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![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/pole.png?w=800)

It is a common grade school experiment to wind some wire around a screw, power it up, and watch it pick up paper clips or other ferrous materials. It is […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/sort-of-electromagnet-attracts-copper-aluminum/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/sort-of-electromagnet-attracts-copper-aluminum/) 2024-03-27T17:00:28Z **The Roller Ship Was Not An Effective Way To Cross The High Seas**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Bateau_rouler_2_Poyet.png?w=784)

Boats come in all shapes and sizes. We have container ships, oil tankers, old-timey wooden sailing ships, catamarans, trimarans, and all sorts besides. Most are designed with features that give […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/the-roller-ship-was-not-an-effective-way-to-cross-the-high-seas/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/the-roller-ship-was-not-an-effective-way-to-cross-the-high-seas/) 2024-03-27T18:30:41Z **2024 Home Sweet Home Automation: [HEX]POD – Climate Tracker and Digital Nose**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3962391701725633826-featured.png?w=800)

[eBender] was travelling India with friends, when one got sick. Unable to find a thermometer anywhere during COVID, they finally ended up in a hospital. After being evacuated back home, […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/2024-home-sweet-home-automation-hexpod-climate-tracker-and-digital- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/2024-home-sweet-home-automation-hexpod-climate-tracker-and-digital-nose/) 2024-03-27T20:00:31Z **3D Printing with (Ersatz) Moon Dust**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/moon.png?w=800)

When the people of Earth set up bases on the moon, you can imagine that 3D printing will be a key enabling technology. Of course, you could ship plastic or […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/3d-printing-with-ersatz-moon-dust/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/3d-printing-with-ersatz-moon-dust/) 2024-03-27T23:00:46Z **FLOSS Weekly Episode 776: Dnsmasq, Making the Internet Work Since 1999**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Pipewire.jpg?w=800)

This week Jonathan Bennett and Simon Phipps sit down with Simon Kelley to talk about Dnsmasq! That’s a piece of software that was first built to get a laptop online […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/floss-weekly-episode-776-dnsmasq-making-the-internet-work-since-1999/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/floss-weekly-episode-776-dnsmasq-making-the-internet-work-since-1999/) 2024-03-28T02:00:41Z **Retrotechtacular: TOPS Runs the 1970s British Railroad**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/tops.png?w=800)

How do you make the trains run on time? British Rail adopted TOPS, a computer system born of IBM’s SAGE defense project, along with work from Standford and Southern Pacific […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/retrotechtacular-tops-runs-the-1970s-british-railroad/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/retrotechtacular-tops-runs-the-1970s-british-railroad/) 2024-03-28T05:00:02Z **Webserver Runs on Android Phone**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/phone-server-main.jpg?w=800)

Android, the popular mobile phone OS, is essentially just Linux with a nice user interface layer covering it all up. In theory, it should be able to do anything a […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/webserver-runs-on-android-phone/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/webserver-runs-on-android-phone/) 2024-03-28T08:00:56Z **Automation Makes Traditional Japanese Wood Finishing Easier**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/yakisugi.png?w=800)

Unless you move in architectural circles, you might never have heard of Yakisugi. But as a fence builder, [Lucas] over at Cranktown City sure has, with high-end clients requesting the […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/automation-makes-traditional-japanese-wood-finishing-easier/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/automation-makes-traditional-japanese-wood-finishing-easier/) 2024-03-28T11:00:47Z **Hybrid Binaries On Windows for ARM: ARM64EC and ARM64X Explained**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Windows_11_logo.jpg?w=800)

With ARM processors increasingly becoming part of the desktop ecosystem, porting code that was written for x86\_64 platforms is both necessary and a massive undertaking. For many codebases a simple […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/hybrid-binaries-on-windows-for-arm-arm64ec-and-arm64x-explained/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/hybrid-binaries-on-windows-for-arm-arm64ec-and-arm64x-explained/) 2024-03-28T14:05:25Z **Computers of Fiction: Colossus and Guardian**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/AI.jpg?w=800)

We can learn a lot by looking at how writers and filmmakers imagine technology. While some are closer than others, there are some definite lessons like never make a killer […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/computers-of-fiction-colossus-and-guardian/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/computers-of-fiction-colossus-and-guardian/) 2024-03-28T15:30:22Z **A Stirling Engine From Minimal Parts**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/stirling-engine-featured.jpg?w=800)

The model Stirling engine is a staple of novelty catalogues, and we daresay that were it not for their high price there might be more than one Hackaday reader or […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/a-stirling-engine-from-minimal-parts/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/a-stirling-engine-from-minimal-parts/) 2024-03-28T17:00:27Z **Tech Support… Can AI be Worse?**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/aibuzz.jpg?w=800)

You can’t read the news today without another pundit excitedly reporting how AI is going to take every job you can imagine. Of course, AI will change the employment landscape. […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/tech-support-can-ai-be-worse/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/tech-support-can-ai-be-worse/) 2024-03-28T18:30:05Z **Homebrew GPU Tackles Quake**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/FuryGPU-pcb.jpg?w=800)

Have you ever wondered how a GPU works? Even better, have you ever wanted to make one? [Dylan] certainly did, because he made FuryGPU — a fully custom graphics card […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/homebrew-gpu-tackles-quake/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/homebrew-gpu-tackles-quake/) 2024-03-28T19:08:29Z **Retrogadgets: Butler in a Box**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/butler.png?w=800)

You walk into your house and issue a voice command to bring up the lights and start a cup of coffee. No big deal, right? Siri, Google, and Alexa can […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/retrogadgets-butler-in-a-box/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/retrogadgets-butler-in-a-box/) 2024-03-28T20:00:53Z **Exploring The Sega Saturn’s Wacky Architecture**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sega-saturn.png?w=800)

In the annals of game console history, the Sega Saturn is probably the most convoluted system of all time, even giving the Playstation 3 a run for its rings. Also […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/exploring-the-sega-saturns-wacky-architecture/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/exploring-the-sega-saturns-wacky-architecture/) 2024-03-28T23:00:07Z **Saving a Clock Radio with an LM8562**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ntp-clock-main.jpg?w=800)

Smart phones have taken the place of a lot of different devices especially as they get more and more powerful. GPS, music and video player, email, and of course a […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/saving-a-clock-radio-with-an-lm8562/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/saving-a-clock-radio-with-an-lm8562/) 2024-03-29T02:00:46Z **Is Your Mental Model of Bash Pipelines Wrong?**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/LinuxFu.jpg?w=800)

[Michael Lynch] encountered a strange situation. Why was compiling then running his program nearly 10x faster than just running the program by itself? [Michael] ran into this issue while benchmarking […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/is-your-mental-model-of-bash-pipelines-wrong/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/is-your-mental-model-of-bash-pipelines-wrong/) 2024-03-29T05:00:25Z **The Intel 8088 and 8086 Processor’s Instruction Prefetch Circuitry**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/8088_prefetch-die.jpg?w=800)

Cache prefetching is what allows processors to have data and/or instructions ready for use in a fast local cache rather than having to wait for a fetch request to trickle […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/the-intel-8088-and-8086-processors-instruction-prefetch-circuitry/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/the-intel-8088-and-8086-processors-instruction-prefetch-circuitry/) 2024-03-29T08:00:51Z **LoRA, With No Radio**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/lora-mcu-featured.jpg?w=800)

A LoRa project has traditionally required a dedicated radio module, because it’s a commercially licenced protocol. But as the way it works has been progressively reverse engineered, it’s become ever […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/lora-with-no-radio/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/lora-with-no-radio/) 2024-03-29T11:00:20Z **Art Exhibit Lets You Hide From Self-Driving Cars**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/how_not_to_get_hit_by_self-driving_car_fire.jpg?w=800)

In the discussions about how dangerous self-driving cars are – or aren’t – one thing is sorely missing, and that is an interactive game in which you do your best […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/art-exhibit-lets-you-hide-from-self-driving-cars/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/art-exhibit-lets-you-hide-from-self-driving-cars/) 2024-03-29T14:00:38Z **This Week in Security: Peering Through the Wall, Apple’s GoFetch, and SHA-256**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/darkarts.jpg?w=800)

The Linux command wall is a hold-over from the way Unix machines used to be used. It’s an abbreviation of Write to ALL, and it was first included in AT&T […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/this-week-in-security-peering-through-the-wall-apples-gofetch-and-sha-256/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/this-week-in-security-peering-through-the-wall-apples-gofetch-and-sha-256/) 2024-03-29T15:30:03Z **The Most Annoying Thing On The Internet Isn’t Really Necessary**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cookies-featured.jpg?w=800)

We’re sure you’ll agree that there are many annoying things on the Web. Which of them we rate as most annoying depends on personal view, but we’re guessing that quite […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/the-most-annoying-thing-on-the-internet-isnt-really-necessary/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/the-most-annoying-thing-on-the-internet-isnt-really-necessary/) 2024-03-29T16:00:25Z **Hackaday Podcast Episode 264: Cheap Minimills, 65-in-1 Electronics, and Time on Moon**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/microphone.jpg?w=800)

It was Dan’s turn behind the mic with Elliot this time as we uncovered the latest from the world of hacking, and what an eclectic mix it was. It was […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/hackaday-podcast-episode-264-cheap-minimills-65-in-1-electronics-and-time-on-moon/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/hackaday-podcast-episode-264-cheap-minimills-65-in-1-electronics-and-time-on-moon/) 2024-03-29T18:30:18Z **Retrotechtacular: The IBM 7070**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ibm.png?w=800)

If you think of IBM mainframe computers, you most likely are thinking of the iconic S/360 or the slightly newer S/370. But what about the 7070 from 1958? It had […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/retrotechtacular-the-ibm-7070/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/retrotechtacular-the-ibm-7070/) 2024-03-29T20:00:15Z **Electrospinning Artificial Heart Valves**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/electrospinning.png?w=800)

When you think about additive manufacturing, thoughts naturally turn to that hot-glue squirting CNC machine sitting on your bench and squeezing whatever plastic doodad you need. But 3D printing isn’t […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/electrospinning-artificial-heart-valves/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/electrospinning-artificial-heart-valves/) 2024-03-29T23:00:48Z **Security Alert: Potential SSH Backdoor Via Liblzma**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/darkarts.jpg?w=800)

In breaking news that dropped just after our weekly security column went live, a backdoor has been discovered in the xz package, that could potentially compromise SSH logins on Linux […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/security-alert-potential-ssh-backdoor-via-liblzma/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/security-alert-potential-ssh-backdoor-via-liblzma/) 2024-03-30T02:00:16Z **Experiencing Visual Handicaps and Their Impact on Daily Life, With VR**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IEEEVR-2024-Visual-Deficit-Suite-Demonstration-0-35-screenshot.png?w=618)

Researchers presented an interesting project at the 2024 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces: it uses VR and eye tracking to simulate visual deficits such as macular […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/experiencing-visual-handicaps-and-their-i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/experiencing-visual-handicaps-and-their-impact-on-daily-life-with-vr/) 2024-03-30T05:00:14Z **Video Killed the Radio Alarm Clock**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/mtv-tv-main.jpg?w=800)

For decades now, MTV has been on a bizarre trajectory given its original name was an acronym for Music Television. In the original days in the 80s and 90s it […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/video-killed-the-radio-alarm-clock/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/video-killed-the-radio-alarm-clock/) 2024-03-30T08:00:36Z **A Telegraph Interface For the Hacker Hotel 2024 Badge**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hh24-badge-featured.jpg?w=800)

Hacker Hotel is a small Dutch hacker event that takes place, as its name suggests, in a hotel. It’s a welcome high point in the damp of a north-west-European winter, […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/a-telegraph-interface-for-the-hacker-hotel-2024-badge/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/a-telegraph-interface-for-the-hacker-hotel-2024-badge/) 2024-03-30T11:00:07Z **How Much Bandwidth Does CW Really Occupy?**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cw_bandwidth.png?w=800)

