http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2ME842x3Cg Enjoy a fun episode of "Fact or Fiction" with [Veronica Belmont], with guest [me] from Hackaday. The show "Fact or Fiction" generally takes some popular topic and talks to experts who can shed some light on the topic. They've had all kinds of intelligent people on, and also me. If you watch a few episodes you'll see that she tends to let people … [Read more...]
An interview with Laen (the force behind Dorkbot PDX)
June 28, 2012 By 20 Comments
[PT] recently interviewed [Laen], the man who makes it cheap and easy for hobbiests to have small PCBs manufactured. He created Dorkbot PDX's PCB group order, a rapid turn PCB service which we see used in projects all the time (pretty much any purple PCB has gone through [Laen]). Turns out his real name is [James Neal]. He's a sysadmin by trade but deals in recreational circuitry at night. We … [Read more...]
Interview: [Vladimir Demin] the creator of the player guitar
May 25, 2012 By 22 Comments
We have been amazed by [Vladimir Demin]'s work twice now. Originally, with his automatic Bayan, and more recently with his amazing automatic guitar. What you didn't get to see was how pleasant ant fun [Valdimir] was in his email correspondence with us. You will get a chance though, because [Vladimir] agreed to answer some questions for us in an impromptu email interview. Join us after the break to … [Read more...]
ENIAC was first, right?
February 3, 2011 By 39 Comments
Well, no. Many of us who went to school and have degrees in various computer related fields instantly think of ENIAC as the first "computer", but we're all wrong. We know some of you are already familiar with the Atanasoff-Berry computer, and we are too... now. However, when we learned about it, it was long after our school lessons were over, and it felt like learning Santa wasn't real, or the … [Read more...]
Phillip Torrone answers your questions
November 29, 2010 By 71 Comments
September 5th, 2004, [Phillip Torrone] posts the very first article on a new site called Hackaday.com. He designed our logo, forged our identity, and then moved on to help shape many other hacker friendly groups including Make magazine, and Adafruit technologies. We're going to be interviewing him once we've compiled a decent list of questions. We've got a few of our own, but we really want to … [Read more...]
Ask a winner updates day 5: Answers
February 5, 2010 By 2 Comments
Not too long ago we asked our readers what they would like to hear about from the PUSH N900 winners and their hacks. We got some silly questions, and some serious, we asked both and now the PUSH teams have answered. The day has passed, the party is gone, and all that's left is the final interview. The Light Hack Crew gave us a somewhat shorter response then what we were used to, but it turned … [Read more...]
Ask a winner updates day 4: Answers
February 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Not too long ago we asked our readers what they would like to hear about from the PUSH N900 winners and their hacks. We got some silly questions, and some serious, we asked both and now the PUSH teams have answered. Solderin Skaters are really making progress. They've gotten their printed circuit boards and mounting equipment all set to go, and the code and algorithms are really shaping up. All … [Read more...]
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