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https://hackaday.com/2024/01/13/openwrt-to-mark-20-years-with-reference-hardware/ | OpenWRT To Mark 20 Years With Reference Hardware | Jenny List | [
"Network Hacks"
] | [
"linux",
"openwrt",
"SBC"
] | The OpenWRT project is now two decades old. The project has come a long way since Linksys was forced to release the GNU-licensed code for the original WRT54G router from which the project takes its name. They’ve marked the occasion in an interesting manner: by proposing that the plethora of devices supported by the OS
... | 17 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718707",
"author": "concretedog",
"timestamp": "2024-01-13T12:52:41",
"content": "Blimey I feel old :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6718723",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2024-01-13T14:14:50",
... | 1,760,372,043.411313 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/14/bringing-the-voice-assistant-home/ | Bringing The Voice Assistant Home | Matthew Carlson | [
"Artificial Intelligence",
"home hacks"
] | [
"home as",
"homeassistant",
"LLM",
"openai",
"voice assistant"
] | For many, the voice assistants are helpful listeners. Just shout to the void, and a timer will be set, or Led Zepplin will start playing. For some, the lack of flexibility and reliance on cloud services is a severe drawback. [John Karabudak] is one of those people, and he
runs his own voice assistant with an LLM (large... | 22 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6719133",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2024-01-15T03:16:11",
"content": "The focus on AI hardware may end up helping.https://youtu.be/q0l7eaK-4po",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6719140",
"author": "Seth",
"timest... | 1,760,372,042.989324 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/14/hackaday-links-january-14-2024/ | Hackaday Links: January 14, 2024 | Dan Maloney | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"737",
"accident",
"Air Alaska",
"asteroid",
"aviation",
"Bennu",
"door plug",
"Endeavour",
"hackaday links",
"laser",
"Lexington",
"museum",
"OSIRIS-REx",
"sample return",
"SETI",
"TRAPPIST"
] | How long does it take a team of rocket scientists to remove two screws? When the screws they’re working on are keeping a priceless sample of asteroid safe,
it’s about three months
. That’s how long NASA has been working on the OSIRIS-REx sample return canister, which came back to Earth from asteroid Bennu back in Septe... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "6719093",
"author": "Mirthy",
"timestamp": "2024-01-15T00:18:21",
"content": "hahagood one- your writeup of the Lexington laser!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,372,043.126619 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/14/laptop-memory-upgradable-again/ | Laptop Memory Upgradable Again | Bryan Cockfield | [
"computer hacks"
] | [
"camm",
"compression attached memory",
"computer",
"dimm",
"laptop",
"memory",
"module",
"soldered",
"upgradability",
"upgradable"
] | For some computing components, the bottleneck to improved speed and performance hasn’t been power consumption or clock speed but physical space. But
a new memory standard may provide all of the power and space-saving benefits of soldered memory modules without losing any upgradability
.
The standard is called compressi... | 38 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "6719048",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-01-14T21:07:25",
"content": "So, this _might_ be applicable to laptops going forward, but not for my 14 y. o. ThinkPad R400.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comme... | 1,760,372,043.194772 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/14/uevr-project-converts-games-to-vr-whether-they-like-it-or-not/ | UEVR Project Converts Games To VR, Whether They Like It Or Not | Donald Papp | [
"Software Hacks",
"Virtual Reality"
] | [
"modding",
"reverse engineering",
"UEVR",
"unreal engine",
"virtual reality",
"vr"
] | UEVR
, or the Universal Unreal Engine VR Mod by [praydog] is made possible by some pretty neat software tricks. Reverse engineering concepts and advanced techniques used in game hacking are leveraged to add VR support, including motion controls, to applicable Unreal Engine games.
The UEVR project is a real-world applic... | 18 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6719055",
"author": "Doomer",
"timestamp": "2024-01-14T21:36:17",
"content": "Can I play Doom in VR with it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6719165",
"author": "The Duggler",
"timestamp": "2024-01-15T07:16:09"... | 1,760,372,042.929929 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/14/saving-pic-microcontrollers-with-diy-programmer/ | Saving PIC Microcontrollers With DIY Programmer | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"microcontroller",
"micropython",
"pi pico",
"pic",
"PIC16F72",
"programmer",
"raspberry pi"
] | When working on a project, plenty of us will reach for an Atmel microcontroller because of the widespread prevalence of the Arduino platform. A few hackers would opt for a bit more modern part like an ESP32. But these Arduino-compatible platforms are far from the only microcontrollers available. The flash-based PIC fam... | 32 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718960",
"author": "Major Armstrong",
"timestamp": "2024-01-14T15:59:57",
"content": "Nice article and a clever fix for his problem.As to the level of “User-Friendly-ness” between flashing PIC and Arduino, I see no great distinction. Just read the docs. Both work well, I have had ... | 1,760,372,043.529785 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/14/mobius-tanks-twisty-treads-became-bendy/ | Möbius Tank’s Twisty Treads Became Bendy | Donald Papp | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"3d printed",
"linear actuator",
"mobius",
"mobius strip",
"tank",
"tread"
] | [James Bruton]’s unusual Möbius Tank has gotten a little more unusual with the
ability to bend itself
, which allows it to perform turns even though it is a single-track vehicle.
The turning radius isn’t great, but three-point turns are perfectly feasible.