Amateur radio license exams typically have a question about the bandwidths taken up by various modulation types. The concept behind the question is pretty obvious — as guardians of the […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/how-much-bandwidth-does-cw-really-occupy/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/how-much-bandwidth-does-cw-really-occupy/) 2024-03-30T14:00:33Z **Too Much Over-optimization is Never Enough!**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ResistorColors.jpg?w=800)

A discussion came up on the Hackaday Discord PCB design channel about resistor networks, and it got me thinking about whether we (the hacker community) use them in designs or […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/too-much-over-optimization-is-never-enough/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/too-much-over-optimization-is-never-enough/) 2024-03-30T17:00:49Z **SMD Soldering, Without The Blobs**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/smd-blobs-featured.jpg?w=800)

Hand soldering of surface mount components is a bread-and-butter task for anyone working with electronics in 2024. So many devices are simply no longer available in the older through-hole formats, […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/smd-soldering-without-the-blobs/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/smd-soldering-without-the-blobs/) 2024-03-30T20:00:00Z **A Practical Guide To Understanding How Radios Work**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/lcamtuf-featured.jpg?w=800)

How may radios do you own? Forget the AM/FM, GMRS/FRS radios you listen to or communicate with. We’re talking about the multiple radios and antennae in your phone, your TV, your […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/a-practical-guide-to-understanding-how-radios-work/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/a-practical-guide-to-understanding-how-radios-work/) 2024-03-30T23:00:02Z **A Single Transistor Solid State Tesla Coil**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/5626521711098251649-featured.png?w=800)

Tesla coils are one of those builds that capture the interest of almost anybody passing by. For the naïve constructor, they look simple enough, but they can be finicky beasts—beasts […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/a-single-transistor-solid-state-tesla-coil/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/a-single-transistor-solid-state-tesla-coil/) 2024-03-31T02:00:32Z **Using Electroadhesion To Reversibly Adhere Metals and Graphite to Hydrogels and Tissues**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/images_large_oc3c01593_0005.jpeg?w=800)

The usual way to get biological tissues and materials like gels and metals to stick together is using sutures, adhesives or both. Although this generally works, it’s far from ideal, […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/using-electroadhesion-to-reversibly-adhere-m ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/using-electroadhesion-to-reversibly-adhere-metals-and-graphite-to-hydrogels-and-tissues/) 2024-03-31T05:00:41Z **Playing Chess Against Your Printer, with PostScript**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/pschess-header.png?w=779)

Can you play chess against your printer? The answer will soon be yes, and it’s thanks to [Nicolas Seriot]’s PSChess. It’s a chess engine implemented in PostScript, of all things. […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/playing-chess-against-your-printer-with-postscript/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/playing-chess-against-your-printer-with-postscript/) 2024-03-31T08:00:21Z **A Threat Level Monitor For Everyone**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/threat-level-featured.jpg?w=800)

A TV news pundit might on any given evening in 2024 look at the viewers and gravely announce that we are living in uncertain times. Those of us who’ve been […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/31/a-threat-level-monitor-for-everyone/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/31/a-threat-level-monitor-for-everyone/) 2024-03-31T11:00:52Z **Modular Vacuum Table Custom-Fits The Parts**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/DIY-vacuum-table-and-modular-jig-top-3.jpeg?w=800)

[enhydra] needed to modify a bunch of side inserts from some cheap ABS enclosures, and to save time and effort, he created a simple vacuum table with swappable inserts to […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/31/modular-vacuum-table-custom-fits-the-parts/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/31/modular-vacuum-table-custom-fits-the-parts/) 2024-03-31T14:00:11Z **Drop-In Switch Mode Regulators**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/voltage-regulator-main.png?w=800)

Perhaps the simplest way to regulate a DC voltage is using a voltage divider and/or an active device like a Zener diode. Besides simplicity, they have the additional advantage of […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/31/drop-in-switch-mode-regulators/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/31/drop-in-switch-mode-regulators/) 2024-03-31T17:00:10Z **ESP-Drone: Building an ESP32-Based Quadcopter For Not Much Cash**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/esp-drone_assembling_en.png?w=800)

What’s the cheapest quadcopter you can build? As [Circuit Digest] demonstrates with their variant of the ESP-Drone project by Espressif, you only need a minimum of parts, with at the […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/31/esp-drone-building-an-esp32-based-quadcopter-for-not-much-cash/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/31/esp-drone-building-an-esp32-based-quadcopter-for-not-much-cash/) 2024-03-31T20:00:02Z **Give Your Pi Pico Captouch Inputs For All Your Music Needs**
![The board in question, with a Pi Pico soldered on, with old PCBs for macropads being used as captouch electrodes](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hadimg_rp2040_touch_feat.jpeg?w=800)

Unlike many modern microcontrollers, RP2040 doesn’t come with a native capacitive touch peripheral. This doesn’t mean you can’t do it – the usual software-driven way works wonderfully, and only requires […read more](http ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/31/give-your-pi-pico-captouch-inputs-for-all-your-music-needs/) 2024-03-31T23:00:53Z **Hackaday Links: March 31, 2024**
![Hackaday Links Column Banner](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/had-links-banner.jpg?w=800)

Battlelines are being drawn in Canada over the lowly Flipper Zero, a device seen by some as an existential threat to motor vehicle owners across the Great White North. The […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/31/hackaday-links-march-31-2024/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/31/hackaday-links-march-31-2024/) 2024-04-01T02:00:20Z **Exploit the Stressed-out Package Maintainer, Exploit the Software Package**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/darkarts.jpg?w=800)

A recent security vulnerability — a potential ssh backdoor via the liblzma library in the xz package — is having a lot of analysis done on how the vulnerability was […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/31/exploit-the-stressed-out-package-maintainer-exploit-the-software-package/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/31/exploit-the-stressed-out-package-maintainer-exploit-the-software-package/) 2024-04-01T05:00:22Z **3D Printing Computer Space**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/computer-space-featured.jpg?w=800)

The first computer game available as a commercial arcade cabinet is unsurprisingly, a rare sight here in 2024. Nolan Bushnel and Ted Dabney’s 1971 Computer Space was a flowing fiberglass […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/31/3d-printing-computer-space/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/03/31/3d-printing-computer-space/) 2024-04-01T08:00:00Z **Cold Boot Attack You Can Do With A Pi**
![anfractuosity's test setup showing the Pi under test and a few pieces of equipment used to perform the attack](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hadimg_pi_coldboot_feat.jpg?w=800)

A cold boot attack is a way to extract RAM contents from a running system by power cycling it and reading out RAM immediately after loading your own OS. How […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/cold-boot-attack-you-can-do-with-a-pi/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/cold-boot-attack-you-can-do-with-a-pi/) 2024-04-01T11:00:32Z **Flipper Zero Panic Spreads To Oz: Cars Unaffected**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/FlipperZero.png?w=674)

A feature of coming to adulthood for any young person in the last quarter of the twentieth century would have been the yearly warnings about the danger of adulterated Halloween […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/flipper-zero-panic-spreads-to-oz-cars-unaffected/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/flipper-zero-panic-spreads-to-oz-cars-unaffected/) 2024-04-01T14:00:26Z **Wrencher-2: A Bold New Direction For Hackaday**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Touch.jpg?w=800)

Over the last year it’s fair to say that a chill wind has blown across the face of the media industry, as the prospect emerges that many content creation tasks […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/wrencher-2-a-bold-new-direction-for-hackaday/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/wrencher-2-a-bold-new-direction-for-hackaday/) 2024-04-01T15:30:24Z **OSHW Framework Laptop Expansion Hides Dongles**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/donglehider_feat.jpg?w=800)

If you’ve got a wireless keyboard or mouse, you’ve probably got a receiver dongle of some sort tucked away in one of your machine’s USB ports. While modern technology has […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/oshw-framework-laptop-expansion-hides-dongles/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/oshw-framework-laptop-expansion-hides-dongles/) 2024-04-01T16:00:30Z **6502 Hacking Hack Chat**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/65uino.jpeg?w=800)

Join us on Wednesday, April 3rd at noon Pacific for the 6502 Hacking Hack Chat with Anders Nielsen! Back in the early days of the personal computing revolution, you could […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/6502-hacking-hack-chat/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/6502-hacking-hack-chat/) 2024-04-01T17:00:07Z **How Star Trek Breached The Defences Of A Major Broadcaster**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/startrek_tng.webp?w=800)

Back in 2000 in the brief lull between COVID lockdowns in the UK, I found myself abruptly on the move, with a very short time indeed to move my possessions […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/how-star-trek-breached-the-defences-of-a-major-broadcaster/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/how-star-trek-breached-the-defences-of-a-major-broadcaster/) 2024-04-01T18:00:31Z **SatCat5: UART, SPI and I2C via Ethernet With FPGA-Based Design**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/satcat5_fpga_layout.jpg?w=751)

To the average microcontroller, Ethernet networks are quite a step up from the basic I2C, SPI and UART interfaces, requiring either a built-in Ethernet MAC or SPI-based MAC, with tedious […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/satcat5-uart-spi-and-i2c-via-ethernet-with-fpga-based-design/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/satcat5-uart-spi-and-i2c-via-ethernet-with-fpga-based-design/) 2024-04-01T20:00:00Z **Pinkpad, A DIY Laptop You Must Print In Pink**
![The laptop in question, with the LCD-bearing top half printed in pink, and the bottom half showing off the Thinkpad keyboard.](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hadimg_pinkpad_feat.jpg?w=800)

Looking to build a laptop all on your own? Check out the Pinkpad, a DIY laptop project that as if appeared out of nowhere, gives you a based on an […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/pinkpad-a-diy-laptop-you-must-print-in-pink/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/pinkpad-a-diy-laptop-you-must-print-in-pink/) 2024-04-01T23:00:00Z **Fire Up The 3D Printer and Build Yourself a Spiderbot**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Spiderbot-2.jpg?w=800)

Robots are cool, so check out [Atlin Anderson]’s Spiderbot (video, embedded below) which can be made with 3D printed parts, hobby servos, and ESP32-CAM module for control and a first-person […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/fire-up-the-3d-printer-and-build-yourself-a-spiderbot/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/fire-up-the-3d-printer-and-build-yourself-a-spiderbot/) 2024-04-02T02:00:17Z **Why Is My 470uF Electrolytic Cap More Like 20uF?**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/image-1-featured.png?w=800)

Inductors are more like a resistor in series with an ideal inductor, resistors can be inductors as well, and well, capacitors aren’t just simply a capacitance in a package. Little […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/why-is-my-470uf-electrolytic-cap-more-like-20uf/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/why-is-my-470uf-electrolytic-cap-more-like-20uf/) 2024-04-02T05:00:44Z **A Supercapacitor From Mushrooms**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/mushy-cap-featured.jpg?w=800)

The supercapacitor is an extremely promising energy storage technology, and though they have yet to reach parity with the best batteries in terms of energy density, offers considerable promise for […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/a-supercapacitor-from-mushrooms/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/01/a-supercapacitor-from-mushrooms/) 2024-04-02T08:00:00Z **PhotonPower Zero For Effortless Solar Pi Zero Projects**
![The PhotonPower Zero board laying on a desk surface](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/had_photonpower_zero_feat.jpg?w=800)

A Pi Zero doesn’t need much to sustain itself, and it’s projects like the PhotonPower Zero that remind us of it its low appetite when we need this reminder most. […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/photonpower-zero-for-effortless-solar-pi-zero-projects/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/photonpower-zero-for-effortless-solar-pi-zero-projects/) 2024-04-02T11:00:56Z **Espressif’s ESP32-P4 Application Processor: Details Begin To Emerge**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/esp32-p4-featured.jpg?w=800)

