Hackaday

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Hackaday
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Type of site
Weblog
Available inEnglish
OwnerSupplyframe Inc. [1]
Founder(s) Phillip Torrone [2]
EditorElliot Williams [3]
URL hackaday.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedSeptember 2004 [2]
Current statusOnline

Hackaday is a hardware hacking website. [4] It was founded in 2004 as a web magazine. [5] Since 2014, Hackaday also hosts a community database of open-source hardware designs. [6] [5]

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History

Hackaday was founded in 2004 by Phillip Torrone as a web magazine for Engadget, devoted to publishing and archiving "the best hacks, mods and DIY projects from around web". [2] Hackaday was since split from Engadget and its former parent company Weblogs, Inc. by its at the time owner Jason Calacanis. [7] [8] In 2007 Computerworld magazine ranked Hackaday #10 on their list of the top 15 geek blog sites. [9]

Hackaday.io started as a project hosting site in 2014 under the name of Hackaday Projects. [10] [11] [12] It allows users to upload open-source hardware designs. [6] As of 2015, it had grown into a social network of 100,000 members. [13]

In 2015, Hackaday's owner, Supplyframe, acquired the hardware marketplace Tindie. [14]

In 2021, Hackaday's owner, Supplyframe, was acquired by Siemens. [15]

See also

References

  1. "Hello from SupplyFrame – your new evil overlords!". Hackaday.com. July 25, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Phillip Torrone (October 2004). "Introducing Hack A Day, the gadget hack archive". Engadget. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  3. "Today Is My Last Day At Hackaday; Thanks For All The Hacks!". hackaday.com. December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  4. Constantin, Lucian (March 13, 2015). "Here's a USB flash drive that could fry your laptop". Computerworld. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  5. 1 2 Global perspectives on assistive technology: proceedings of the GReAT Consultation 2019, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 22–23 August 2019. Volume 2. World Health Organization. 2019. hdl:10665/330372. ISBN   978-92-4-000026-1.
  6. 1 2 White, Samantha R.; Amarante, Linda M.; Kravitz, Alexxai V.; Laubach, Mark (August 9, 2019). "The Future Is Open: Open-Source Tools for Behavioral Neuroscience Research". eNeuro . 6 (4): ENEURO.0223–19.2019. doi:10.1523/ENEURO.0223-19.2019. ISSN   2373-2822. PMC   6712209 . PMID   31358510.
  7. "A Letter from Jason Calacanis, the Owner of Hack a Day". July 12, 2010.
  8. By (July 12, 2010). "A Letter From Jason Calacanis, The Owner Of Hack A Day". Hackaday. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  9. Computerworld staff (May 1, 2007). "Top 15 geek blog sites". Computerworld. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  10. "Project Community Profile: Hackaday.io | Make". Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers. May 9, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  11. "Introducing: Hackaday Projects". Hackaday. February 18, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  12. Global perspectives on assistive technology: proceedings of the GReAT Consultation 2019, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 22–23 August 2019. Volume 2. World Health Organization. 2019. hdl:10665/330372. ISBN   978-92-4-000026-1.
  13. "HACKADAY.IO JUST PASSED 100,000 MEMBERS". Hackaday. October 29, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  14. By (August 5, 2015). "Tindie Becomes A Part Of The Hackaday Family". Hackaday. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  15. By (May 17, 2021). "Siemens accelerates digital marketplace strategy with acquisition of Supplyframe". Siemens.