The Möbius Tank was a wild idea that started as a “what if” que... | 14 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718937",
"author": "ajimbo",
"timestamp": "2024-01-14T13:43:46",
"content": "sorry, with two twists, that track is not a Möbius strip",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6718938",
"author": "Zai1208",
"timestamp":... | 1,760,372,043.464094 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/14/why-the-ipad-doesnt-have-a-calculator/ | Why The IPad Doesn’t Have A Calculator | Maya Posch | [
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"apple",
"Apple iPad",
"ipad"
] | For the handful among us who have an iPad tablet from Apple, some may have figured out by now that it lacks a feature that has come standard on any operating system since roughly the early 90s: a calculator application. Its absence on the iPad’s iPadOS is strange since the iPhones (iOS) have always had a calculator app... | 78 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718893",
"author": "jbx",
"timestamp": "2024-01-14T09:42:47",
"content": "Why ?Because Apple.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6718902",
"author": "MrSVCD",
"timestamp": "2024-01-14T10:57:18",
"content": "My favorite... | 1,760,372,043.299719 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/13/wiring-an-sd-card-to-a-handspring-pdas-68k-bus-with-only-three-sot23s/ | Wiring An SD Card To A Handspring PDA’s 68K Bus With Only Three SOT23s | Maya Posch | [
"Retrocomputing",
"Reverse Engineering"
] | [
"handspring",
"pda",
"PDA hack"
] | In 1998 the founders of Palm had a bit of a falling out with the wildly successful PDA company’s new owners. They set up a new company called Handspring, which enabled them to make PDAs again in the way they preferred, This resulted in the Handspring Visor line of PDAs, which featured a big cartridge slot called the Sp... | 13 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718693",
"author": "rasz_pl",
"timestamp": "2024-01-13T10:31:10",
"content": "> As I had mentioned, only read accesses are used, since we use data pins for output and address lines for input.>read to chip select 1 address 0x20100 will set MOSI low and nCS low. A read access to any ... | 1,760,372,042.86641 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/wiring-harness-thats-a-wrap/ | Wiring Harness? That’s A Wrap! | Al Williams | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"wire wrap",
"wire wrapping",
"wiring harness"
] | [Mr Innovative] likes to keep his wire harnesses tidy, but it is a pain to neatly wrap cables. So, he
automated the process
using a combination of milled acrylic and 3D printing. We hope the design files will be up on his website soon, although the mechanism is similar to
another wrapping machine
he made a few years ag... | 22 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718672",
"author": "Urgon",
"timestamp": "2024-01-13T08:54:25",
"content": "There is one old technique I find aesthetically pleasing, but had no opportunity to use it yet, called cable lacing. It’s quite a bit of work, but it looks great. I once saw a wire loom done that way inside... | 1,760,372,043.353642 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/the-early-history-of-the-microcontroller-it-came-from-texas/ | The Early History Of The Microcontroller: It Came From Texas | Maya Posch | [
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"microcontroller",
"texas instruments",
"TMS1000"
] | Ti’s presentation of the rapid integration of calculator chips.
Although for most generations alive today the era of microcontrollers (MCU) feels like it starts somewhere with the Intel 8051 and AVR MCUs, the history of these self-contained computing marvels that are now found just about anywhere begins long before tho... | 17 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718639",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-01-13T04:17:23",
"content": "Interesting!Thanks Maya!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6718645",
"author": "LambdaMikel",
"timestamp": "2024-01... | 1,760,372,043.590328 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/all-i-want-for-mr-christmas-is-some-new-music/ | All I Want For Mr. Christmas Is Some New Music | Kristina Panos | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"laser cutter",
"laser cutter projects",
"Mr. Christmas",
"Music box"
] | It’s true — you really can find anything (except maybe LEGO) in thrift stores. When [thecowgoesmoo] picked up a Mr. Christmas Symphonium music box one day, they knew they wanted to
make it play more than just the standard Christmas and classical fare that ships with the thing.
So they did what any self-respecting hacke... | 7 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718578",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2024-01-13T00:47:45",
"content": "I’ve seen those at store, they can cost a few hundred dollars.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6718588",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As ... | 1,760,372,043.864734 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/in-praise-of-old-meters/ | In Praise Of Old Meters | Al Williams | [
"Repair Hacks",
"Teardown",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"micronta",
"multimeter",
"radio shack",
"VOM",
"vtvm"
] | We are spoiled with multimeters today. Even the cheapest meter you will get these days is almost surely digital with a tremendous input impedance. But a few decades ago, meters were almost always analog affairs. To make a precise measurement, you needed a mirror under the meter to ensure you read the needle correctly. ... | 54 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718476",
"author": "mayhem",
"timestamp": "2024-01-12T21:09:40",
"content": "Simpson 260 6xlm for the win!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6718604",
"author": "Antron Argaiv",
"timestamp": "2024-01-13T01:54:4... | 1,760,372,043.990307 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/a-homebrew-gps-correction-system-for-diy-land-surveying/ | A Homebrew GPS Correction System For DIY Land Surveying | Dan Maloney | [
"gps hacks"
] | [
"cartography",
"correction",
"gnss",
"gps",
"map",
"mapmaking",
"NTRIP",
"real-time kinematics",
"RTK",
"satnav",
"surveying"
] | For those of you rushing to the comment section after reading the title to tell [Ben Dauphinee] that his
DIY land surveying efforts
are for naught because only a licensed surveyor can create a legally binding property description, relax — he already knows. But what he learned about centimeter-resolution GPS is pretty i... | 60 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718434",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2024-01-12T19:42:11",
"content": "i am currious, why not use the data from us, eu and chinese gps? They all together should pretty exact. Also the cheapest smartphones are able to get all signals.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,372,043.825291 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/hackaday-podcast-episode-252-x1plus-hacks-bambu-scotto-builds-a-katana-keyboard-and-bass-puts-out-fire/ | Hackaday Podcast Episode 252: X1Plus Hacks Bambu, Scotto Builds A Katana Keyboard, And Bass Puts Out Fire | Kristina Panos | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Podcasts"
] | [
"Hackaday Podcast"
] | This week, Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos met up to discuss the best hacks of the previous week. It’s CES time once again in Las Vegas, and you know what that means — some wacky technologies like
this AI pet door that rejects dead mice
.