Every now and then there’s a part that comes along which is hotly anticipated, but which understandably its manufacturer remains tight-lipped about in order to preserve maximum impact surrounding its […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/espressifs-esp32-p4-application-processor-details-begin-to-emerge/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/espressifs-esp32-p4-application-processor-details-begin-to-emerge/) 2024-04-02T14:00:19Z **Mining and Refining: Tungsten**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Tungsten.jpg?w=800)

Our metallurgical history is a little bit like a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, only without the paper; we’re always looking for something hard enough to cut whatever the current […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/mining-and-refining-tungsten/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/mining-and-refining-tungsten/) 2024-04-02T15:30:25Z **Multiply Your Multimeter with Relays and USB**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/relay_mux.png?w=800)

Multimeters are a bit like potato chips: you can’t have just one. But they’re a lot more expensive than potato chips, especially the good ones, and while it’s tempting to […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/multiply-your-multimeter-with-relays-and-usb/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/multiply-your-multimeter-with-relays-and-usb/) 2024-04-02T17:00:53Z **Giant Sails Actually Help Cargo Ships Save Fuel, And the Planet In Turn**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ripostie.jpg?w=800)

Shipping is not a clean business. The global economy is fueled by trade, and much of that trade involves hauling product from point A to point B. A great deal […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/giant-sails-actually-help-cargo-ships-save-fuel-and-the-planet-in-turn/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/giant-sails-actually-help-cargo-ships-save-fuel-and-the-planet-in-turn/) 2024-04-02T18:30:36Z **Wear Testing Different 3D Printer Filaments**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/filament-test-featured.jpg?w=800)

Over the couple of decades or so since it started to be available at an affordable level, 3D printing has revolutionized the process of making custom objects. But as anyone […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/wear-testing-different-3d-printer-filaments/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/wear-testing-different-3d-printer-filaments/) 2024-04-02T20:00:50Z **A Nifty F1C100S Dual-Board Computer**
![On the left, the main board of the dual board computer, with the CPU and a bunch of connectors visible. On the right, the addon board is shown, with all the extra connectors as described in the article](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hadimg_dualboard_computer_feat.jpg?w=800)

The F1C100S (and the F1C200S) is a super simple CPU to use – it’s QFN, it has RAM built-in, and it can run Linux. It just makes sense that we […read more](https://hackaday. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/a-nifty-f1c100s-dual-board-computer/) 2024-04-02T23:00:25Z **Lamp Becomes Rotating, Illuminated Sign for Festival Table**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Building-a-Spinning-Sign-Out-of-a-Table-Lamp-8-49-screenshot.png?w=800)

Two things we love are economical solutions to problems, and clever ways to use things for other than their intended purpose. [CelGenStudios] hits both bases with a simple illuminated and […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/lamp-becomes-rotating-illuminated-sign-for-festival-table/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/lamp-becomes-rotating-illuminated-sign-for-festival-table/) 2024-04-03T02:00:05Z **Crash IoT Devices Through Protocol Fuzzing**
![Three ZigBee radios in ESD bags, marked "Zigbee Sniffer", "Router" and "Coordinator".](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hadimg_ufuzz_feat.jpg?w=800)

IoT protocols are a relatively unexplored field compared to most PC-exposed protocols – it’s bothersome to need a whole radio setup before you can tinker on something, and often, for […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/crash-iot-devices-through-protocol-fuzzing/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/crash-iot-devices-through-protocol-fuzzing/) 2024-04-03T05:00:21Z **The Apple They Should Have Made, But Didn’t**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/apple-johnathan-featured.jpg?w=800)

Whenever there is a large manufacturer of a popular product in the tech space, they always attract tales of near-mythical prototypes which would have changed everything on the spot had […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/the-apple-they-should-have-made-but-didnt/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/02/the-apple-they-should-have-made-but-didnt/) 2024-04-03T08:00:00Z **A Long-Range Meshtastic Relay**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/meshtastic-relay-main.png?w=800)

In the past few years we’ve seen the rise of low-power mesh networking devices for everything from IoT devices, weather stations, and even off-grid communications networks. These radio modules are […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/long-range-meshtastic-relay/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/long-range-meshtastic-relay/) 2024-04-03T11:00:04Z **A Giga-Sunset For Gigaset IoT Devices**
![Screenshot of eBay listings with Gigaset IoT devices being sold, now basically useless](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hadimg_gigaset_shutter_feat.png?w=800)

In today’s “predictable things that happened before and definitely will happen again”, we have another company in the “smart device” business that has just shuttered their servers, leaving devices completely […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/a-giga-sunset-for-gigaset-iot-dev ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/a-giga-sunset-for-gigaset-iot-devices/) 2024-04-03T14:00:40Z **Space Mirrors: Dreams of Turning The Night Into Day Around the Clock**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Mirror.jpg?w=800)

Recently, a company by former SpaceX employee Ben Nowack – called Reflect Orbital – announced that it is now ready to put gigantic mirrors in space to reflect sunshine at […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/space-mirrors-dreams-of-turning-the-night-into-day-around-the-clock/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/space-mirrors-dreams-of-turning-the-night-into-day-around-the-clock/) 2024-04-03T15:30:00Z **Recovering a Physically Broken SD Card**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sd-card-recovery-featured.jpg?w=800)

There is much to be found online about recovering data from corrupt SD cards, but [StezStix Mix] had an entirely different problem with his card. He’d filmed an important video […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/recovering-a-physically-broken-sd-card/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/recovering-a-physically-broken-sd-card/) 2024-04-03T17:00:36Z **PCB Design Review: Tinysparrow, A Module For CAN Hacking Needs**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/PCBdesign.jpg?w=800)

I enjoy seeing modules that can make designing other devices easier, and when I did a call for design reviews, [enp6s0] has submitted one such board to us. It’s a […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/pcb-design-review-tinysparrow-a-module-for-can-hacking-needs/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/pcb-design-review-tinysparrow-a-module-for-can-hacking-needs/) 2024-04-03T18:30:00Z **Making the Halo 2 Battle Rifle Real**
![The BR55 battle rifle held in its creator's hands during test firing](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hadimg_br55_feat-e1712120187167.jpeg?w=800)

We’ve just been shown a creation that definitely belongs on the list of impressive videogame replicas. This BR55 rifle built by [B Squared Mfg] not only looks exactly like its […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/making-the-halo-2-battle-rifle-real/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/making-the-halo-2-battle-rifle-real/) 2024-04-03T20:00:19Z **ESP-Prog-Adapter Makes Your ESP32 Tinkering Seamless**
![Showing the ESP-Prog-Adapter board plugged into the ESP-Prog adapter, wired to a SOIC clip, that then attaches to a PCB under test](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hadimg_espprog_adapter_feat.jpg?w=800)

Did you ever struggle with an ESP32 board of yours, wishing you had exposed that UART, or seriously lacking the JTAG port access? If so, you should seriously check out […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/esp-prog-adapter-makes-your-esp32-tinkering-seamless/) 2024-04-03T23:00:34Z **FLOSS Weekly Episode 777: Asterisk — Wait, Faxes?**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Pipewire.jpg?w=800)

This week Jonathan Bennett and David Ruggles sit down with Joshua Colp to talk about Asterisk! That’s the Open Source phone system software you already interact with without realizing it. […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/floss-weekly-episode-777-asterisk-wait-faxes/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/floss-weekly-episode-777-asterisk-wait-faxes/) 2024-04-04T02:00:18Z **A NanoVNA as a Dip Meter**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/VNA-GDO-featured.jpg?w=800)

A staple of the radio amateur’s arsenal of test equipment in previous decades was the dip meter. This was a variable frequency oscillator whose coil would be placed near the […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/a-nanovna-as-a-dip-meter/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/a-nanovna-as-a-dip-meter/) 2024-04-04T05:00:33Z **Make A GPS Antenna Compatible With Same Manufacturer’s Receiver**
![PCB of the antenna about to be modded, with components desoldered and different parts of the circuit highlighted](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hadimg_symmetricom_gpsant_feat.jpg?w=800)

GPS can be a bit complex of a technology – you have to receive a signal below the noise floor, do quite a bit of math that relies on quantum […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/make-a-gps-antenna-c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/make-a-gps-antenna-compatible-with-same-manufacturers-receiver/) 2024-04-04T08:00:12Z **A Fun Exploit For Canon Printers Brings GDB Gifts**
![The printer's display with the exploit-loaded animation playing, saying "hacked by blasty" and a bunch more stuff](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hadimg_canon_fwhack_feat.png?w=800)

Modern printers make it all that much more tempting to try and hack them — the hardware generally tends to be decent, but the firmware appears to be designed to […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/a-fun-exploit-for-canon-printers ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/a-fun-exploit-for-canon-printers-brings-gdb-gifts/) 2024-04-04T11:00:56Z **Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ Shopping is Out, Moves to Dash Carts at Its Grocery Stores**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Amazon_Product-Page-Diagram_Just-Walk-Out.png?w=800)

After a few years of Amazon promoting a grocery shopping experience without checkout lines and frustrating self-checkout experiences, it is now ditching its Just Walk Out technology. Conceptualized as a […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/amazons-just-walk-out- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/amazons-just-walk-out-shopping-is-out-moves-to-dash-carts-at-its-grocery-stores/) 2024-04-04T14:00:23Z **Where Graph Theory Meets The Road: The Algorithms Behind Route Planning**
![Reduction of a physical map to a graph.](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/map_reduction_to_graph.jpg?w=678)

Back in the hazy olden days of the pre-2000s, navigating between two locations generally required someone to whip out a paper map and painstakingly figure out the most optimal route […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/where-graph-theory-meets-the-road-the-algori ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/where-graph-theory-meets-the-road-the-algorithms-behind-route-planning/) 2024-04-04T15:39:47Z **How Much Thrust Is Your Prop Really Making?**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/thrust-tester-featured.jpg?w=800)

The problem of components not conforming to their claimed specification is one that must challenge engineers in all fields, including it seems, that of multi-rotors and remote controlled aircraft. A […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/how-much-thrust-is-your-prop-really-making/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/how-much-thrust-is-your-prop-really-making/) 2024-04-04T17:00:58Z **Ultimate Power: Lithium-Ion Batteries In Series**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Lithium.jpg?w=800)

At some point, the 3.6 V of a single lithium ion battery just won’t do, and you’ll absolutely want to stack LiIon cells in series. When you need high power, […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/ultimate-power-lithium-ion-batteries-in-series/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/ultimate-power-lithium-ion-batteries-in-series/) 2024-04-04T18:30:25Z **3D Navigator for Blender**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mouse.png?w=800)

If you work with high-end CAD workstations, you may have encountered a SpaceMouse or similar devices. Sort of a mouse with an extra dimension, they aren’t cheap. So [meisterodin1981] decided […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/3d-navigator-for-blender/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/3d-navigator-for-blender/) 2024-04-04T20:00:16Z **Vibratory Rock Tumbler Bounces on Printed Spring**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/3dptumbler_feat.jpg?w=800)

If you’re reading Hackaday, there’s a good chance you had a rock tumbler in your younger days. Hell, we’d put odds on a few of you having one rumbling away […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/vibratory-rock-tumbler-bounces-on-printed-spring/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/vibratory-rock-tumbler-bounces-on-printed-spring/) 2024-04-04T23:00:05Z **USB HID And Run Exposes Yet Another BadUSB Surface**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/usb-featured.jpg?w=800)

