#failoftheweek

8 months ago

Fail of the Week: Car Starter Motors Aren’t the Best Fit for eBikes - A lot of what real engineering is all about is designing to the limits of your mat... - https://hackaday.com/2023/04/14/fail-of-the-week-car-starter-motors-arent-the-best-fit-for-ebikes/ #transportationhacks #failoftheweek #startermotor #duty-cycle #ebike #fotw #lipo #bms #esc

▫️ 𝘀𝗡𝘆▫️🔸▫️ :verified_coffee:

9 months ago

Fail of The Week: Epic 312 Weeks Of Fixing A Broken Project - If a hacker guardian angel exists, then we’re sure he or she was definitely AWOL f... - https://hackaday.com/2023/02/17/fail-of-the-week-epic-312-weeks-of-fixing-a-broken-project/ #christmascalendar #christmasornament #binarycalendar #failoftheweek #binaryclock #christmas #calendar #esp8266 #atmega #binary #esp32

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9 months ago

Fail of The Week: Epic 312 Weeks Of Fixing A Broken Project

https://hackaday.com/2023/02/17/fail-of-the-week-epic-312-weeks-of-fixing-a-broken-project/

#christmascalendar #christmasornament #binarycalendar #FailoftheWeek #binaryclock #christmas #calendar #ESP8266 #atmega #binary #ESP32

1 year ago

Schlechte Nachricht für alle, die Mastodon bisher gut finden. Der Bayerische Rundfunk sagt, ihr liegt falsch! #failoftheweek

- Kommt besser zu "Truth Söder" ☝️😬

1 year ago

Fail of the Week: Bronze-Brazed Wrought Iron - [Will Stelter], a promising young blacksmith working out of Montana, had a terrifi... - https://hackaday.com/2022/09/04/fail-of-the-week-bronze-brazed-wrought-iron/ #failoftheweek #wroughtiron #bronze

Junk I Bought: My PSU Just Won’t Do - I have an Acer monitor that I’ve owned for around 15 years, and thanks to my havin... - https://hackaday.com/2022/05/31/junk-i-bought-my-psu-just-wont-do/ #hackadaycolumns #failoftheweek #powersupply #fake #psu

Fail of the Week: A Bigger Hacksaw Isn’t a Better Hacksaw - If we’re being honest, the main reason to buy a power tool is to avoid the pain of... - https://hackaday.com/2022/02/14/fail-of-the-week-a-bigger-hacksaw-isnt-a-better-hacksaw/ #failoftheweek #metalworking #handtools #bandsaw #cutting #hacksaw #fotw

Fail of the Week: Hackaday Writer Attempts XBox Repair - Like a lot of Hackaday readers, I pride myself on being “the fix-it guy” in my fam... - https://hackaday.com/2021/12/08/fail-of-the-week-hackaday-writer-attempts-xbox-repair/ #hackadaycolumns #failoftheweek #hotairstation #repair #rework #xbox #smd #smt

Fail of the Week: Flipped Cable Leads to Fried Radio - [Doug]’s newly-installed Yaesu FT-891 mobile transceiver failed to power up despit... - https://hackaday.com/2021/08/03/fail-of-the-week-flipped-cable-leads-to-fried-radio/ #reversepolarity #failoftheweek #radiohacks #mobile #yaesu

Fail of the Week: The Metal Hot End Upgrade - My son, Patrick, has observed on more than one occasion that I do not like 3D prin... - https://hackaday.com/2021/07/29/fail-of-the-week-the-metal-hot-end-upgrade/ #hackadaycolumns #3dprinterhacks #allmetalhotend #failoftheweek #3dprinting #hotend #e3d

Fail Of The Week: Mistaking Units for Values - Usually when we post a Fail Of The Week, it’s a heroic tale of a project made with... - https://hackaday.com/2021/04/24/fail-of-the-week-mistaking-units-for-values/ #failoftheweek #sn65220 #parts #units #fail

LED Brightness Adjustment Uses Itself as Sensor - This is a story about a successful system that nevertheless failed to make the cut... - https://hackaday.com/2021/04/11/led-brightness-adjustment-uses-itself-as-sensor/ #failoftheweek #lightsensor #ledsensor #ledhacks #parts #led

Fail Of The Week: Putting Guitar Strings On A Piano - The piano is a bit of an oddball within the string instrument family. Apart from rarely seeing peo... - https://hackaday.com/2020/10/12/fail-of-the-week-putting-guitar-strings-on-a-piano/ #musicalinstrument #failoftheweek #musicalhacks #guitarstring #piano #fail

