Can Hackers Bring Jooki Back to Life? - Another day, another Internet-connected gadget that gets abandoned by its creators... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/30/can-hackers-bring-jooki-back-to-life/ #digitalaudiohacks #obsolescence #smartspeaker #bankruptcy #rootaccess #toyhacks #jooki

Yaydio, a Music Player For Kids - Music consumption has followed a trend over the last decade or more of abandoning ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/29/yaydio-a-music-player-for-kids/ #digitalaudiohacks #musicplayer #toyhacks #mp3 #nfc

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

Modding a Toddler’s Ride-On For More Grunt - Kids love their Power Wheels and other ride-on electric cars. Indeed, [Ashwin]’s s... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/modding-a-toddlers-ride-on-for-more-grunt/ #powerwheels #softstart #toyhacks #rideon #pwm

Turning GLaDOS into Ted: A Tale of a Talking Toy - What if your old, neglected toys could come to life — with a bit of sass? That’s e... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/14/turning-glados-into-ted-a-tale-of-a-talking-toy/ #artificialintelligence #toyhacks #glados #speech #esp32 #robot #touch #bear #ai

Gaze Upon This Omni-directional Treadmill’s Clever LEGO Construction - Want to see some wildly skillful LEGO construction? Check out [Banana Gear Studios... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/07/gaze-upon-this-omni-directional-treadmills-clever-lego-construction/ #omnidirectional #treadmill #toyhacks #lego

The Helicone: Toy or Mathematical Oddity? - We always enjoy videos from the [Mathologer], but we especially liked the recent v... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/07/the-helicone-toy-or-mathematical-oddity/ #goldenratio #mathematics #toyhacks #helicone

Crafting a Cardboard Tribute to Puzzle Bobble - What do you get when you cross cardboard, deodorant rollers, and a love for retro ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/02/crafting-a-cardboard-tribute-to-puzzle-bobble/ #retrocomputing #arduinohacks #puzzlebobble #puzzlebobble #bust-a-move #retrogaming #arduinouno #toyhacks #arduino #games #mame #lua

Ball Nut Modification Charts a Middle Course Between Building and Buying - A lot of the projects we feature here on Hackaday engender the classic “build vers... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/29/ball-nut-modification-charts-a-middle-course-between-building-and-buying/ #modification #buildvsbuy #annealing #ballscrew #leadscrew #machining #hardware #toyhacks #ballnut

LDU Decoded: The Untold Tale of LEGO Dimensions - LEGO bricks might look simplistic, but did you know there’s an actual science behi... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/27/ldu-decoded-the-untold-tale-of-lego-dimensions/ #legodrawunit #toyhacks #brick #lego #ldu

Crawler Challenge: Building Rope-Traversing Robots - Rope-climbing robots are the stuff of engineering dreams. As kids, didn’t we all c... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/23/crawler-challenge-building-rope-traversing-robots/ #universityofillinois #ropetraversal #robotshacks #traversing #challenge #contests #toyhacks #illinois #walker #robot #rope

Rudolph’s Sleigh on a North Pole PCB - Each Christmas, [Adam Anderson], [Daniel Quach], and [Johan Wheeler] (meanwhile go... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/20/rudolphs-sleigh-on-a-north-pole-pcb/ #microcontrollers #friedrichgauss #christmascard #holidayhacks #lorentzforce #christmas #pcbhacks #toyhacks #ch32v003 #slotcar #sleigh #gauss #led #pcb

3D Printed Blaster Does it with Compliant Components - The ease of integrating bendy parts into designs is one of 3D printing’s strengths... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/3d-printed-blaster-does-it-with-compliant-components/ #compliantmechanism #projectile #3dprinted #toyhacks #blaster #flexure #nerf

Walkie Talkies, Jedi Style: Building a Communicator - Playing Star Wars Outlaws sparked an idea with [3DSage]: why not recreate the game... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/13/walkie-talkies-jedi-style-building-a-communicator/ #wearablehacks #communicator #walkietalkie #walkietalkie #toyhacks #starwars #starwars #jedi #prop

Tiny PONG, Big Ambitions: World’s Smallest Arcade - London, Ontario college student [Victoria Korhonen] has captured the attention of ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/11/tiny-pong-big-ambitions-worlds-smallest-arcade/ #guinnessbookofrecords #classichacks #arcadegame #miniature #toyhacks #arcade #record #atari #pong

Do 3D Printers Dream of LEGO Sheep? - Imagine the power to clone your favorite LEGO piece—not just any piece, but let’s ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/do-3d-printers-dream-of-lego-sheep/ #3dprintedlego #cr-scanotter #3dscanning #3dprinter #3dscanner #toyhacks #cr-scan #parts #lego

Stepping On LEGO For Science - You might say that the worst LEGO to step on is any given piece that happens to ge... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/20/stepping-on-lego-for-science/ #ballisticgel #brittlebrown #toyhacks #caltrop #lego