You might think you understand the concept of BadUSB attacks and know how to defend it, because all you’ve seen is opening a terminal window. Turns out there’s still more […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/usb-hid-and-run-exposes-yet-another-badusb-surface/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/usb-hid-and-run-exposes-yet-another-badusb-surface/) 2024-04-05T02:00:29Z **TOMOS Moped Becomes Electric Beast**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/tomos-featured.jpg?w=800)

The TOMOS 50cc moped, a small motorcycle produced in Yugoslavia and the Netherlands, has for decades been a common sight on European roads and provided the first taste of transport […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/tomos-moped-becomes-electric-beast/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/tomos-moped-becomes-electric-beast/) 2024-04-05T05:00:56Z **Finally Taming Thunderbolt With Third-Party Chips**
![The assembled PCB on red foam, with both a USB-C connector and the ASM2464PD chip visible](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hadimg_asm2464pd_feat.jpg?w=800)

Thunderbolt has always been a functionally proprietary technology, held secret by Intel until “opening” the standard in a way that evidently wasn’t enough for anyone to meaningfully join in. At […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/finally-taming-thunderbolt ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/04/finally-taming-thunderbolt-with-third-party-chips/) 2024-04-05T08:00:24Z **3M’s Floppy Disks: A Story of Success and the Birth of Imation**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/one-yellow-and-one-orange-imation-3m-3-inch-floppy-diskettes-on-a-gray-background.jpg?w=800)

3M, or as it was officially called until 2002, the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company is one of those odd-duck companies where if you ask what products they manufacture the […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/3ms-floppy-disks-a-story-of-success-and-the- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/3ms-floppy-disks-a-story-of-success-and-the-birth-of-imation/) 2024-04-05T11:00:00Z **Europa Clipper Asks Big Questions of the Jovian Moon**
![An image of the surface of Europa. The top half of the sphere is illuminated with the bottom half dark. The surface is traced with lineae, long lines across its surface of various hues of grey, white, and brown. The surface is a brown-grey, somewhat like Earth's Moon with the highest brightness areas appearing white.](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Europa_-_PJ45-1.png?w=800)

Are we alone? While we certainly hav ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/europa-clipper-asks-big-questions-of-the-jovian-moon/) 2024-04-05T14:00:35Z **This Week in Security: XZ, ATT, and Letters of Marque**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/darkarts.jpg?w=800)

The xz backdoor is naturally still the top story of the week. If you need a refresher, see our previous coverage. As expected, some very talented reverse engineers have gone […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/this-week-in-security-xz-att-and-letters-of-marque/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/this-week-in-security-xz-att-and-letters-of-marque/) 2024-04-05T15:00:00Z **Extenders And Translators For Your I2C Toolkit**
![The I2C extender board on a white background, fully assembled, with two connectors and two indicator LEDs](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hadimg_i2c_exttrans_feat.jpg?w=800)

If you’ve ever been laying out a network I2C devices inside a project box or throughout your robot’s body, you’ll probably know that I2C is not without its pitfalls. But […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/extenders-and-translators-for-your-i2 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/extenders-and-translators-for-your-i2c-toolkit/) 2024-04-05T16:00:20Z **Hackaday Podcast Episode 265: Behind the Epic SSH Hack, 1980s Cyber Butler, The Story of Season 7**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/microphone.jpg?w=800)

This week, Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos convened once again to give the lowdown on this week’s best hacks. First up in the news — it’s giga-sunset time for […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/hackaday-podcast-episode-265-behind-the-epic-ssh- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/hackaday-podcast-episode-265-behind-the-epic-ssh-hack-1980s-cyber-butler-the-story-of-season-7/) 2024-04-05T17:00:29Z **Fictional Computers: The Three Body Problem**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/3body.png?w=800)

If you intend to see the Netflix series “The Three Body Problem” or you want to read the Hugo-winning story from Chinese author [Cixin Liu], then you should probably bookmark […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/fictional-computers-the-three-body-problem/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/fictional-computers-the-three-body-problem/) 2024-04-05T18:30:56Z **A Drone Motor Does e-Bikes**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/drone-bike-featured.jpg?w=800)

On paper, the motors from both an electric bicycle and a drone can both take about 500 watts or so of power. Of course, their different applications make them anything […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/a-drone-motor-does-e-bikes/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/a-drone-motor-does-e-bikes/) 2024-04-05T20:00:13Z **ESP32 Provides Distraction-Free Writing Experience**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/microjournal_feat.jpg?w=800)

Writing out a few thousand words is easy. Getting them in the proper order, now that’s another story entirely. Sometimes you’ll find yourself staring at a blank page, struggling to […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/esp32-provides-distraction-free-writing-experience/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/esp32-provides-distraction-free-writing-experience/) 2024-04-05T23:00:11Z **3D Printer Hot Off the Griddle**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/print.png?w=800)

If you look at [Proper Printing’s] latest video — see below — you’ll immediately get the idea behind his latest printer. There are two heads on two separate gantries, which, […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/3d-printer-hot-off-the-griddle/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/3d-printer-hot-off-the-griddle/) 2024-04-06T02:00:34Z **A Simple Line Injector Shows You The Wonderful World Of PSRR**
![The line injector shown characterising the PSRR of an AMS1117 regulator, with a bunch of stuff connected to it through SMA jacks](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hadimg_line_injector_feat2.jpg?w=800)

[limpkin] writes us to show a line injector they’ve designed. The principle is simple — if you want to measure how much PSU noise any of your electronic devices let […read more](https://hackaday.com/ ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/a-simple-line-injector-shows-you-the-wonderful-world-of-psrr/) 2024-04-06T05:00:51Z **ColecoVision Cart Rises from Ashes**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cart.png?w=800)

We felt bad for [Mark] of Mark Fixes Stuff. Apparently, his house burned down and took virtually everything, including his retrocomputer collection. He did manage to pull out a few […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/colecovision-cart-rises-from-ashes/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/05/colecovision-cart-rises-from-ashes/) 2024-04-06T08:00:54Z **Linear Feedback Shift Registers for FPGAs**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/lfsr.png?w=800)

If you want to start an argument at a Hackaday meeting, you have only to ask something like “How much does this weigh?” or “What time is it?” But if […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/06/linear-feedback-shift-registers-for-fpgas/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/06/linear-feedback-shift-registers-for-fpgas/) 2024-04-06T11:00:29Z **Voyager 1 Issue Tracked Down to Defective Memory Chip**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/voyager-featured.jpg?w=800)

After more than forty-six years all of us are likely to feel the wear of time, and Voyager 1 is no different. Following months of harrowing troubleshooting as the far-flung […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/06/voyager-1-issue-tracked-down-to-defective-memory-chip/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/06/voyager-1-issue-tracked-down-to-defective-memory-chip/) 2024-04-06T14:00:42Z **Understand Your Tools: Finger Exercises**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Perfectionists.jpg?w=800)

A dip meter is basically a coil of wire that, when you excite it, you can use to tell if something inside that coil is resonating along. This lets you […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/06/understand-your-tools-finger-exercises/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/06/understand-your-tools-finger-exercises/) 2024-04-06T17:00:00Z **IRC Client on Bare Metal**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/uefi.png?w=800)

In the beginning, there was the BIOS, and it was good. A PC’s BIOS knows how to set up the different hardware devices, grab a fixed part of a hard […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/06/irc-client-on-bare-metal/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/06/irc-client-on-bare-metal/) 2024-04-06T20:00:55Z **Kid’s Ride Gets Boosted Battery, ESP32 Control**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/powerjeep_feat.jpg?w=800)

That irresistible urge to rescue an interesting piece of hardware from the trash is something that pretty much every Hackaday reader will have felt at one time or another. Sometimes […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/06/kids-ride-gets-boosted-battery-esp32-control/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/06/kids-ride-gets-boosted-battery-esp32-control/) 2024-04-06T23:00:16Z **DIY 6 GHZ Pulse Compression Radar**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/radar.png?w=800)

Conceptually, radar is pretty simple: send out a radio wave and time how long it takes to get back via an echo. However, in practice, there are a number of […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/06/diy-6-ghz-pulse-compression-radar/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/06/diy-6-ghz-pulse-compression-radar/) 2024-04-07T02:00:19Z **How to Properly Patch Your Iowa-Class Battleship**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/njpatch_feat.jpg?w=800)

There’s a saying among recreational mariners that the word “boat” is actually an acronym for “bring out another thousand”, as it seems you can’t operate one for long without committing […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/06/how-to-properly-patch-your-iowa-class-battleship/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/06/how-to-properly-patch-your-iowa-class-battleship/) 2024-04-07T05:00:56Z **Inside a Hisense TV Repair Attempt**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/tv.png?w=800)

Many of us misspent our youth fixing televisions. But fixing a 1970s TV is a lot different than today — the parts were big and tubes were made to be […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/06/inside-a-hisense-tv-repair-attempt/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/06/inside-a-hisense-tv-repair-attempt/) 2024-04-07T08:00:45Z **Jpegli: Google’s Better JPEG and Possible Death Knell for WebP**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/elo_scores_jpeg_jpegli.png?w=800)

Along with the rise of the modern World Wide Web came the introduction of the JPEG image compression standard in 1992, allowing for high-quality images to be shared without requiring […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/jpegli-googles-better-jpeg-and-possible-death-knell-for-webp/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/jpegli-googles-better-jpeg-and-possible-death-knell-for-webp/) 2024-04-07T11:00:07Z **Comparing Desoldering Tools**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/desold.png?w=800)

[Lee] has a Hakko FR301 desoldering gun and a Duratool knockoff. He freely admits that the Hakko is probably better, but he wonders if it’s good enough to justify being […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/comparing-desoldering-tools/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/comparing-desoldering-tools/) 2024-04-07T14:00:15Z **The Easy Way To Make A Smart Appliance**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/iot-rice-cooker-featured-e1712449864708.jpg?w=800)

It seems that finding an appliance without some WiFi connectivity and an app to load your laundry data into the cloud is an increasingly difficult thing to do in the […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/the-easy-way-to-make-a-smart-appliance/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/the-easy-way-to-make-a-smart-appliance/) 2024-04-07T17:00:00Z **Squishy Miter Saw Shroud Spares you the Sneezy Bits**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/miter_saw_dust_boot.png?w=800)

Let’s be honest. When it comes to operating miter saws, these tools kick dust out the back like a spray paint can. Most of us have accepted this quirk as-is, […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/squishy-miter-saw-shroud-spares-you-the-sneezy-bits/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/squishy-miter-saw-shroud-spares-you-the-sneezy-bits/) 2024-04-07T20:00:51Z **Emergency DIP Pin Repair For Anyone**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dipfix_feat.jpg?w=800)

Who has not at some point in their lives experienced the horror of a pin on a DIP package breaking off? It’s generally game over, but what if you don’t […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/emergency-dip-pin-repair-for-anyone/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/emergency-dip-pin-repair-for-anyone/) 2024-04-08T00:00:49Z **Hackaday Links: April 7, 2024**
![Hackaday Links Column Banner](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/had-links-banner.jpg?w=800)

Folks with a bit of knowledge about network security commonly use virtual private networks (VPNs) when out and about. Whether you’re connecting to public WiFi or somebody passes you a […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/hackaday-links-april-7-2024/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/hackaday-links-april-7-2024/) 2024-04-08T02:00:31Z **A Spark Gap Transmitter, Characterized**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/spark-gap-featured.jpg?w=800)

When we think of a spark gap radio transmitter, most of us immediately imagine an early twentieth century ship’s radio room or similar. Most of us know these transmitters as […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/a-spark-gap-transmitter-characterized/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/a-spark-gap-transmitter-characterized/) 2024-04-08T05:00:07Z **Fixing an Expensive Smart Toaster is Worth the Time**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/toast.png?w=800)