Then it’s on to What’s That Sound, which Kristina managed to n... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718556",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-01-13T00:01:28",
"content": "Well, if the (large mouth) bass is still alive and wet, its tail could probably swat out a small fire.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"... | 1,760,372,043.730001 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/11/voice-controlled-rover-follows-verbal-instructions-to-get-around/ | Voice Controlled Rover Follows Verbal Instructions To Get Around | Lewin Day | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"robot",
"robot car"
] | Typically, when we want to tell a robot where to go, we either pre-program a route or drive it around with some kind of gamepad or joystick controller.
[Robotcus] decided to build a simple robot platform that drove around in response to voice commands instead.
The robot is based around a Raspberry Pi Zero, charged with... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718107",
"author": "Sooner Boomer",
"timestamp": "2024-01-11T21:31:03",
"content": "Congratulations. You’ve duplicated the VCP200 Voice Recognition chip from the late ’80’s. I guess what’s old is new again",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"com... | 1,760,372,043.903616 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/11/retrotechtacular-rebuilding-a-fire-ravaged-telephone-exchange/ | Retrotechtacular: Rebuilding A Fire-Ravaged Telephone Exchange | Dan Maloney | [
"History",
"Retrotechtacular"
] | [
"att",
"bell",
"central office",
"disaster",
"exchange",
"fire",
"new york",
"PSTN",
"retrotechtacular",
"telephone",
"western electric"
] | Those who haven’t experienced the destruction of a house fire should consider themselves lucky. The speed with which fire can erase a lifetime of work — or a life, for that matter — is stunning. And the disruption a fire causes for survivors, who often escape the blaze with only the clothes on their backs, is almost un... | 15 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718088",
"author": "asheets",
"timestamp": "2024-01-11T20:15:46",
"content": "I still have my “red card” to be able to work inside ATT exchange facilities. The key parts of the training I remember:1) Do not drill into walls without x-raying first.2) Do not x-ray in the facility.Ha... | 1,760,372,044.140567 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/11/linux-fu-name-that-tune/ | Linux Fu: Name That Tune | Al Williams | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Linux Hacks",
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"raspberry pi",
"Shazam",
"song recognition"
] | If you aren’t old enough to remember, the title of this post refers to an old game show where contestants would try to name a tune using the fewest possible notes. What can we say? Entertainment options were sparse before the Internet. However, using audio fingerprinting, computers are very good at pulling this off. Th... | 9 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718052",
"author": "Mecrisp",
"timestamp": "2024-01-11T18:28:19",
"content": "To identify a piece just using human memory of the melody, there is a nice invention called “Parsons Code” and melodic contour search:https://www.musipedia.org/melodic_contour.html",
"parent_id": null... | 1,760,372,044.191386 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/11/building-a-loop-station-with-an-rp2040/ | Building A Loop Station With An RP2040 | Lewin Day | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"guitar",
"loop pedal",
"loop station",
"rp2040"
] | Loop stations are neat things, able to replay one or more loops of audio over and over again while you perform over the top of them. Musicians like [Marc Rebillet], [Reinhardt Buhr], and [Dub FX] have made careers out of this style of performance. [Yaqi Gao], [Xiaoyu Liang] and [Alina Wang] decided to build a loop stat... | 9 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718021",
"author": "Joseph Eoff",
"timestamp": "2024-01-11T16:34:04",
"content": "“Regardless, it definitely works, and taught the group plenty about working with digital audio in the process. For that reason alone, we’d call it a success.”That’s reason enough to do it.There’s a lo... | 1,760,372,044.236216 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/11/nasa-adjusts-course-on-journey-to-the-moon/ | NASA Adjusts Course On Journey To The Moon | Tom Nardi | [
"Featured",
"News",
"Space"
] | [
"Artemis",
"Lunar Gateway",
"moon",
"nasa",
"SpaceX"
] | It’s already been more than fifty years since a human last stepped foot on another celestial body, and now that
NASA has officially pushed back key elements of their Artemis program
, we’re going to be waiting a bit longer before it happens again. What’s a few years compared to half a century?
