Hackaday Newsletter 0x6D

Fix Your World With A 3D Printer! [Hackaday] Mechanisms: Ode to the Zipper [Read article now »]( Fixing it with a 3D Printer By [Elliot Williams]( We're officially calling it: 3D printers have finally slipped down the other side of the hype curve and aren't a thing anymore as much as they are a tool used to make things. Just three years ago, every giant gathering of nerds was positively littered in people and companies showing off their 3D printers. Now people are showing off what they made with their printer. These are good times. celebration, Hackaday is running a [Repairs You Can Print]( contest, showcasing the best fixes, bodges, and hacks that keep your other gear working. The entries have been great! Just last week, we featured a new [remote-control housing]( to replace one that got mauled by Fido, a custom lever that [fixed a dishwasher]( a replacement for the [end of a zipper]( a new [glue-gun trigger]( a [fume extractor]( and a [battery pack replacement shell]( that keeps an old drill spinning. Pshwew! We have two extra-awesome prizes (a Prusa Mk3 Printer!) for the best repairs coming from an organization (think Hackerspaces) and from a student. For the rest of you, there are Tindie gift certificates and the admiration of your peers. Ever want to make the pages of Hackaday? Have you fixed something with a 3D printer? [Let the world know!]( Hack Chat Microcontrollers get ever more powerful, and with great power comes great advances in the ease of programming them. (Gotcha!) The MicroPython project ported a subset of everyone's favorite scripting language, Python, to the microcontroller world. Over the last two years, Adafruit has gone all-in on MicroPython, calling their version Circuit Python, and aiming to get it into the hands of microcontrolling beginners everywhere. [Come talk]( with Adafruit's [Scott Shawcroft] and [Dan Halbert] about where they're going to take the programming language. From The Blog [Inventing The Microprocessor: The Intel 4004]( By [Steven Dufresne]( The calculator was the IC’s first killer app, but designing an electronic brain for calculators lead to even greater things: the microprocessor. [Read more »]( [Smaller and Smarter: The Electron Rocket Takes Flight]( By [Tom Nardi]( Can an upstart rocket design, with fully 3D printed motors and pumps powered by electric motors (!) succeed? They're already in space. [Read more »]( [Global Resistor Shortage, Economics, and Consumer Behavior]( By [Brian Benchoff]( There are reports of an upcoming shortage in SMD resistors. Should you buy out the world's remaining stock, or just keep a cool head? [Read more »]( If You Missed It [Search for Military Satellite Finds One NASA Lost Instead]( [Opt-Out Fitness Data Sharing Leads to Massive Military Locations Leak]( [The Engineering Case for Fusing Your LED Strips]( [Play A Few Games of Smash Brothers On The Go With A Portable Wii]( [More Than Just An Atari Look-Alike]( [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