There was a time when the simplest and cheapest kitchen appliance you could think of was a toaster. Some nichrome wire, a spring, and a mechanical thermostat were all you […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/fixing-an-expensive-smart-toaster-is-worth-the-time/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/fixing-an-expensive-smart-toaster-is-worth-the-time/) 2024-04-08T08:00:00Z **KanaChord Is a Macro Pad for Japanese Input**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/kanachord-800.png?w=800)

There are various situations that warrant additional keyboards on your desk, and inputting a second language is definitely a good one. That’s the idea behind KanaChord, which generates Unicode macros […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/kanachord-is-a-macro-pad-for-japanese-input/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/kanachord-is-a-macro-pad-for-japanese-input/) 2024-04-08T11:00:15Z **Fortran and WebAssembly: Bringing Zippy Linear Algebra to NodeJS & Browsers**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fortran-card.jpg?w=526)

With the rise of WebAssembly (wasm) it’s become easier than ever to run native code in a browser. As mostly just another platform to target, it would be remiss if […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/fortran-and-webassembly-bringing-zippy-linear-algebra-to-nodejs-browsers/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/fortran-and-webassembly-bringing-zippy-linear-algebra-to-nodejs-browsers/) 2024-04-08T14:00:27Z **Heating Mars On The Cheap**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/marsliving.jpg?w=800)

Mars is fairly attractive as a potential future home for humanity. It’s solid, with firm land underfoot. It’s able to hang on to a little atmosphere, which is more than […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/heating-mars-on-the-cheap/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/heating-mars-on-the-cheap/) 2024-04-08T15:30:47Z **1950s Switching Power Supply Does it Mechanically**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/vibe.png?w=800)

When you hear about a switching power supply, you think of a system that uses an inductor and a switch to redistribute energy from the input to the output. But […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/1950s-switching-power-supply-does-it-mechanically/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/1950s-switching-power-supply-does-it-mechanically/) 2024-04-08T17:00:02Z **Ultimate Power: Lithium-Ion Packs Need Some Extra Circuitry**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Lithium.jpg?w=800)

A LiIon pack might just be exactly what you need for powering a device of yours. Whether it’s a laptop, or a robot, or a custom e-scooter, a CPAP machine, […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/ultimate-power-lithium-ion-packs-need-some-extra-circuitry/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/ultimate-power-lithium-ion-packs-need-some-extra-circuitry/) 2024-04-08T18:30:00Z **The Rise and Fall of Silicon Graphics**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sgi_indigo2_row.jpg?w=800)

Maybe best known as the company which brought a splash of color to corporate and scientific computing with its Indigo range of computer systems, Silicon Graphics Inc. (later SGI) burst […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/the-rise-and-fall-of-silicon-graphics/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/the-rise-and-fall-of-silicon-graphics/) 2024-04-08T20:00:09Z **Royal Typewriter Gets a Second (or Third) Life**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/type.png?w=800)

Usually when we are restoring something with a keyboard, it is some kind of old computer or terminal. But [Make it Kozi] wanted an old-fashioned typewriter. The problem is, as […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/royal-typewriter-gets-a-second-or-third-life/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/royal-typewriter-gets-a-second-or-third-life/) 2024-04-08T23:00:15Z **A Brief History of Keyboard Encoding**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MCM_Model_70_microcomputer_1974_APL_keyboard.jpg?w=800)

While typing away on our DIN, PS/2, USB or Bluetooth keyboards one of the questions which we rarely concern ourselves with is that of how the keyboard registers which keys […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/a-brief-history-of-keyboard-encoding/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/a-brief-history-of-keyboard-encoding/) 2024-04-09T02:00:21Z **Query Your C Code**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cdb.png?w=800)

If you’ve ever worked on a large project — your own or a group effort — you know it can be difficult to find exactly where you want to be […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/query-your-c-code/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/query-your-c-code/) 2024-04-09T05:00:46Z **PumpkinOS: A Modern Reimplementation of PalmOS for Today’s Platforms**
![PumpkinOS](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pumpkin.png?w=475)

In a world where the personal digital assistant (PDA) has become yet another retro computing system, it’s always nice when experiencing the software for such platforms can be done in […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/pumpkinos-a-modern-reimplementation-of-palmos-for-todays-platforms/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/08/pumpkinos-a-modern-reimplementation-of-palmos-for-todays-platforms/) 2024-04-09T08:00:49Z **Bye Bye Green Screen, Hello Monochromatic Screen**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sodium-key-featured.jpg?w=800)

It’s not uncommon in 2024 to have some form of green background cloth for easy background effects when in a Zoom call or similar. This is a technology TV and […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/bye-bye-green-screen-hello-monochromatic-screen/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/bye-bye-green-screen-hello-monochromatic-screen/) 2024-04-09T11:00:11Z **Adjustable Lights Help Peer Inside Chips with IR**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/imager-head.jpg?w=800)

If you’re used to working through a microscope, you’ve probably noticed that the angle of the light greatly affects how your workpiece looks. Most of us prefer the relatively flat […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/adjustable-lights-help-peer-inside-chips-with-ir/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/adjustable-lights-help-peer-inside-chips-with-ir/) 2024-04-09T14:00:35Z **In a Twist, Humans Take Jobs from AI**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ChatGPT-1.jpg?w=800)

Back in the 1970s, Rockwell had an ad that proudly proclaimed: “The best electronic brains are still human.” They weren’t wrong. Computers are great and amazing, but — for now […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/in-a-twist-humans-take-jobs-from-ai/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/in-a-twist-humans-take-jobs-from-ai/) 2024-04-09T15:30:00Z **On Cloud Computing And Learning to Say No**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/computersaretakingover.jpg?w=800)

Do you really need that cloud hosting package? If you’re just running a website — no matter whether large or very large — you probably don’t and should settle for […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/on-cloud-computing-and-learning-to-say-no/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/on-cloud-computing-and-learning-to-say-no/) 2024-04-09T18:30:15Z **Double-Checking NASA’s Eclipse Estimate at Home**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/eclipsedata_feat.png?w=800)

If you were lucky enough to be near the path of totality, and didn’t have your view obscured by clouds, yesterday’s eclipse provided some very memorable views. But you know […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/double-checking-nasas-eclipse-estimate-at-home/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/double-checking-nasas-eclipse-estimate-at-home/) 2024-04-09T20:00:36Z **Soldering the Elusive USB C Port**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/smd.png?w=800)

Many SMD components, including some USB C ports, have their terminals under the component. When installed, the pins are totally hidden. So, how do you solder or unsolder them? That’s […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/soldering-the-elusive-usb-c-port/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/soldering-the-elusive-usb-c-port/) 2024-04-09T23:00:54Z **Emails Over Radio**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/winlink-main.png?w=800)

The modern cellular network is a marvel of technological advancement that we often take for granted now. With 5G service it’s easy to do plenty of things on-the-go that would […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/emails-over-radio/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/emails-over-radio/) 2024-04-10T02:00:43Z **How DEC’s LANBridge 100 Gave Ethernet a Fighting Chance**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ethernet.jpg?w=800)

When Ethernet was originally envisioned, it would use a common, shared medium (the ‘Ether’ part), with transmitting and collision resolution handled by the carrier sense multiple access with collision detection […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/how-decs-lanbridge-100-gave-ethernet-a-fighting-chance/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/how-decs-lanbridge-100-gave-ethernet-a-fighting-chance/) 2024-04-10T05:00:32Z **Hackaday Europe is Almost Here, Last Call for Tickets**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/com-Artboard_10_3at2x.png?w=800)

By the time this post hits the front page, we’ll be just a few days away from the kickoff of Hackaday Europe 2024! For those of you joining us in […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/hackaday-europe-is-almost-here-last-call-for-tickets/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/09/hackaday-europe-is-almost-here-last-call-for-tickets/) 2024-04-10T08:00:23Z **Wozamp Turns Apple II Into Music Player**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/wozamp-main.jpg?w=800)

Besides obvious technological advancements, early computers built by Apple differed in a major way from their modern analogs. Rather than relying on planned obsolescence as a business model, computers like […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/wozamp-turns-apple-ii-into-music-player/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/wozamp-turns-apple-ii-into-music-player/) 2024-04-10T11:00:52Z **Get Today’s Forecast in Classic 90s Weather Channel Style**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/weatherstar.png?w=800)

Remember when The Weather Channel actually had weather? It’s been a while, but we sure remember what a boon Local on the 8’s was when getting ready for the day. […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/get-todays-forecast-in-classic-90s-weather-channel-style/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/get-todays-forecast-in-classic-90s-weather-channel-style/) 2024-04-10T15:30:46Z **Homebrew Network Card with No CPU**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/eth.png?w=800)

A modern normal network card will have onboard an Ethernet controller which, of course, is a pre-programmed microcontroller. Not only does it do the things required to keep a computer […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/homebrew-network-card-with-no-cpu/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/homebrew-network-card-with-no-cpu/) 2024-04-10T18:30:23Z **Chandra X-ray Observatory Threatened by Budget Cuts**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/chandraxray_feat.jpg?w=800)

Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in July of 1999, the Chandra X-ray Observatory is the most capable space telescope of its kind. As of this writing, the spacecraft is […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/chandra-x-ray-observatory-threatened-by-budget-cuts/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/chandra-x-ray-observatory-threatened-by-budget-cuts/) 2024-04-10T20:00:54Z **Baseboard Heaters Get Automated**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/thermostat-main.jpg?w=800)

If you’re lucky enough to have central heating and/or air conditioning, with an automatic thermostat, you probably don’t have to worry too much about the outside temperature. But central HVAC […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/baseboard-heaters-get-automated/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/baseboard-heaters-get-automated/) 2024-04-10T23:00:22Z **FLOSS Weekly Episode 778: OctoPrint — People Are Amazing at Breaking Things**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Pipewire.jpg?w=800)

This week Jonathan Bennett and Katherine Druckman sit down with Gina Häußge to talk OctoPrint! It’s one of our favorite ways to babysit our 3D printers, and the project has […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/floss-weekly-episode-778-octoprint-people-are-amazing-at-breaking-things/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/floss-weekly-episode-778-octoprint-people-are-amazing-at-breaking-things/) 2024-04-11T02:00:00Z **Synesthetic Clock Doesn’t Require Synesthesia**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/synthesthesia-clock-800.jpg?w=800)

We often think of synesthetes as those people who associate say, colors with numbers. But the phenomenon can occur with any of the senses. Simply put, when one sense is […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/synesthetic-clock-doesnt-require-synesthesia/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/synesthetic-clock-doesnt-require-synesthesia/) 2024-04-11T05:00:00Z **Exploring the Bendix G-15’s Typewriter**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bendix_g15_typewriter_usagi_electric.jpg?w=800)

The Bendix Corporation’s Bendix G-15 was introduced in 1956 as an affordable system for industrial and scientific markets. As with any computer system, a range of peripheral devices for input […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/exploring-the-bendix-g-15s-typewriter/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/10/exploring-the-bendix-g-15s-typewriter/) 2024-04-11T08:00:23Z **Let Your Finger Do the Soldering With Solder Sustainer v2**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/solder_sustainer_v2.jpg?w=800)

Soldering is easy, as long as you have one hand to hold the iron, one to hold the solder, and another to hold the workpiece. For those of us not […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/let-your-finger-do-the-soldering-with-solder-sustainer-v2/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/let-your-finger-do-the-soldering-with-solder-sustainer-v2/) 2024-04-11T11:00:06Z **WSPR To The Wind With A Pi Pico High Altitiude Balloon**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/wspr-baloon2.jpg?w=800)

They say that if you love something, you should set it free. That doesn’t mean that you should spend any more on it than you have to though, which is […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/wspr-to-the-wind-with-a-pi-pico-high-altitiude-balloon/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/wspr-to-the-wind-with-a-pi-pico-high-altitiude-balloon/) 2024-04-11T14:00:26Z **Linux Fu: Getting Started with Systemd**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/linuxfu.jpg?w=800)

