Macropads can be as simple as a few buttons hooked up to a microcontroller to do the USB HID dance and talk to a PC. However, you can go a lot further, too. [CNCDan] demonstrates this well with his ...

Another hobbyist is attempting to recreate the classic free Windows game, 3D Pinball For Windows: Space Cadet, better known as Space Cadet 3D Pinball, and since that hobbyist is CNCDan, who is known ...

In a nutshell: For the growing community of at-home hardware tinkerers, a new project offers a striking example of how low-cost components and open-source collaboration are closing the gap between ...

For less than $150, tinkerer and YouTuber CNCDan has built his own virtual reality headset to make racing sims more immersive. Better yet, he's made the whole project open source. The headset largely ...

Someone has attempted to recreate 'Space Cadet,' a Windows pinball game that was as popular as 'Solitaire,' in life-size. At the time of writing, the project is reportedly still under construction.