these pages for his...
View ArticleHackaday Links: May 17, 2020
Consider it the “Scarlet Letter” of our time. An MIT lab is developing a face mask that lights up to alert others when the wearer has COVID-19. The detection technology is based on sensors that were...
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PPE Testing Hack Chat
Join us on Wednesday, June 17 at noon Pacific for the PPE Testing Hack Chat with Hiram Gay and Lex Kravitz! When the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded in early 2020, the hacker community responded in the most...
View ArticlePrinting, Plating, and Baking Makes DIY Microlattices Possible
To be honest, we originally considered throwing [Zachary Tong]’s experiments with ultralight metallic microlattices into the “Fail of the Week” bucket. But after watching the video below for a second...
View ArticleRead My Lips, Under this No-Sew Mask
Humans continuously communicate with our bodies, and face masks cover one of the most expressive parts. For some, this is a muffler on strangers, but devastating for people who rely on lip-reading....
View ArticleFog-Free Mask Hack Solves Mask Versus Glasses Conundrum with Superb Seal
If you have worn a mask and glasses together for more than a quarter of a second, you are probably annoyed that we don’t have a magical solution for foggy lenses. Moisture-laden air is also a good...
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Pocket-sized Device Sniffs Out Damp Masks
The realities of wearing a mask when you go out, from forgetting the thing in the car to dealing with fogged up glasses, have certainly taken some getting used to for most of us. But not every issue is...
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