Sophie

Der #FailOfTheWeek wird Ihnen präsentiert von: IPv4

#legacy

Fail Of The Week: This SD Card Won’t Slot - If you’ve got a few self-designed PCBs under your belt, you probably know the pain of missing some... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/06/29/fail-of-the-week-this-sd-card-wont-slot/ #failoftheweek #octavo #sdcard #fotw

Fail of the Week: How Not to Watercool a PC - To those who choose to overclock their PCs, it’s often a “no expense spared” deal. Fancy heat sink... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/06/17/fail-of-the-week-how-not-to-watercool-a-pc/ #computerhacks #failoftheweek #classichacks #watercolling #dielectric #corrosion #lubricant #pccooling #fuelpump #gasoline #bearing #brushes #coolant #fotw #fuel

Fail of the Week: Bright Idea for LED Signs Goes Bad - Typically when we select a project for “Fail to the Week” honors, it’s because something went wron... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/05/08/fail-of-the-week-bright-idea-for-led-signs-goes-bad/ #designformanufacture #failoftheweek #animation #invention #scaling #patent #asic #fotw #sign #led #rgb

Fail of the Week: How Not to Die of Boredom During Isolation - They say you can’t actually die from boredom, but put a billion or so people into self-isolation, ... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/04/01/fail-of-the-week-how-not-to-die-of-boredom-during-isolation/ #failoftheweek #neodymium #covid-19 #magnet #safety #fotw

Fail of the Week: In CAD, Remember to Model the Environment - What’s wrong with the above picture? Failure can be an excellent teacher, and [J. Peterson] remind... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/03/31/fail-of-the-week-in-cad-remember-to-model-the-environment/ #3dprinterhacks #failoftheweek #3dprinted #advice #design #cad

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Fail of the Week: Padlock Purports to Provide Protection, Proves Pathetic - Anyone in the know about IoT security is likely to steer clear of a physical security product that... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/01/21/fail-of-the-week-padlock-purports-to-provide-protection-proves-pathetic/ #lockpickinghacks #physicalsecurity #failoftheweek #vulnerability #exploit #pentest #fotw

Fail of the Week: Thermostat Almost Causes a House Fire - Fair warning: any homeowners who have thermostats similar to the one that nearly burned down [Kerr... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/01/08/fail-of-the-week-thermostat-almost-causes-a-house-fire/ #failureanalysis #electricheater #failoftheweek #thermostat #foresnsic #rootcause #teardown #safety #fire #fotw

Fail of the Week: Ambitious Vector Network Analyzer Fails To Deliver - If you’re going to fail, you might as well fail ambitiously. A complex project with a lot of subsy... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/12/31/fail-of-the-week-ambitious-vector-network-analyzer-fails-to-deliver/ #vectornetworkanalyzer #failoftheweek #harmonics #ad8302 #filter #thesis #fotw #vna #rf

Uli

Am Freitag, als ich der Praxis meines neuen Hausarztes gerade die neue #Datenschutzerklärung unterschrieb, las die Arzthelferin ihrer Kollegin meine Daten zur Eingabe in den PC so laut vor, dass das ganze Wartezimmer nun weiß wie ich heiße, wo ich wohne und wie alt ich bin.

Ich überlege wieder zu wechseln. #failoftheweek

Fail Of The Week: How Not To Light Pipe - You’d think that something made out of glass and epoxy would transmit a decent amount of light. Un... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/08/19/fail-of-the-week-how-not-to-light-pipe/ #oreoconstruction #failoftheweek #throughhole #non-plated #badgelife #lightpipe #fr4 #led #via

Fail of the Week: Supercapacitor Spot Welder - [Julian] needed to weld a bit of nickel to some steel and decided to use a spot welding technique.... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/08/15/fail-of-the-week-supercapacitor-spot-welder/ #supercapacitor #failoftheweek #spotwelder #toolhacks #supercap #welding #fail #weld

Fail Of The Week: Toilets And High Voltage Do Not Mix - Imagine if you will that you are enthroned upon the porcelain, minding your own business while doi... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/08/02/fail-of-the-week-toilets-and-high-voltage-do-not-mix/ #failoftheweek #sliprings #bathroom #flyback #gimbal #plasma #toilet #fire #ions #pain

Fail of the Week: The Arduino Walkie That Won’t Talkie - There’s something seriously wrong with the Arduino walkie-talkie that [GreatScott!] built.
The ide... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/07/28/fail-of-the-week-the-arduino-walkie-that-wont-talkie/ #failoftheweek #wirelesshacks #walkietalkie #distortion #wireless #arduino #lm358 #nrf24 #rf

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