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· 1mo ago

Tricking an Air Conditioner Into Cooling https://hackaday.com/2026/08/31/tricking-an-air-conditioner-into-cooling/ #DIY #Hacks #HVAC

Tricking An Air Conditioner Into Cooling

Modern heat pumps, of which air conditioners are a subset, seem like simple machines in theory. They just move heat from one place to another. But in order to operate efficiently, they need specifi…

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· 2mo ago

Continously Extruding 3D Printed Tubes with Compressed Air https://hackaday.com/2026/08/09/continously-extruding-3d-printed-tubes-with-compressed-air/ #3DPrinting #Maker #Hacks

Continously Extruding 3D Printed Tubes With Compressed Air

[Jan] of [Roetz 4.0] has a unique approach to multi-material 3D printing: he’s designed an extruder which takes two different materials and extrudes one as a shell around the other. This opens up s…

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· 2mo ago

Five Hacks Every Boox Palma User Should Know https://lifehacker.com/tech/hacks-every-boox-palma-user-should-know?utm_medium=RSS #Tech #Hacks #Productivity

Five Hacks Every Boox Palma User Should Know

The Boox Palma is a phone-shaped e-reader with a devoted following, and it's a great device out of the box—but you can use these tips and tricks to make it even better.

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· 2mo ago

Using Video Glasses As a Camera Viewfinder Is Harder Than It Looks https://hackaday.com/2026/07/29/using-video-glasses-as-a-camera-viewfinder-is-harder-than-it-looks/ #Maker #Hacks #DIY

Using Video Glasses As A Camera Viewfinder Is Harder Than It Looks

[John Dingley] has a Sony ZV-E10 camera that is excellent, but the design lacks a built-in electronic viewfinder. This means it relies entirely on its rear-mounted touchscreen for framing shots. Th…

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· 2mo ago

10 Hacks Every Even Realities G2 Smart Glasses User Should Know https://lifehacker.com/tech/10-hacks-for-even-realities-g2-glasses?utm_medium=RSS #Tech #Hacks #Gadgets

10 Hacks Every Even Realities G2 Smart Glasses User Should Know

Unlock the hidden potential of your Even Realities G2 smart glasses with these 10 developer hacks. Learn how to add a custom AI, receive 2FA codes to your eyes, and identify birds at any time.

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· 2mo ago

Thingino Teaches Cheap IP Cameras New Tricks https://hackaday.com/2026/07/29/thingino-teaches-cheap-ip-cameras-new-tricks/ #Hardware #Hacks #DIY

Thingino Teaches Cheap IP Cameras New Tricks

I recently found myself in the market for a few IP cameras to keep an eye on my Prusa 3D printers, and quickly found that the options on the market weren’t exactly ideal. Prusa does offer up …

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· 2mo ago

DOOM Using Regular Expressions https://hackaday.com/2026/07/28/doom-using-regular-expressions/ #Software #Hacks #Regex

DOOM Using Regular Expressions

Regular expressions (regexes) are an amazingly powerful way to perform operations on collections of e.g. text. Regexss can also be considered to be a programming language, even a Turing complete on…

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· 2mo ago

A Labour Of Love Brings A Kids Book To The Spectrum https://hackaday.com/2026/07/27/a-labour-of-love-brings-a-kids-book-to-the-spectrum/ #Retrocomputing #Spectrum #Hacks

A Labour Of Love Brings A Kids Book To The Spectrum

Back in the early 1980s when 8-bit home computers became affordable educational toys for children, the traditional paper publishing industry did its best to keep up. For a few brief years, there we…

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· 2mo ago

Hackaday Links: July 26, 2026 https://hackaday.com/2026/07/26/hackaday-links-july-26-2026/ #Maker #Hacks #TechNews

Hackaday Links: July 26, 2026

At a time when so-called “artificial intelligence” seems inescapable, we were encouraged to see news that Amazon will be cracking down on third-party sellers that use AI-generated image…

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· 2mo ago

Duplicating Parts Using Silicone Molds https://hackaday.com/2026/07/26/duplicating-parts-using-silicone-molds/ #Maker #DIY #Hacks

Duplicating Parts Using Silicone Molds

[Do As I Do] had a simple task to complete. A couple of small parts needed to be duplicated in some quantity, with good dimensional accuracy and surface finish. There are a number of ways you might…

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· 2mo ago

Taking Tri-Camera True-Color Infrared Videos https://hackaday.com/2026/07/25/taking-tri-camera-true-color-infrared-videos/ #Hacks #Infrared #DIY

Taking Tri-Camera True-Color Infrared Videos

Silicon-based CMOS camera sensors are cheap and plentiful, but they’re rarely used to their full potential: they can detect a greater range of wavelengths in the infrared spectrum than they can in …

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· 2mo ago

Hands-Free Mouse Uses Eyes And Muscles Instead https://hackaday.com/2026/07/24/hands-free-mouse-uses-eyes-and-muscles-instead/ #Hacks #Accessibility #Maker

Hands-Free Mouse Uses Eyes And Muscles Instead

The standard computer mouse is a perfectly useful peripheral if your hands work. If you’ve got some trouble in that area, you might appreciate an alternative input solution. To that end, [Var…

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· 2mo ago

Exploring Hidden JPEG Features https://hackaday.com/2026/07/24/exploring-hidden-jpeg-features/ #Hacks #Image #Software

Exploring Hidden JPEG Features

The lossy compression algorithm used by JPEG was useful for those on the early Internet not only because it enabled pictures to be shared easier, but because it allows a low-resolution version of t…

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· 2mo ago

Encryption in the 1790s https://hackaday.com/2026/07/23/encryption-in-the-1790s/ #History #Cryptography #Hacks

Encryption In The 1790s

For as long as humans have had writing, there’s been a need to send secret messages. It is easy to think that Enigma machines and their immediate predecessors are old tech, but they are much …

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· 2mo ago

Five Hacks Every Xteink User Should Know https://lifehacker.com/tech/best-xteink-device-hacks?utm_medium=RSS #Tech #Hacks #Productivity

Five Hacks Every Xteink User Should Know

Xteink makes pocket-sized e-readers that have gained a cult following, but to get the most out of the X3, X4, or X4 Pro, you'll need to use these five hacks and tips.

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· 2mo ago

10 Privacy Hacks for Managing Browser Cookies Everyone Should Know https://lifehacker.com/tech/best-privacy-hacks-browser-cookies?utm_medium=RSS #Privacy #Tech #Hacks

10 Privacy Hacks for Managing Browser Cookies Everyone Should Know

There's more to cookies than clicking accept or reject on a website. Here are ten advanced hacks for managing cookies and protecting your privacy.

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· 2mo ago

Hackaday Links: July 19, 2026 https://hackaday.com/2026/07/19/hackaday-links-july-19-2026/ #Maker #Hacks #Tech

Hackaday Links: July 19, 2026

We’ll start this week off by giving our congratulations to Skyroot Aerospace of India for successfully launching the country’s first privately developed orbital rocket yesterday. The co…

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· 2mo ago

Calculator UI Is More Complex Than You Might Think https://hackaday.com/2026/07/18/calculator-ui-is-more-complex-than-you-might-think/ #Hacks #Software #UI

Calculator UI Is More Complex Than You Might Think

Calculators are so ubiquitous and so familiar that they are easy to take for granted in many different ways. [lcamtuf] points out one that has probably never occurred to many of us: the user interf…

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· 2mo ago

Cross-Sectioning Crickets with a Femtosecond Laser https://hackaday.com/2026/07/18/cross-sectioning-crickets-with-a-femtosecond-laser/ #Science #Laser #Hacks