Hackaday

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]

Hackaday

Type of site	Weblog
Available in	English
Owner	Supplyframe Inc.^[1]
Founder(s)	Phillip Torrone^[2]
Editor	Elliot Williams^[3]
URL	hackaday.com
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Optional
Launched	September 2004^[2]
Current status	Online

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

• Instructables
• Thingiverse
• TorrentFreak

References

1. "Hello from SupplyFrame – your new evil overlords!". Hackaday.com. July 25, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
2. Phillip Torrone (October 2004). "Introducing Hack A Day, the gadget hack archive". Engadget. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
3. "Todsy 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. 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. 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.

External links

• Official website
• Hackaday.io, Hackaday's online community