The January 9th press con... | 61 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717992",
"author": "jenningsthecat",
"timestamp": "2024-01-11T15:32:54",
"content": "I don’t follow the space program much; but this story doesn’t surprise me at all, thanks to this video which came up in my YT recommendations a month ago:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoJsPvmFixU... | 1,760,372,044.403802 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/11/succulents-into-supercapacitors/ | Succulents Into Supercapacitors | Navarre Bartz | [
"Battery Hacks",
"Science"
] | [
"biohacking",
"biology",
"biomass",
"botany",
"energy storage",
"plant energy storage",
"plants",
"renewables",
"supercapacitor"
] | Researchers in Beijing have discovered a way to turn
succulents into supercapacitors
to help store energy. While previous research has found ways to store energy in plants, it often required implants or other modifications to the plant itself to function. These foreign components might be rejected by the plant or hampe... | 17 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717936",
"author": "Andrea Campanella",
"timestamp": "2024-01-11T12:17:05",
"content": "*stares at the Aloe plant in the corner**Aleo plant shakes in terror*",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6717954",
"author": "make p... | 1,760,372,044.287017 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/11/faking-bluetooth-le-with-an-nrf24l01-module/ | Faking Bluetooth LE With An NRF24L01+ Module | Maya Posch | [
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"bluetooth LE"
] | Despite the name, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) has very little to do with the original Bluetooth, other than its use of the same 2.4 GHz frequencies. This is where [Dmitry] got the idea to use a 2.4 GHz nRF24L01+ module to
implement his very own BLE device
, without the typical BLE chipset. This should be easy, since thi... | 11 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717913",
"author": "Miha Banovec",
"timestamp": "2024-01-11T09:43:42",
"content": "Sorry for the offtopic but, what is the tool for generating graphical representation of the PCB pinouts, like the one in the beginning of this article?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"r... | 1,760,372,044.444681 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/19th-century-copy-machine-the-cyclostyle/ | 19th Century Copy Machine: The Cyclostyle | Al Williams | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | In the 2020s photocopiers are getting a bit exotic, although they are not gone yet. But these days, you are more likely to simply print multiple copies of a document. However, it wasn’t long ago that making a copy of a document was a tall order. Carbon paper was fine if you were typing and only needed a few copies. But... | 15 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717896",
"author": "Garth",
"timestamp": "2024-01-11T07:50:38",
"content": "I remember well the mimeograph machines of my childhood, and the ditto machines he mentions at the end of the video, both used a lot by school teachers. I still have copies made by them decades ago. They ... | 1,760,372,044.494664 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/the-hobbes-os-2-archive-will-shut-down-in-april/ | The Hobbes OS/2 Archive Will Shut Down In April | Maya Posch | [
"computer hacks",
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"hobbes os/2 archive",
"ibm",
"os/2"
] | The
Hobbes OS/2 Archive
is a large collection of OS/2 software that has been publicly available for many years, even as OS/2 itself has mostly faded into obscurity. Yet now it would appear that the entity behind the Hobbes OS/2 Archive, the Information & Communication Technologies department at the New Mexico State Uni... | 27 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717875",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2024-01-11T03:58:28",
"content": "Thanks, Microsoft.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6717885",
"author": "Jon Mayo",
"timestamp": "2024-01-11T06:22:14",
"content": "I can p... | 1,760,372,044.765785 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/pico-sized-ham-radio/ | Pico-Sized Ham Radio | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"am",
"cw",
"fm",
"microphone",
"morse",
"muliplexer",
"phase modulation",
"pi pico",
"pico",
"pwm",
"radio",
"raspberry pi",
"rf oscillator",
"ssb"
] | There are plenty of hobbies around with huge price tags, and ham radio can certainly be one of them. Experienced hams might have radios that cost thousands of dollars, with huge, steerable antennas on masts that can be similarly priced. But there’s also a side to the hobby that throws all of this out of the window in f... | 18 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717858",
"author": "M_B",
"timestamp": "2024-01-11T02:07:32",
"content": "Is it just me or deja vu?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6717940",
"author": "Mordae",
"timestamp": "2024-01-11T12:38:32",
"content": "Hahah... | 1,760,372,044.545334 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/usb-c-power-supply-pushes-almost-2-kw/ | USB-C Power Supply Pushes Almost 2 KW | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"dc module",
"kilowatt",
"power delivery",
"power supply",
"server psu",
"usb",
"USB-PD"
] | When the USB standard was first revealed, a few peripherals here and there adopted it but it was far from the “universal” standard implied by its name. It was slow, had limited ability to power anything, and its plug-and-play capability was spotty at best. The modern USB standard, on the other hand, has everything its ... | 44 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717802",
"author": "TG",
"timestamp": "2024-01-10T21:11:03",
"content": "“…a small niche of uses”I’m having a hard time thinking of one, anyone else have any ideas?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6717803",
"author": ... | 1,760,372,044.701326 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/brand-new-pcb-makes-replica-trs-80-possible/ | Brand-New PCB Makes Replica TRS-80 Possible | Dan Maloney | [
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"pcb",
"retrocomputing",
"Tandy Radio Shack",
"trs-80",
"z80"
] | If like us, you missed out on the TRS-80 Model I back when it first came out, relax .With
this brand-new PCB that’s a trace-for-trace replica of the original
and a bunch of vintage parts, you can build your own from scratch.
Now, obviously, there are easier ways to enjoy the retro goodness that is the 46-year-old machi... | 31 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717781",
"author": "Joshua",
"timestamp": "2024-01-10T20:16:24",
"content": "This is awesome! 😃👍But I have one question – why? 🤔I mean, the shell, the keyboard, the monitor etc are all pretty nice and functional, but..The computer itself wasn’t so, um, great.So I’ve expected an ... | 1,760,372,044.875073 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/open-source-needs-a-new-mission-protecting-users/ | Open Source Needs A New Mission: Protecting Users | Donald Papp | [
"Software Development"
] | [
"big tech",
"change",
"foss",
"licensing"
] | [Bruce Perens] isn’t very happy with the current state of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), and an article by [Rupert Goodwins] expounds on this to explain
Open Source’s need for a new mission in 2024, and beyond
. He suggests a focus shift from software, to data.