I will confess. I started writing this post about some stupid systemd tricks. However, I wanted to explain a little about systemd first, and that wound up being longer than […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/linux-fu-getting-started-with-systemd/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/linux-fu-getting-started-with-systemd/) 2024-04-11T15:30:26Z **Do You Trust Your Cheap Fuses?**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/fuse-test-featured.jpg?w=800)

When a fuse is fitted in a power rail, it gives the peace of mind that the circuit is protected. But in the case of some cheap unbranded fuses of […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/do-you-trust-your-cheap-fuses/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/do-you-trust-your-cheap-fuses/) 2024-04-11T18:30:00Z **Cryo-EM: Freezing Time to Take Snapshots of Myosin and Other Molecular Systems**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/time-resolved_cryo-EM_setup_Klebl_et_al_2024.jpg?w=800)

Using technologies like electron microscopy (EM) it is possible to capture molecular mechanisms in great detail, but not when these mechanisms are currently moving. The field of cryomicroscopy circumvents this […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/cryo-em-freezing-ti ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/cryo-em-freezing-time-to-take-snapshots-of-myosin-and-other-molecular-systems/) 2024-04-11T20:00:28Z **Garage Door Automation With No Extra Hardware**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/garage-main.jpg?w=800)

Home automation projects have been popular as long as microcontrollers have been available to the general public. Building computers to handle minutiae so we don’t have to is one of […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/garage-door-automation-with-no-extra-hardware/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/garage-door-automation-with-no-extra-hardware/) 2024-04-11T23:00:26Z **Small, Quiet Air Compressor Puts 3D-Printed Parts to Best Use**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/compressor.png?w=800)

When the only tool you’ve got is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a nail. Similarly, while a 3D printer is a fantastic tool to have, it can […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/small-quiet-air-compressor-puts-3d-printed-parts-to-best-use/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/small-quiet-air-compressor-puts-3d-printed-parts-to-best-use/) 2024-04-12T02:00:02Z **Tearing into a Sparky Sandwich**
![A finger points at a stack of yellow plastic plates sandwiched together like on a bookshelf. A grey metal rectangle holds the top together and black plastic sticks off to the left. The top of the pack has copper and nickel (or some other silver-colored metal) tabs pointing up out of the assembly.](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Chevy-Spark-EV-battery-module-teardown.-YouTube-0-2-17.jpeg?w=800)

We’re still in the early days of modern EV infrastructure, so ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/tearing-into-a-sparky-sandwich/) 2024-04-12T05:00:46Z **The Aimbot V3 Aims To Track & Terminate You**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/nastygun-e1712891151404.jpg?w=800)

Some projects we cover are simple, while some descend into the sort of obsessive, rabbit-hole-digging-into-wonderland madness that hackers everywhere will recognize. That’s precisely where [Excessive Overload] has gone with the […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/the-aimbot-v3-aims-to-track-terminate-you/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/the-aimbot-v3-aims-to-track-terminate-you/) 2024-04-12T08:00:45Z **Make Your Music Simpler With the User-Unfriendliest Cassette Deck Ever**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/unfriendly_tape_deck.jpg?w=800)

Call us crazy, but music was a whole lot more fun when it was on physical media. Or perhaps just easier to use, especially in the car. Whether your particular […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/make-your-music-simpler-with-the-user-unfriendliest-cassette-deck-ever/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/make-your-music-simpler-with-the-user-unfriendliest-cassette-deck-ever/) 2024-04-12T11:00:58Z **The Future Looks Bleak for Alexa Skill Development**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/echo.jpg?w=800)

While the average Hackaday reader is arguably less likely than most to install a megacorp’s listening device in their home, we know there’s at least some of you out there […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/the-future-looks-bleak-for-alexa-skill-development/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/the-future-looks-bleak-for-alexa-skill-development/) 2024-04-12T14:00:51Z **This Week in Security: BatBadBut, DLink, and Your TV Too**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/darkarts.jpg?w=800)

So first up, we have BatBadBut, a pun based on the vulnerability being “about batch files and bad, but not the worst.” It’s a weird interaction between how Windows uses […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/this-week-in-security-batbadbut-dlink-and-your-tv-too/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/this-week-in-security-batbadbut-dlink-and-your-tv-too/) 2024-04-12T15:00:00Z **Beating IBM’s Eagle Quantum Processor On An Ising Model With a Classical Tensor Network**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Quantum-Summit_Hero-and-Carousel-Template_1920x720.jpg?w=800)

The central selling point of qubit-based quantum processors is that they can supposedly solve certain types of tasks much faster than a classical computer. This comes however with the major […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/beating-ibms-ea ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/beating-ibms-eagle-quantum-processor-on-an-ising-model-with-a-classical-tensor-network/) 2024-04-12T16:00:06Z **Hackaday Podcast Episode 266: A Writer’s Deck, Patching Your Battleship, and Fact-Checking the Eclipse**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/microphone.jpg?w=800)

Before Elliot Williams jumps on a train for Hackaday Europe, there was just enough time to meet up virtually with Tom Nardi to discuss their favorite hacks and stories from […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/hackaday-podcast-episode-266-a-writers-deck-p ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/hackaday-podcast-episode-266-a-writers-deck-patching-your-battleship-and-fact-checking-the-eclipse/) 2024-04-12T18:30:03Z **Crank-Powered Train Uses No Batteries or Plugs**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/crank-train-800.jpeg?w=800)

The prolific [Peter Waldraff] is at back it with another gorgeous micro train layout. This time, there are no plugs and no batteries. And although it’s crank-powered, it can run […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/crank-powered-train-uses-no-batteries-or-plugs/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/crank-powered-train-uses-no-batteries-or-plugs/) 2024-04-12T20:00:00Z **HDMI DDC Keypad Controls Monitor From Rack**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/HDMI-DDC-keypad-800.jpg?w=800)

Sometime last year, [Jon Petter Skagmo] bought a Dell U3421WE monitor. It’s really quite cool, with a KVM switch and picture-by-picture support for two inputs at the same time. The […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/hdmi-ddc-keypad-controls-monitor-from-rack/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/hdmi-ddc-keypad-controls-monitor-from-rack/) 2024-04-12T23:00:22Z **Electromagnets Make Vertical CNC Cutter a Little Stickier**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/plasma_magnets.png?w=800)

Workholding is generally not a problem on a big CNC plasma cutter.; gravity does a pretty good job of keeping heavy sheet steel in place on the bed. But what […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/electromagnets-make-vertical-cnc-cutter-a-little-stickier/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/electromagnets-make-vertical-cnc-cutter-a-little-stickier/) 2024-04-13T02:00:47Z **Git Good, By Playing a Gamified Version of Git**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/oh-my-git-wide.png?w=800)

What better way to learn to use Git than a gamified interface that visualizes every change? That’s the idea behind Oh My Git! which aims to teach players all about […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/git-good-by-playing-a-gamified-version-of-git/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/git-good-by-playing-a-gamified-version-of-git/) 2024-04-13T05:00:52Z **No Lathe? Build Your Own**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/lathe.png?w=800)

If you need to make round things, you probably need a lathe. Can you build one as nice as one you can buy? Probably not. But can you build one […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/no-lathe-build-your-own/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/no-lathe-build-your-own/) 2024-04-13T08:00:11Z **Rabbit Sighted In The Wild**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/rabbit-phone-featured.jpg?w=800)

Here at Hackaday we’re suckers for old abandoned technologies, the more obscure the better. The history of the telephone has plenty to capture our attention, and it’s from that arena […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/rabbit-sighted-in-the-wild/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/rabbit-sighted-in-the-wild/) 2024-04-13T08:26:37Z **Hackaday Europe 2024 is Live**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/logo-luma-pixelglitchmp4-shot0001.jpg?w=800)

Hackaday Europe 2024 is on!  We’re all here in Berlin, and the talks are about to begin. If you’re not, you can join us in spirit on our livestream!  And if […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/hackaday-europe-2024-is-live/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/hackaday-europe-2024-is-live/) 2024-04-13T11:00:39Z **Vintage Particle Counter is a Treasure Trove of Classic Parts**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/particle_counter.png?w=800)

If you need a demonstration of just how far technology has come in the last 40 years, just take a look at this teardown of a 1987 laser particle counter. […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/vintage-particle-counter-is-a-treasure-trove-of-classic-parts/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/vintage-particle-counter-is-a-treasure-trove-of-classic-parts/) 2024-04-13T14:00:00Z **A Bend Sensor Developed With 3D Printer Filament**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bend-sensor-featured.jpg?w=800)

PhD students spend their time pursuing whatever general paths their supervisor has given them, and if they are lucky, it yields enough solid data to finally write a thesis without […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/__trashed-9/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/__trashed-9/) 2024-04-13T17:00:45Z **Delays and Timers in LTSpice (no 555)**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/delay.png?w=800)

If you need a precise time, you could use a microcontroller. Of course, then all your friends will say “Could have done that with a 555!” But the 555 isn’t […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/delays-and-timers-in-ltspice-no-555/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/delays-and-timers-in-ltspice-no-555/) 2024-04-13T20:00:13Z **Who’s Afraid Of A CRT?**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/crt-fix-featured.jpg?w=800)

Older consumer electronic devices follow a desirability curve in which after they fall from favour they can’t be given away. But as they become rarer, they reach a point at […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/whos-afraid-of-a-crt/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/whos-afraid-of-a-crt/) 2024-04-13T23:00:47Z **PicoNtrol Brings Modern Controllers to Atari 2600**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/picontrol_feat.jpg?w=800)

While there’s an argument to be made that retro games should be experienced with whatever input device they were designed around, there’s no debating that modern game controllers are a […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/picontrol-brings-modern-controllers-to-atari-2600/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/picontrol-brings-modern-controllers-to-atari-2600/) 2024-04-14T02:00:50Z **M17 Digital Communications Go From Strength To Strength**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/m17-featured.jpg?w=800)

The world of amateur radio is like many other fields in that there has been a move underway from analogue to digital modes. In fact, amateur radio has often led […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/m17-digital-communications-go-from-strength-to-strength/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/m17-digital-communications-go-from-strength-to-strength/) 2024-04-14T05:00:39Z **When Your Level Shifter Is Too Smart To Function**
![Logic analyzer capture, showing the rails constantly oscillating at a high rate](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hadimg_ti_levelshift_feat.png?w=800)

By now, 3.3V has become a comfortable and common logic level for basically anything you might be hacking. However, sometimes, you still need to interface your GPIOs with devices that […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/when-your-level-shifter-is-too-smart-to-funct ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/13/when-your-level-shifter-is-too-smart-to-function/) 2024-04-14T08:00:47Z **A Slew Of AI Courses To Get Yourself Up to Speed**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ai.png?w=800)

When there’s a new technology, there’s always a slew of people who want to educate you about it. Some want to teach you to use their tools, some want you […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/a-slew-of-ai-courses-to-get-yourself-up-to-speed/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/a-slew-of-ai-courses-to-get-yourself-up-to-speed/) 2024-04-14T11:00:20Z **Dump a Code Repository as a Text File, For Easier Sharing with Chatbots**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AIcoding.jpg?w=800)

Some LLMs (Large Language Models) can act as useful programming assistants when provided with a project’s source code, but experimenting with this can get a little tricky if the chatbot […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/dump-a-code-repository-as-a-text-file-for-easier-sharing-with-chatbots/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/dump-a-code-repository-as-a-text-file-for-easier-sharing-with-chatbots/) 2024-04-14T14:00:44Z **The BBC Micro, Lovingly Simulated in VR**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/virtualbeeb-in-vr-2.png?w=800)

