YouTuber [RimstarOrg], AKA Hackaday’s own [Steven Dufresne], shows how to make a DIY inductor for a specific inductance. This is obviously a great skill to learn as sometimes your design may call for ...
Obvious warning: Don’t let yoru kid play with this. Hell, you probably shouldn’t play with it. But this DIY project could make a great, and deadly, weekend project. Basically, it is comprised of a ...
If you have a newer-model smartphone it probably comes with built-in wireless charging. There's even talk of wireless charging coming to electric vehicles in the future. Image someday having a home ...
The folks who successfully crowdfunded a DIY singing Tesla coil kit last year have taken to Kickstarter again to bring a smaller version into production. Like its older and bigger brother, the ...
Tesla coils are totally insane, yet undeniably captivating. And they can be used for many things, from electric painting to dueling musical battles. But one trigger happy fellow has a different use ...
If an atomic zombie is molesting you, get this coil gun, aim with its built-in laser gun sight and pew-pew a metal projectile at 110km/h into his rotting cranium, with a total energy of 18 joules. Don ...
A common complaint in the comments of many a Hackaday project is: Why did they use a microcontroller? It’s easy to Monday morning quarterback someone else’s design, but it’s rare to see the OP come ...
You're a kid, and therefore you like to shoot things. But what if the catapult and the air-rifle just aren't cutting it anymore? Then you, like Jason (aka Larsplatoon) make your own coil-gun. The ...
My fondest Tesla coil memories began as wee tod playing Command & Conquer: Red Alert. I would build chains of these things to fry every oncoming Russian infantry unit. Here’s a handy step-by-step ...