The internet as we know it and all the services it ... | 43 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717719",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2024-01-10T16:47:40",
"content": "Open standards that go beyond FRAND.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6717849",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2024-01-11T00:53:36... | 1,760,372,044.95388 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/not-dead-yet-microsoft-peripherals-get-licensed-to-onward-brands/ | Not Dead Yet: Microsoft Peripherals Get Licensed To Onward Brands | Maya Posch | [
"News",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"ergonomic keyboard",
"microsoft"
] | After Microsoft announced in April of 2023 that they’d cease selling branded peripherals – including keyboards and mice – as part of its refocusing on Surface computers and accessories, there was an internet-wide outcry about this demise. Yet now it would seem that Microsoft has licensed the
manufacturing of these peri... | 33 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717628",
"author": "deshipu",
"timestamp": "2024-01-10T12:19:21",
"content": "I always said that Microsoft should have focused exclusively on making computer mice, it’s the one thing they ever did acceptably well. Let’s hope it’s not a second Lenovo.",
"parent_id": null,
"d... | 1,760,372,045.087441 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/the-simple-tech-behind-hidden-camera-detectors/ | The Simple Tech Behind Hidden Camera Detectors | Danie Conradie | [
"digital cameras hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"bigclive",
"hidden camera",
"led flasher"
] | If you’ve ever been concerned about privacy in a rental space or hotel room, you might have considered trying one of the many “spy camera detectors” sold online. In the
video after break
[Big Clive], tears one down and gives us an in-depth look at how these gadgets actually work, and their limitations.
Most detector f... | 26 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718375",
"author": "sweethack",
"timestamp": "2024-01-12T17:03:28",
"content": "So the “Anti-camer detector” is a reflective surface detector. You could have use any light for this it would have acted the same.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
... | 1,760,372,045.016339 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/this-week-in-security-ai-is-terrible-ransomware-wrenches-and-airdrop/ | This Week In Security: AI Is Terrible, Ransomware Wrenches, And Airdrop | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"ai",
"airdrop",
"This Week in Security",
"vpn"
] | So first off, go take a look at
this curl bug report
. It’s a 8.6 severity security problem, a buffer overflow in websockets. Potentially a really bad one. But, it’s bogus. Yes, a
strcpy
call can be dangerous, if there aren’t proper length checks. This code has pretty robust length checks. There just doesn’t seem to be... | 8 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718357",
"author": "Truth",
"timestamp": "2024-01-12T15:43:10",
"content": "The problem for Apple in China, is if they do things that the government does not like, they could loose access to sell in China – which is a massive market with a lot of potential for growth with new custo... | 1,760,372,045.307989 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/bambu-lab-to-allow-installing-open-firmware-after-signing-waiver/ | Bambu Lab To Allow Installing Open Firmware After Signing Waiver | Maya Posch | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"News"
] | [
"Bambu",
"replacement firmware",
"warranty"
] | On January 10th Bambu Lab
published a blog post
in which they address the issue of installing custom firmware on your Bambu Lab X1 3D printer. This comes hot on the heels of a number of YouTube channels for the first time
showing off the X1Plus firmware
that a number of X1 users have been working on as an open source a... | 26 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718302",
"author": "Inhibit",
"timestamp": "2024-01-12T12:27:36",
"content": "Does this differ from the warranty screw cover that we don’t allow companies to do here in the USA? I was under the impression that a warranty can’t be conditional; the user has to actually damage, not mo... | 1,760,372,045.257112 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/decoding-a-rom-from-a-picture-of-the-chip/ | Decoding A ROM From A Picture Of The Chip | Jenny List | [
"Reverse Engineering"
] | [
"calculator",
"die shot",
"tms0801"
] | Before there were home computers, among the hottest pieces of consumer technology to own was a pocket calculator. In the early 1970s a series of exciting new chips appeared which allowed the impossible to become the affordable, and suddenly anyone with a bit of cash could have one.
Perhaps one of the more common series... | 14 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718263",
"author": "Alphatek",
"timestamp": "2024-01-12T09:38:18",
"content": "Interesting, but… how is he converting the image to a bitmap (IYSWIM…) – I can’t help but think from the text that he’s doing it manually!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,372,045.395556 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/11/e-ink-photo-frame-is-a-simple-pleasing-design/ | E-Ink Photo Frame Is A Simple, Pleasing Design | Lewin Day | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"digital photo frame",
"e-ink",
"e-reader",
"Nook",
"photo frame"
] | Regular photo frames are good, but they tend to only display a single photo unless you pull them to bits and swap out what’s inside. [Ben] decided to make a digital photo frame using an e-ink display to change things up, and unlike some commercial versions we’ve seen,
it’s actually pretty tasteful!