The BBC Micro was many peoples’ first exposure to home computing, and thanks to [Dominic Pajak], you can fire up this beloved hardware in WebXR. Is it an emulator? Yes, […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/the-bbc-micro-lovingly-simulated-in-vr/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/the-bbc-micro-lovingly-simulated-in-vr/) 2024-04-14T17:00:26Z **Danish Vintage LRC Meter Reveals Inside**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/meter_6bbae7.png?w=800)

Modern test equipment is great, but there’s something about a big meter with a swinging needle and a mirror for parallax correction that makes a device look like real gear. […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/danish-vintage-lrc-meter-reveals-inside/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/danish-vintage-lrc-meter-reveals-inside/) 2024-04-14T20:00:13Z **Porting Modern Windows Applications to Windows 95**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dot_net_framework_logo.jpg?w=800)

Windows 95 was an amazing operating system that would forever transform the world of home computing, setting the standard for user interaction on a desktop and quite possibly was the […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/porting-modern-windows-applications-to-windows-95/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/porting-modern-windows-applications-to-windows-95/) 2024-04-14T23:00:17Z **Hackaday Links: April 14, 2024**
![Hackaday Links Column Banner](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/had-links-banner.jpg?w=800)

The Great American Eclipse v2.0 has come and gone, sadly without our traveling to the path of totality as planned; family stuff. We did get a report from friends in […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/hackaday-links-april-14-2024/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/hackaday-links-april-14-2024/) 2024-04-15T02:00:02Z **Voice Control for a Vintage Heathkit Radio**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/vx1.png?w=800)

Most modern ham rigs have a voice activated transmission (VOX) mode, although we don’t know many people who use it often. When a transmitter is in VOX mode, it starts […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/voice-control-for-a-vintage-heathkit-radio/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/voice-control-for-a-vintage-heathkit-radio/) 2024-04-15T05:00:14Z **A Buggy Entry in the Useless Robot Category**
![Laser cut bug body with pincers and electronics to control the pincers](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bug-bite-feature.jpg?w=800)

No one loves a useless robot more than we do here at Hackaday. But if anyone does it might be [ARC385] with her Bug Bite Bot. A true engineering marvel, […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/a-buggy-entry-in-the-useless-robot-category/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/14/a-buggy-entry-in-the-useless-robot-category/) 2024-04-15T08:00:59Z **Waveform Generator Teardown is Nearly Empty**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/awg.png?w=800)

We always enjoy [Kerry Wong’s] insightful teardowns, and recently, he opened up a UTG1042X arbitrary waveform generator. Getting inside was a bit of a challenge since there were no visible […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/waveform-generator-teardown-is-nearly-empty/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/waveform-generator-teardown-is-nearly-empty/) 2024-04-15T11:00:37Z **How Do You Make A Repairable E-Reader**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/kobo-repair-featured.jpg?w=800)

Mobile devices have become notorious for their unrepairability, with glued-together parts and impossible-to-reach connectors. So it’s refreshing to see something new in that field from the e-book reader brand Kobo […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/how-do-you-make-a-repairable-e-reader/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/how-do-you-make-a-repairable-e-reader/) 2024-04-15T14:00:44Z **Remembering Peter Higgs and the Gravity of His Contributions to Physics**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/candidate-higgs-event.png?w=800)

There are probably very few people on this globe who at some point in time haven’t heard the term ‘Higgs Boson’  zip past, along with the term ‘God Particle’. As […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/remembering-peter-higgs-and-the-gravity-of-his-contributions-to-physics/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/remembering-peter-higgs-and-the-gravity-of-his-contributions-to-physics/) 2024-04-15T15:30:57Z **Analyzing the Code From The Terminator’s HUD**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/I-analyzed-the-Terminators-vision-code-0-41-screenshot.png?w=800)

The T1000, also known as the Terminator, was like some kind of non-giving up robot guy. The robot assassin viewed the world through a tinted view with lines of code […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/analyzing-the-code-from-the-terminators-hud/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/analyzing-the-code-from-the-terminators-hud/) 2024-04-15T17:00:24Z **Logic Analyzers: Decoding And Monitoring**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Logic.jpg?w=800)

Last time, we looked into using a logic analyzer to decode SPI signals of LCD displays, which can help us reuse LCD screens from proprietary systems, or port LCD driver […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/logic-analyzers-decoding-and-monitoring/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/logic-analyzers-decoding-and-monitoring/) 2024-04-15T18:30:04Z **3D Printing a Cassette Is Good Retro Fun**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/3dpcass_feat.jpg?w=800)

The cassette is one of the coolest music formats ever, in that you could chuck them about with abandon and they’d usually still work. [Chris Borge] recently decided to see […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/3d-printing-a-cassette-is-good-retro-fun/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/3d-printing-a-cassette-is-good-retro-fun/) 2024-04-15T20:00:00Z **Plasma Cutter on the Cheap Reviewed**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/plasma.png?w=800)

If you have a well-equipped shop, it isn’t unusual to have a welder. Stick welders have become a commodity and even some that use shield gas are cheap if you […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/plasma-cutter-on-the-cheap-reviewed/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/plasma-cutter-on-the-cheap-reviewed/) 2024-04-15T23:00:48Z **Compaq Portable III is More Than Meets the Eye**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2764971712946299202-e1713174637865.jpg?w=800)

The Compaq Portable III hails from the 386 era — in the days before the laptop form factor was what we know today. It’s got a bit of an odd […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/compaq-portable-iii-is-more-than-meets-the-eye/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/compaq-portable-iii-is-more-than-meets-the-eye/) 2024-04-16T02:00:52Z **Building a Tape Echo In A Coke Can Tape Player That Doesn’t Really Work**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/I-Made-A-Coca-Cola-Tape-Echo-And-It-Failed-Miserably-2-27-screenshot.png?w=800)

Back in the 1990s, you could get a tape player shaped like a can of Coca Cola. [Simon the Magpie] scored one of these decks and decided to turn it […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/building-a-tape-echo-in-a-coke-can-tape-player-that-doesnt-really-work/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/building-a-tape-echo-in-a-coke-can-tape-player-that-doesnt-really-work/) 2024-04-16T05:00:00Z **Alternate Threaded Inserts for 3D Prints**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/These-threaded-inserts-arent-made-for-3D-prints-but-work-amazingly-well-0-52-screenshot.png?w=800)

The usual way to put a durable threaded interface into a 3D print is to use a heat-set insert, but what about other options? [Thomas Sanladerer] evaluates a variety of […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/alternate-threaded-inserts-for-3d-prints/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/15/alternate-threaded-inserts-for-3d-prints/) 2024-04-16T08:00:32Z **Retrotechtacular: The Other Kind of Fallout Show**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/polish_fallout.png?w=800)

Thanks to the newly released Amazon Prime series, not to mention nearly 30 years as a wildly successful gaming franchise, Fallout is very much in the zeitgeist these days. But […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/retrotechtacular-the-other-kind-of-fallout-show/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/retrotechtacular-the-other-kind-of-fallout-show/) 2024-04-16T11:00:36Z **Why Pulse Current Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries Extends Their Useful Lifespan**
![Mechanisms of pulse current charging for stabilizing the cycling performance of commercial NMC/graphite LIBs. (Credit: Jia Guo et al., 2024)](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aenm202400190-fig-0008-m.jpg?w=800)

For as much capacity lithium-ion batteries have, their useful lifespan is generally measured in the hundreds of cycles. This degradation is caused by the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/why-pulse-current-charging-lithium-ion-batteries-extends-their-useful-lifespan/) 2024-04-16T14:00:32Z **Linux Fu: Stupid Systemd Tricks**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/LinuxFu.jpg?w=800)

Last time, I gave a whirlwind introduction to a very small slice of systemd. If you aren’t comfortable with systemd services, timers, and mounts, you might want to read that […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/linux-fu-stupid-systemd-tricks/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/linux-fu-stupid-systemd-tricks/) 2024-04-16T15:30:38Z **Fail of the Week: Can an Ultrasonic Cleaner Remove Bubbles From Resin?**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Could-an-Ultrasonic-cleaner-be-a-cost-effective-solution-to-resin-bubbles_-4-8-screenshot.png?w=800)

[Wendy] asked a very good question. Could putting liquid resin into an ultrasonic cleaner help degas it? Would it help remove bubbles, resulting in a cleaner pour and nicer end […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/fail-of-the-week-can-an- ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/fail-of-the-week-can-an-ultrasonic-cleaner-remove-bubbles-from-resin/) 2024-04-16T17:00:11Z **Microsoft Killed My Favorite Keyboard, And I’m Mad About It**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/keybo2.jpg?w=800)

As a professional writer, I rack up thousands of words a day. Too many in fact, to the point where it hurts my brain. To ease this burden, I choose […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/microsoft-killed-my-favorite-keyboard-and-im-mad-about-it/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/microsoft-killed-my-favorite-keyboard-and-im-mad-about-it/) 2024-04-16T18:30:32Z **The Next Evolution Of The Raspberry Pi Recovery Kit**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/recovery2_feat.jpg?w=800)

At Hackaday, the projects we cover are generally a one-off sort of thing. Somebody makes something, they post it online, we share it with our audience — rinse and repeat. […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/the-next-evolution-of-the-raspberry-pi-recovery-kit/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/the-next-evolution-of-the-raspberry-pi-recovery-kit/) 2024-04-16T20:00:48Z **Recycling Wires for Breadboarding**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/board.png?w=800)

It is easy to take things for granted, but if you work with students, you realize that even something as simple as a breadboard needs explanation. [0033mer] recently shared a […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/recycling-wires-for-breadboarding/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/recycling-wires-for-breadboarding/) 2024-04-16T23:00:37Z **More Microwave Metal Casting**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/microwave_casting.png?w=800)

If you think you can’t do investment casting because you don’t have a safe place to melt metal, think again. Metal casting in the kitchen is possible, as demonstrated by […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/more-microwave-metal-casting/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/more-microwave-metal-casting/) 2024-04-17T02:00:19Z **Still Up and Coming: Non-Planar FDM 3D Printing With 3 or 6 Axes**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/non-planar_printing_michael_wuethrich.jpg?w=800)

Most of the time FDM 3D printing involves laying down layers of thermoplastics, but the layer lines also form the biggest weakness with parts produced this way. Being able to […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/still-up-and-coming-non-planar-fdm-3d-printing-with-3-or-6-axes/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/still-up-and-coming-non-planar-fdm-3d-printing-with-3-or-6-axes/) 2024-04-17T05:00:44Z **Cyberpunk Guitar Strap Lights Up with Repurposed PCBs**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LED-strap-800.jpeg?w=800)

Sometimes, whether we like it or not, ordering PCBs results in extra PCBs lying around, either because of board house minimums, mistakes on either end, or both. What’s to be […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/cyberpunk-guitar-strap-lights-up-with-repurposed-pcbs/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/cyberpunk-guitar-strap-lights-up-with-repurposed-pcbs/) 2024-04-17T08:00:32Z **A ROG Ally Battery Mod You Ought To Try**
![The mod as installed into the handheld, complete with the custom 3D-printed back, with a screwdriver being used to install one of the screws](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hadimg_rogally_battery_feat.jpg?w=800)

Today’s hack is an unexpected but appreciated contribution from members of the iFixit crew, published by [Shahram Mokhtari]. This is an ROG Ally Asus-produced handheld gaming console mod that has […read more](https://hackaday.co ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/a-rog-ally-battery-mod-you-ought-to-try/) 2024-04-17T11:00:50Z **Getting Started with Radio Astronomy**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sara.png?w=800)

There are many facets to being a radio hobbyist, but if you’ve ever had the urge to dabble in radio astronomy, check out “The Novice’s Guide to Amateur Radio Astronomy,” […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/getting-started-with-radio-astronomy/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/getting-started-with-radio-astronomy/) 2024-04-17T14:30:40Z **Human-Interfacing Devices: HID over I2C**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Logic.jpg?w=800)

