As you likely know, it's the 75th anniversary of D-Day, when 160,000 Allied troops invaded the beaches of Normandy, undertaking the largest from-the-sea invasion in the history of human warfare and ...

It’s probably a dream common to many groups of friends among the Hackaday readership: go away together to a sunny island some time in the summer, take a load of beer and maybe a BBQ, and build ...

Build your own modern plywood platform bed with floating nightstands! This DIY project includes a full walkthrough, material ...

In early 2022, famed solo sailor Andrew Fagan set off to attempt to beat a world record in a tiny 5.1m plywood yacht. He aimed to use the yacht, Swirly World in Perpetuity, to beat the record for 'The ...

Teams getting ready for the 6th annual Plywood Cup were practicing their boat building skills Wednesday. The event, which takes place July 1, is where teams have limited materials and time to build a ...

with how it turned out. When local industrial designer Michael Downes heard that the Oregon Manifest Design Challenge was back again this year, he knew he wanted to enter. Downes, a former bike ...

Thirty years ago, Rosie Swale Pope became a household name when she sailed round the world, crossing the Atlantic alone in a 17ft plywood yacht. Yesterday, on her 57th birthday and now a grandmother, ...