The build is based o... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718240",
"author": "Ronya",
"timestamp": "2024-01-12T08:06:02",
"content": "This is a beautiful hack! Its looks if it was allways there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6718338",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2024-01-... | 1,760,372,045.347513 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/11/weird-trashcan-is-actually-advanced-1990s-robot/ | Weird Trashcan Is Actually Advanced 1990s Robot | Lewin Day | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [] | [Clay Builds] found a bit of a gem at a recent auction, picking up a Nomadic Technologies N150 robot for just $100. It actually looks like something out of science fiction, with its cylindrical design, red bumpers, and many sensors. He decided to
try and restore the research-grade robot
to functionality with the aid of... | 8 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718171",
"author": "Jon H",
"timestamp": "2024-01-12T03:05:22",
"content": "Looks like a fancy Heathkit Hero-1",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6718186",
"author": "PWalsh",
"timestamp": "2024-01-12T03:51:57",
"conte... | 1,760,372,045.43614 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/11/a-dashboard-outside-the-car/ | A Dashboard Outside The Car | Bryan Cockfield | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"CAN",
"can-bus",
"dashboard",
"dial",
"gauge",
"gauge cluster",
"home automation",
"instrumentation",
"spi"
] | One of the biggest upsides of open communications standards such as CAN or SPI is that a whole world of vehicle hacking becomes available, from simple projects like adding sensors or computers to a car or even building a complete engine control unit from the ground up. The reverse is true as well; sensors and gauges us... | 12 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6718148",
"author": "Hirudinea",
"timestamp": "2024-01-12T01:15:28",
"content": "So I guess if the temperature gauge is up it’s hot, if the battery gauge is up there’s a lightning storm and if the speedometer reads 120 there is a hurricane?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,372,045.482256 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/09/a-very-21st-century-receiver-for-a-very-20th-century-band/ | A Very 21st Century Receiver For A Very 20th Century Band | Jenny List | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"broadcast radio",
"CH32V003",
"fm radio",
"portable radio"
] | The FM broadcast band has been with us since the middle of the 20th century, and despite many tries to unseat it, remains a decent quality way to pick up your local stations. It used to be that building an FM broadcast receiver required a bit of RF know-how, but the arrival of all-in-one receiver chips has made that pa... | 24 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717359",
"author": "Orzel",
"timestamp": "2024-01-09T16:33:51",
"content": "Yet another nice-looking/well documented project…. without the hardware source. Only the pdf/gerber. Of course nobody is obliged to whatever. But I’m still amazed at how that’s a common practice in the hard... | 1,760,372,045.536905 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/09/37c3-the-tech-behind-life-with-quadraplegia/ | 37C3: The Tech Behind Life With Quadraplegia | Elliot Williams | [
"cons",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"37C3",
"assistive technolgy",
"chaos communication congress",
"quadriplegic"
] | While out swimming in the ocean on vacation, a big wave caught [QuadWorker], pushed him head first into the sand, and left him paralyzed from the neck down. This talk isn’t about injury or recovery, though. It’s about
the day-to-day tech that makes him able to continue living, working, and travelling
, although in new ... | 21 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717356",
"author": "Twisty Plastic",
"timestamp": "2024-01-09T16:28:09",
"content": "It’s not sufficiently descriptive. If the injury were lower so he could use his arms this article wouldn’t make any sense but he would still fit your description. Likewise what if it wasn’t a compl... | 1,760,372,045.591989 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/09/how-to-refrigerate-with-urine/ | How To Refrigerate With Urine | Maya Posch | [
"chemistry hacks"
] | [
"ammonia",
"ammonium nitrate",
"refrigeration"
] | It’s often said that the best science experiments are the ones which do not require any special devices or ingredients, which makes the use of what naturally comes out of one’s body clearly one of the winners. It’s also the beginning of yet another [Hyperspace Pirate] chemistry video that’s both fascinating and unforge... | 13 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717274",
"author": "DmR",
"timestamp": "2024-01-09T09:47:13",
"content": "Defcon Beverage Cooling Contraption Contest?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6717283",
"author": "BT",
"timestamp": "2024-01-09T10:44:29",
"c... | 1,760,372,045.653743 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/08/another-tesla-coil-starts/ | Another Tesla Coil Starts | Al Williams | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"slayer exciter",
"tesla coil"
] | Everyone interested in electronics should build at least one Tesla coil. But be careful. Sure, the high voltage can be dangerous, but the urge to build lots of coils is even worse. [Learnelectronics] shows how to
build a slayer exciter
using a 3D-printed core, and lots of wire of course. You can see the coil, an explan... | 5 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717260",
"author": "David Schwarze",
"timestamp": "2024-01-09T08:59:50",
"content": "When was the last time anyone built a Van De Graf machine? Was right of passage in my day…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6717341",
... | 1,760,372,045.856514 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/08/a-picture-frame-for-your-eyes-only/ | A Picture Frame For Your Eyes Only | Kristina Panos | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"hidden picture",
"John Cena",
"PDLC film",
"picture frame",
"smart film"
] | We can think of all kinds of reasons you’d want to display a picture that only you and the family can see, and we don’t even have to work blue to do it. Whether as a joke, or as a serious way to hide a special image, this
magical picture frame by [Placitech]
is just the thing.
You might recognize this as using PDLC swi... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717410",
"author": "drenehtsral",
"timestamp": "2024-01-09T19:32:10",
"content": "… like the magic mirror in “The Enchantress of Florence” which only works if the mirror’s owner is the only one looking at it (so everyone else thinks he’s lost his marbles).",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,372,046.010367 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/08/putting-the-c-in-c64/ | Putting The C In C64 | Al Williams | [
"Retrocomputing",
"Software Development"
] | [
"c compiler",
"commodore 64"
] | Older CPUs and some fairly modern microcontrollers are not made to readily support C compilers. Among those are the 1802, some 8-bit PICs, and the 6502 at the heart of the Commodore 64. That’s not to say you can’t make a C compiler for any of them, but the tricks required to handle the odd word sizes, lack of stack man... | 42 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717141",
"author": "Carlos",
"timestamp": "2024-01-09T01:43:05",
"content": "6809 would be a good choice, though there is cmoc and Microware’s C.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6717143",
"author": "George White",
"time... | 1,760,372,045.972152 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/08/darkroom-robot-automates-away-the-tedium-of-film-developing/ | Darkroom Robot Automates Away The Tedium Of Film Developing | Dan Maloney | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"3.5mm",
"arduino",
"C41",
"Chemistry",
"darkroom",
"developing",
"film",
"processing",
"sous-vide"
] | Anyone who has ever processed real analog film in a darkroom probably remembers two things: the awkward fumbling in absolute darkness while trying to get the film loaded into the developing reel, and the tedium of getting the timing for each solution just right.