In the previous two HID articles, we talked about stealing HID descriptors, learned about a number of cool tools you can use for HID hacking on Linux, and created a […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/human-interfacing-devices-hid-over-i2c/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/human-interfacing-devices-hid-over-i2c/) 2024-04-17T15:30:56Z **Custom Dog Door Prevents Culinary Atrocities**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/riley.jpg?w=800)

Riley, an 8 lb pug, has more beauty than brains, and a palate as unrefined as crude oil. While we hate criticizing others’ interests and tastes, his penchant for eating […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/custom-dog-door-prevents-culinary-atrocities/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/custom-dog-door-prevents-culinary-atrocities/) 2024-04-17T18:00:26Z **VCF East 2024 Was Bigger and Better Than Ever**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020-vintage-computer-festival-featured.jpg?w=800)

I knew something had changed before I even paid for my ticket to this year’s Vintage Computer Festival East at the InfoAge Science and History Museum in Wall, New Jersey. […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/vcf-east-2024-was-bigger-and-better-than-ever/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/vcf-east-2024-was-bigger-and-better-than-ever/) 2024-04-17T18:30:50Z **Compiling and Running Turbo Pascal in the Browser**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/web_turbo_pascal_lawrence_kesteloot.jpg?w=800)

When a friend of [Lawrence Kesteloot] found a stack of 3.5″ floppy disks, they found that it contained Turbo Pascal code which the two of them had worked on back in […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/compiling-and-running-turbo-pascal-in-the-browser/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/compiling-and-running-turbo-pascal-in-the-browser/) 2024-04-17T20:00:49Z **This Go-Kart Rides on a Pallet**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/gokart-main.jpg?w=800)

Many beginner woodworkers, looking to offset the introductory costs of starting a hobby, will source their wood from pallets. Generally they’re easily found and can be low or no cost, […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/this-go-kart-rides-on-a-pallet/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/this-go-kart-rides-on-a-pallet/) 2024-04-17T23:00:19Z **FLOSS Weekly Episode 779: Errata Prevention Specialist**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Pipewire.jpg?w=800)

This week Jonathan Bennett and Dan Lynch sit down with Andy Stewart to talk about Andy’s Ham Radio Linux (AHRL)! It’s the Linux distro designed to give hams the tools […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/floss-weekly-episode-779-errata-prevention-specialist/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/floss-weekly-episode-779-errata-prevention-specialist/) 2024-04-18T02:00:37Z **Source Code to the 1999 FPS Game Descent 3 Released**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/descent_3_screenshot.jpg?w=800)

On April 16th of this year, [Kevin Bentley] released the source code to the Sci-Fi FPS game Descent 3. Originally released in 1999 for Windows, it was the third part […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/source-code-to-the-1999-fps-game-descent-3-released/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/source-code-to-the-1999-fps-game-descent-3-released/) 2024-04-18T05:00:46Z **Raspberry Pi Scanner Digitizes On the Cheap**
![A red 3D-printed Raspberry Pi-based document scanner](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/scanner-800.jpg?w=800)

It’s pretty important in 2024 to be able digitize documents quickly and easily without necessarily having to stop by the local library or buy an all-in-one printer. While there are […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/raspberry-pi-scanner-digitizes-on-the-cheap/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/17/raspberry-pi-scanner-digitizes-on-the-cheap/) 2024-04-18T08:00:27Z **Hacked Oscilloscope Plays Breakout, Hints at More**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/scope_breakout.png?w=800)

You know things are getting real when the Dremel is one of the first tools you turn to after unboxing your new oscilloscope. But when your goal is to hack […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/18/hacked-oscilloscope-plays-breakout-hints-at-more/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/18/hacked-oscilloscope-plays-breakout-hints-at-more/) 2024-04-18T11:00:39Z **Unraveling The Secrets of Apple’s Mysterious Fisheye Format**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/apple-fisheye-encoding-2.jpg?w=800)

Apple has developed a proprietary — even mysterious — “fisheye” projection format used for their immersive videos, such as those played back by the Apple Vision Pro. What’s the mystery? […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/18/unraveling-the-secrets-of-apples-mysterious-fisheye-format/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/18/unraveling-the-secrets-of-apples-mysterious-fisheye-format/) 2024-04-18T14:00:02Z **MXM: Powerful, Misused, Hackable**
![A standard-compliant MXM card installed into a laptop, without heatsink](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/oc_mxm_feat.png?w=800)

Today, we’ll look into yet another standard in the embedded space: MXM. It stands for “Mobile PCI Express Module”, and is basically intended as a GPU interface for laptops with […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/18/mxm-powerful-misused-hackable/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/18/mxm-powerful-misused-hackable/) 2024-04-18T15:30:50Z **LYFT: Standing Up for Better IKEA BEKANT Control**
![IKEA BEKANT sit/stand desk with a new controller attached](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LYFT-800.jpeg?w=800)

The IKEA BEKANT sit/stand desk is kind of a lifesaver — even if you don’t personally go between sit and stand much, the adjustability makes sharing the desk a breeze. […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/18/lyft-standing-up-for-better-ikea-bekant-control/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/18/lyft-standing-up-for-better-ikea-bekant-control/) 2024-04-18T18:30:56Z **Early CD Player Teardown**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cd.png?w=800)

While CD players are nothing new today, they were the height of high-tech in the early 1980s. [w1ngsfly] shows us the inside of a Phase Linear 9500 player from 1983. […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/18/early-cd-player-teardown/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/18/early-cd-player-teardown/) 2024-04-18T20:00:05Z **DIY Quad-Motor Go-Kart is a Thrilling Ride**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/quad-motor-go-kart-lead-image.png?w=800)

[Peter Holderith] set out some time ago to build an electric go-kart. That by itself is not terribly unusual, but where his project diverts from the usual is in the […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/18/diy-quad-motor-go-kart-is-a-thrilling-ride/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/18/diy-quad-motor-go-kart-is-a-thrilling-ride/) 2024-04-18T23:00:52Z **Remove Wall Plugs Fast With A Custom Tool**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/I-Made-A-Wall-Plugs-Removal-TOOL-Anchors-Remover-_-XDIY-3-2-screenshot.png?w=800)

The best thing about buying your own home is that you can hang things on the walls. It’s a human right all too often denied to renters the world over. […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/18/remove-wall-plugs-fast-with-a-custom-tool/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/18/remove-wall-plugs-fast-with-a-custom-tool/) 2024-04-19T02:00:17Z **Computing Via (Virtual) Dominos**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dom.png?w=800)

Back in 2012, [Matt Parker] and a team built a computer out of dominos for the Manchester Science Festival. [Andrew Taylor], part of the team that built the original,  has […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/18/computing-via-virtual-dominos/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/18/computing-via-virtual-dominos/) 2024-04-19T05:00:04Z **PC Watercooling Prototype is Pumpless**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/wc.png?w=800)

Watercooling is usually more efficient than air cooling for the same volume of equipment, and — important for many people — it is generally quieter. However, you still have water […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/18/pc-watercooling-prototype-is-pumpless/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/18/pc-watercooling-prototype-is-pumpless/) 2024-04-19T08:00:43Z **Build Your Own RGB Fill Light For Photography**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/F3P7WEELV3TOK3K.jpg?w=800)

Photography is all about light, and capturing it for posterity. As any experienced photographer will tell you, getting the right lighting is key to getting a good shot. To help […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/build-your-own-rgb-fill-light-for-photography/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/build-your-own-rgb-fill-light-for-photography/) 2024-04-19T11:00:59Z **NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Transitions Into Stationary Testbed**
![](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MartianHelicopter.jpg?w=800)

On April 16th NASA announced the formal end to Ingenuity’s days as the first ever Martian helicopter, following its 72nd and final flight mission in January. This flight ended with […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-transitions-into-stationary-testbed/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-transitions-into-stationary-testbed/) 2024-04-19T14:00:15Z **This Week in Security: Putty Keys, Libarchive, and Palo Alto**
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It may be time to rotate some keys. The venerable PuTTY was updated to 0.81 this week, and the major fix was a change to how ecdsa-sha2-nistp521 signatures are generated. […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/this-week-in-security-putty-keys-libarchive-and-palo-alto/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/this-week-in-security-putty-keys-libarchive-and-palo-alto/) 2024-04-19T15:30:06Z **Ultra-Tiny Wii Uses Custom Parts And Looks Amazing**
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The Nintendo Wii was never a large console. Indeed, it was smaller than both the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and most consoles of previous generations, too. That’s not to say […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/ultra-tiny-wii-uses-custom-parts-and-looks-amazing/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/ultra-tiny-wii-uses-custom-parts-and-looks-amazing/) 2024-04-19T16:00:26Z **Hackaday Podcast Episode 267: Metal Casting, Plasma Cutting, and a Spicy 555**
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What were some of the best posts on Hackaday last week? Elliot Williams and Al Williams decided there were too many to choose from, but they did take a sampling […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/hackaday-podcast-episode-267-metal-casting-plasma-cutting-and-a-spicy-555/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/hackaday-podcast-episode-267-metal-casting-plasma-cutting-and-a-spicy-555/) 2024-04-19T18:30:48Z **Crystal Radio Kit from the 1970s**
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If you read the December 1970 issue of Mechanix Illustrated, you’d be treated to [Len Buckwalter]’s crystal radio build. He called out Modern Radio Labs as the supplier for parts. […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/crystal-radio-kit-from-the-1970s/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/crystal-radio-kit-from-the-1970s/) 2024-04-19T20:00:26Z **Roboticizing An Etch-a-Sketch**
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The Etch-a-Sketch was a popular toy, but a polarizing one. You were either one of those kids that had the knack, or one of the kids that didn’t. [Micah] was pretty […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/roboticizing-an-etch-a-sketch/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/roboticizing-an-etch-a-sketch/) 2024-04-19T23:00:44Z **End-Of-Life for Z80 CPU and Peripherals Announced**
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In a Product Change Notification (PCN) published on April 15, Zilog (now owned by Littelfuse) announced the End of Life for a range of Z80 products, specifically virtually all of […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/end-of-life-for-z80-cpu-and-peripherals-announced/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/end-of-life-for-z80-cpu-and-peripherals-announced/) 2024-04-20T02:00:33Z **Measuring An Unknown Velocity Factor**
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When is the speed of light not the speed of light? Of course, that’s a trick question. The speed of light may be constant, but just as sound travels at […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/measuring-an-unknown-velocity-factor/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/measuring-an-unknown-velocity-factor/) 2024-04-20T05:00:40Z **Building a Giant Boardgame Isn’t Easy**
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[Stevenson Streeper] is a maker, and was recently charged with a serious mission. He had to prototype, design, and build a board game. A software-controlled board game, that is, and […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/building-a-giant-boardgame-isnt-easy/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/building-a-giant-boardgame-isnt-easy/) 2024-04-20T08:00:58Z **3D Printer Streaming Solution Unlocks Webcam Features**
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While 3D printer hardware has come along way in the past decade and a half, the real development has been in the software. Open source slicers are constantly improving, and […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/20/3d-printer-streaming-solution-unlocks-webcam-features/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/20/3d-printer-streaming-solution-unlocks-webcam-features/) 2024-04-20T11:00:20Z **Bad Experiences With a Cheap Wind Turbine**
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If you’ve got a property with some outdoor space and plenty of wind, you might consider throwing up a windmill to generate some electricity. Indeed, [The Broject List] did just […read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/20/bad-experiences-with-a-cheap-wind-turbine/) ⌘ [Read more](https://hackaday.com/2024/04/20/bad-experiences-with-a-cheap-wind-turbine/)