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Hardware Hacks ’26

Build Beyond The Screen

When
6–7 Jun 2026
Where
Guy’s Campus
With
KCL Electronics

24h

of pure hardware

Teams got a household appliance or a pile of e-waste — mostly printers — and 24 hours to turn it into something new. No slides. No Figma. No waffle.

The moment

Team 10 turned a printer into a Pomodoro Printer Timer; another became MATCH POINT.

In the bag

Awards

Prizes handed out

  • Most Repairable
  • Maximum Jank

Thank you

Sponsors

  • Corsair
  • Espressif
  • iFixit
  • Qualcomm

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Photos

8 prints from the day.

  • Team 10 hold their certificates in front of their Pomodoro Printer Timer slide
  • A repurposed printer labelled “MATCH POINT” being tested on a workbench
  • Two hackers lean over a gutted printer, rebuilding it into something new
  • A hand adjusts a small wheeled robot wrapped in blue tape, built from salvaged parts
  • Judges and a team gather around a rebuilt printer during Hardware Hacks judging
  • A hacker drives a screwdriver into a printer chassis
  • Hands test a home-made pen plotter built from printer rails
  • A hacker at table 11 codes on a laptop next to a rebuilt printer