This automatic film-developing machine
can’t help much wi... | 14 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717084",
"author": "Steven Clark",
"timestamp": "2024-01-08T22:43:16",
"content": "Design looks solid in principle, but I’m not sure about how light safe a reel agitation mechanism would be. For color you still have to throw it all in a computer controlled tempting bath. So if co... | 1,760,372,046.059498 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/08/there-are-stradi-various-ways-to-make-a-violin-and-this-is-one/ | There Are Stradi-various Ways To Make A Violin, And This Is One | Kristina Panos | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"3d printing",
"electric violin",
"piezo bridge",
"violin"
] | We’ve always said that if we had enough money, we’d have a large room that housed every musical instrument we’ve ever been even mildly interested in. While that dream may never come to pass, it would be far more likely to happen if many of the instruments could be 3D-printed, like
this electric violin.
We really like t... | 14 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717062",
"author": "Peter Petit",
"timestamp": "2024-01-08T22:02:56",
"content": "Brilliant. I like the novel placement of the tuning gears on the player side of the bridge.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6717063",
"author... | 1,760,372,046.251942 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/08/make-your-own-play-station-the-space-is-important/ | Make Your Own Play Station (The Space Is Important) | Jenny List | [
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Playstation Hacks"
] | [
"nintendo",
"nintendo play station",
"sony"
] | The early history of the Sony Playstation lies in a stillborn collaboration between Nintendo and Sony to produce an SNES with a CD-ROM drive. So the story goes, Nintendo’s Philips deal angered Sony, who decided to make their own console line, and the rest is history. A very small number of prototypes were made, badged ... | 20 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716944",
"author": "limroh",
"timestamp": "2024-01-08T16:46:04",
"content": "> Those Playstation CD-ROM drives were notorious for melting back in the day, so it’s no surprise they’re still for sale today.??? Am I missing something or does that ^^ make no sense?If they were melting ... | 1,760,372,046.14015 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/08/liquid-tin-could-be-the-key-to-cheap-plentiful-grid-storage/ | Liquid Tin Could Be The Key To Cheap, Plentiful Grid Storage | Lewin Day | [
"Current Events",
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"energy storage",
"grid storage",
"Liquid Tin"
] | Once expensive and difficult to implement, renewable energy solutions like wind and solar are now often the cheapest options available for generating electricity for the grid. However, there are still some issues around the non-continuous supply from these sources, with grid storage becoming a key technology to keep th... | 143 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716891",
"author": "Joseph Eoff",
"timestamp": "2024-01-08T15:09:51",
"content": "“ten times cheaper” also known as 1/10 the cost.How did this “X times cheaper” crap come to be, and how can we rid the English language of it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": ... | 1,760,372,047.318541 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/08/bringing-a-chain-printer-back-to-life-the-power-supply/ | Bringing A Chain Printer Back To Life: The Power Supply | Adam Fabio | [
"hardware",
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"chain printer",
"line printer",
"printer",
"retrocomputing"
] | [Usagi Electric] has his Centurion minicomputer (and a few others) running like a top. One feature that’s missing, though, is the
ability to produce a hard copy
. Now, a serious machine like the Centurion demands a serious printer. The answer to that is an ODEC-manufactured printer dressed in proper Centurion blue. Th... | 25 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716841",
"author": "cliff claven",
"timestamp": "2024-01-08T12:31:45",
"content": "I remember these printers well. I never had to do real repairs or maintenance, only standard operator service (replace the chain for one with upper and lower case for ‘correspondence quality’, change... | 1,760,372,046.544401 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/08/half-power-bank-half-spot-welder/ | Half Power Bank, Half Spot Welder | Jenny List | [
"Teardown",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"battery pack",
"battery spot welder",
"spot welder"
] | There was a time when every gizmo on AliExpress also had a big white LED so it could also work as a flashlight, but maybe the power bank is the new flashlight. [Aaron Christophel] has
a battery spot welder that costs a not unreasonable 30 euros and can also be used as a novelty power bank
. He subjects it to a test and... | 13 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716788",
"author": "jpa",
"timestamp": "2024-01-08T10:04:56",
"content": "In my experience these work quite well for the nickel plated steel strips.They do not make good welds in the lower resistance pure nickel strips.Perfectly usable for rebuilding a basic power tool battery, but... | 1,760,372,046.189574 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/discovery-dish-lets-you-pick-up-the-final-frontier/ | Discovery Dish Lets You Pick Up The Final Frontier | Tom Nardi | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"KrakenRF",
"parabolic antenna",
"satellite dish",
"software define radio",
"weather satellites"
] | These days, affordable software defined radios (SDRs) have made huge swaths of the spectrum available to hobbyists. Whether you’re looking to sniff the data from that 433 MHz thermometer you’ve got in the backyard or pick up transmissions from satellites, the same little USB-connected box can make it happen.
