Building a Color Teaching Toy For Tots - Last year, [Deep Tronix] wished to teach colors to his nephew. Thus, he built a to... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/25/building-a-color-teaching-toy-for-tots/ #colorsensor #toyhacks #esp32
PVCSub: A Submarine from the Plumbing Aisle - Today in the submersibles department our hacker [Rupin Chheda] wrote in to tell us... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/pvcsub-a-submarine-from-the-plumbing-aisle/ #mischacks #submarine #hardware #toyhacks #pvc-pipe
2025 One Hertz Challenge: Building a Better Jumping Bean - Do you feel nostalgia for a childhood novelty toy that had potential but ultimatel... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/17/2025-one-hertz-challenge-building-a-better-jumping-bean/ #2025hackadayonehertzchallenge #microcontrollers #vibrationmotor #toyhacks #jumping
Adding Automatic Emergency Braking To An RC Car - Modern RC cars can be pretty darn fast. That’s fun and all, but it also makes it e... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/adding-automatic-emergency-braking-to-an-rc-car/ #transportationhacks #radiocontrol #arduinonano #toyhacks #r/ccar
Robot Dinosaur YOLOs Colors and Shapes for Kids - YOLO can mean many things, but in the context of [be_riddickulous]’s AI Talking Ro... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/robot-dinosaur-yolos-colors-and-shapes-for-kids/ #artificialintelligence #objectdetection #educationaltoy #toyhacks #yolo
Electromechanical Atari is a Steampunk Meccano Masterpiece - If William Gibson and Bruce Sterling had written an arcade scene into “The Differe... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/15/electromechanical-atari-is-a-steampunk-meccano-masterpiece/ #electromechanical #lunarlander #toyhacks #erector #meccano
Build a 400 MHz Logic Analyzer for $35 - What do you do when you’re a starving student and you need a 400 MHz logic analyze... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/12/build-a-400-mhz-logic-analyzer-for-35/ #raspberrypipico2 #logicanalyzer #raspberrypi #toyhacks #txu0104
Making a LEGO Vehicle Which Can Cross Large Gaps - Here is a hacker showing off their engineering chops. This video shows successive ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/03/making-a-lego-vehicle-which-can-cross-large-gaps/ #legoengineering #robotshacks #gapcrosser #hardware #toyhacks #lego
3D Printed Tank Has a Cannon to Boot - Few of us will ever find ourselves piloting a full-sized military tank. Instead, y... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/03/3d-printed-tank-has-a-cannon-to-boot/ #3dprintedparts #radiocontrol #toyhacks #esp32 #tank #rc
Planetary Poetry with a Tiny Digital Core - Some hacks just tickle the brain in a very particular way. They’re, for a change, ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/02/planetary-poetry-with-a-tiny-digital-core/ #multitouchhacks #classichacks #planetarium #reedswitch #mischacks #clockwork #toyhacks #3dprint #orrery #esp32 #moon
This BB Shooter Has a Spring, But Not For What You Think - [It’s on my MIND] designed a clever BB blaster featuring a four-bar linkage that p... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/02/this-bb-shooter-has-a-spring-but-not-for-what-you-think/ #fourbarlinkage #printinplace #3dprinted #toyhacks #detente #shooter #bb
Nerf Blaster Becomes Remote Control Turret - For most of us, turrets that aim and shoot at things are the sole domain of video ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/24/nerf-blaster-becomes-remote-control-turret/ #weaponshacks #foamblaster #toyhacks #blaster #turret #nerf
Honey, I Blew Up The Line Follower Robot - Some readers may recall building a line-following robot during their school days. ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/21/honey-i-blew-up-the-line-follower-robot/ #microcontrollers #linefollowing #robotshacks #megapromini #crazycart #toyhacks #irsensor #robot #servo #news #cart #ride #ir
MiSTer For Mortals: Meet the Multisystem 2 - If you’ve ever squinted at a DE10-Nano wondering where the fun part begins, you’re... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/19/mister-for-mortals-meet-the-multisystem-2/ #retrocomputing #multisystem #de10-nano #pcbhacks #toyhacks #console #terasic #mister #games #fpga #de10
Work, Eat, Sleep, Repeat: Become a Human Tamagotchi - When [Terence Grover] set out to build a Tamagotchi-inspired simulator, he didn’t ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/12/work-eat-sleep-repeat-become-a-human-tamagotchi/ #raspberrypi #tamagotchi #ledmatrix #toyhacks #dystopia #maslow #python #games #pixel #news #led
Vintage Game Rides Again Thanks to Modern Tech - You have to admire the lengths designers went to back in the day to create engagin... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/18/vintage-game-rides-again-thanks-to-modern-tech/ #reproduction #toyhacks #vintage #steel #race #tin
A Modern Take on the Etch A Sketch - The Etch A Sketch is a classic children’s toy resembling a picture frame where art... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/20/a-modern-take-on-the-etch-a-sketch/ #intertialmeasurement #microcontroller #tilt-a-sketch #etchasketch #toyhacks #matrix #imu #led
Building a Nerf-like Rocket Launcher With Airburst Capability - Nerf blasters typically fire small foam darts or little foam balls. [Michael Pick]... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/01/building-a-nerf-like-rocket-launcher-with-airburst-capability/ #rocketlauncher #nerfblaster #toyhacks #blaster #foam #nerf
Push Your Toy Train No More, With This Locomotive! - One of the most popular evergreen toys is also one of the simplest, wooden track w... - https://hackaday.com/2025/02/11/push-your-toy-train-no-more-with-this-locomotive/ #locomotive #toyhacks #esp32 #train
The Jell-O Glow Tensegrity Toy You Didn’t Know You Needed - If you’re looking to add a pop of glowing whimsy to your workspace, check out this... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/30/the-jell-o-glow-tensegrity-toy-you-didnt-know-you-needed/ #levitation #tensegrity #ledstrand #ledhacks #toyhacks #adafruit #gravity #jell-o #noods #art #led
