Hackaday Newsletter 0xBC

Fifteen years of hacks! Can you believe it? [Hackaday] Hackaday Celebrates 15 Years and Oh How the Hardware Has Changed [Read article now »]( Hackaday is 15! By [Elliot Williams]( Can you even remember 2004? In February, college kid Mark Zuckerberg created an alternative to Friendster. The European Union doubled in size by bringing in Poland and the Czech Republic among others. Lance Armstrong won his 6th Tour de France. [Mydoom]( was the baddest computer worm ever, and Google had its IPO. It was the first leap year of the new century, and Hackaday posted its first article on September 5th. And while it did start out with literally a hack a day, we've ramped up a bit over the last decade. Pedants might insist on the site should be called "6.2181851 Hacks a Day", but we'll stick with what we've got. We're traditionalists, of a very non-traditional sort. [Pumpkins from 2006]( fact, while Mike wrote up an [article]( about everything that's changed in technology over the last 15 years, it's surprising how much the core of Hackaday is still the same. OK, we'll change a font here or reformat our images there. But hackers are still running Doom on implausible processors, and as soon as there's a new gadget that has an interesting feature, our folks tearing it apart and figuring out how to make it their own. As a whole, the projects we're undertaking are more sophisticated, more accessible, and even more open than before, but a lot of that is just technological progress. The hacker spirit remains the same, and Hackaday remains the must-read chronicle of our tribe. I do fully agree with Mike that we're living in the best of all times to be a hacker. Complete Linux computers are small enough to throw in any project, WiFi is not only within reach, but cheaper than a latte, and previously professional PCBs and precision mechanical parts are a few clicks away. Don't get me started on 3D printers, laser cutters, or the state of the open ecosystem that makes DIY robotics so easy. If you dream it, you can do it, and a lot easier than fifteen years ago. But what hasn't changed is the dreaming. So keep at it, Hackaday! Keep hacking, documenting, sharing, and learning. Keep doing what you love to do, and showing us all. And [help]( keep Hackaday the nexus of nerdery, the place you go for inspiration, and the hacker must-read for the next fifteen years. Happy birthday, Jolly Wrencher! From The Blog [Are Hydrogen Cars Still Happening?]( By [Lewin Day]( Batteries vs Hydrogen: Fight! Fuel-cell vehicles could be lighter, have longer range, and fit into our existing infrastructure better than batteries. [Read more »]( [3D Printering: The Search for Better Search]( By [Tom Nardi]( Thingiverse has the world's biggest 3D model collection, but one of the worst search engines ever. Is there a better way for us to share our designs? [Read more »]( [CCCamp: 5,000 Hackers Out Standing in Their Field]( By [Elliot Williams]( What do hackers do on vacation? What do hackers do whenever they have free time? What do you love to do? That’s right. Hack. We went to camp. [Read more »]( [Hackaday Podcast EP034]( By [Hackaday Editors]( Hackaday Editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams talk hacks, news, art, science, and much more. Come join us! [Read more »]( If You Missed It [ESP8266 and ESP32 WiFi Hacked!]( [Your Arduino SAMD21 ADC is Lying to You]( [Ham Radio Gets Embedded RTL-SDR]( [(Mis)use This Part to Attach 3D Printed Stuff to a Shaft]( [An Arduino Pro Micro With USB-C]( [Open Source Smart Smoker Brings The Heat (Slowly)]( [Hackaday]( NEVER MISS A HACK [Share]( [Share]( [Share]( [Share]( [Terms of Use]( [Privacy Policy]( [Hackaday.io]( [Hackaday.com]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( SupplyFrame, Inc · 61 South Fair Oaks Avenue · Suite 200 · Pasadena, CA 91105 · USA