But even t... | 15 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716843",
"author": "Mr. Bebersuko",
"timestamp": "2024-01-08T12:37:22",
"content": "It looks like a pasta strainer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6716890",
"author": "Smudge",
"timestamp": "2024-01-08T15:02:... | 1,760,372,046.31467 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/worlds-first-precision-lathe-indispensable-when-constructing-the-antikythera-mechanism/ | World’s First Precision Lathe: Indispensable When Constructing The Antikythera Mechanism | Maya Posch | [
"classic hacks",
"how-to"
] | [] | The precision lathe with the hooks, the bowstring, and vise visible as material is being processed. (Credit: Clickspring)
We commonly tend to associate lathes with the Industrial Revolution, when metalworking shifted largely from blacksmiths to machinists, but the use of lathes is much older than that. As [Chris] over ... | 27 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716715",
"author": "Isaac Wingfield",
"timestamp": "2024-01-08T04:21:02",
"content": "Been watching ClickSpring for a long time — absolutely fascinating!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6716734",
"author": "DrewTheMachinist... | 1,760,372,046.614327 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/adding-ai-to-npcs-is-easy-doing-it-well-is-hard/ | Adding AI To NPCs Is Easy, Doing It Well Is Hard | Donald Papp | [
"Artificial Intelligence",
"Games"
] | [
"ai",
"game development",
"games",
"prototype"
] | Adding natural language interfaces to software is easier than ever, and that led [creikey] to
prototype a game that hinges on communicating with NPCs
. The prototype went through multiple iterations during which he mainly discovered things that did not work well. Ultimately, it led to [creikey] settling on a western-th... | 18 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717565",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2024-01-10T09:37:05",
"content": "I used to be an AI like you, until I took an arrow to the knee.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6717717",
"author": "aaronfish",
"ti... | 1,760,372,049.115656 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/09/how-to-build-a-fully-offline-smart-home-or-why-you-should-not/ | How To Build A Fully Offline Smart Home, Or Why You Should Not | Maya Posch | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"smart home"
] | So-called ‘smart home’ appliances and gadgets have become an ever-more present thing the past years, with nary a coffeemaker, AC unit or light bulb for sale today that doesn’t have an associated smartphone app, cloud service and/or subscription to enable you to control it from the beach during your vacation, or just se... | 91 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717526",
"author": "Alex365",
"timestamp": "2024-01-10T08:01:01",
"content": "Considering wether to have my working setup broken by some stupid update and getting ripped of features (Windows 11, Sonos, etc.) OR investing some time to make sure everythings working and updating when ... | 1,760,372,049.587328 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/09/ai-pet-door-rejects-dead-mice/ | AI Pet Door Rejects Dead Mice | Kristina Panos | [
"Artificial Intelligence"
] | [
"ai",
"artificial intellegence",
"cat door",
"motion sensor",
"night vision"
] | If you have pet with a little access door to the outside world, and that pet happens to be a cat, you’re likely on the receiving end of all kinds of lifeless little lagniappes. Don’t worry, it’s CES season out in Las Vegas and a company called Flappie has the solution —
an AI-powered cat door that rejects dead mice and... | 32 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717482",
"author": "Chris Pepin",
"timestamp": "2024-01-10T03:28:07",
"content": "This is not a new idea. The Flo Control Project did the same thing almost a quarter of a century earlier.https://web.archive.org/web/20000229222350/http://www.quantumpicture.com/Flo_Control/flo_contro... | 1,760,372,049.06214 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/09/floss-weekly-episode-765-that-ship-sailed-and-sank/ | FLOSS Weekly Episode 765: That Ship Sailed… And Sank | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Podcasts",
"Software Development"
] | [
"dart",
"FLOSS Weekly",
"flutter",
"perl",
"Randal Schwartz"
] | This week Jonathan Bennett and
Aaron Newcomb
talk with
Randal Schwartz
, the longest running host of FLOSS Weekly, Perl’s biggest cheerleader, and now Dart and Flutter expert. What’s new with Randal since his last FLOSS Weekly episode in May 2020? Why should you look at Dart and Flutter? And how do you avoid becoming a... | 5 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717467",
"author": "Randal L. Schwartz",
"timestamp": "2024-01-10T01:50:28",
"content": "Thanks for inviting me! I had a great time being on the other side of the mic for a change, not that that metaphor is even remotely accurate. :) Glad to be a bit more caught up with everythin... | 1,760,372,048.888014 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/09/x1plus-open-source-bambu-lab-x1-firmware/ | X1Plus: Open Source Bambu Lab X1 Firmware | Maya Posch | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3D printer mod",
"Bambu"
] | Recently [Michael] over at the [Teaching Tech] YouTube channel
got access to the X1Plus firmware
, and takes us through what it may mean for Bambu Lab X1 owners. X1Plus is alternative firmware for the Bambu Lab X1 FDM 3D printer that was developed by X1 owners who felt that there were some features that they were missi... | 35 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717427",
"author": "Vinny",
"timestamp": "2024-01-09T21:12:48",
"content": "There are already reports that Bambulab app isn’t allowing firmware downgrading anymore, specially on reddit and twitter.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_i... | 1,760,372,049.179936 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/09/vulcan-nails-first-flight-but-peregrine-falls-short/ | Vulcan Nails First Flight, But Peregrine Falls Short | Tom Nardi | [
"Featured",
"News",
"Space"
] | [
"Artemis",
"lunar lander",
"moon",
"nasa",
"United Launch Alliance"
] | For those with an interest in the history of spaceflight, January 8th promised to be a pretty exciting day. Those who tuned into the early morning live stream were looking forward to seeing the first flight of the Vulcan Centaur, a completely new heavy-lift booster developed by United Launch Alliance. But as noteworthy... | 24 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717457",
"author": "rclark",
"timestamp": "2024-01-09T23:45:50",
"content": "To bad. Stuff happens. Hopefully they will learn from the failure, and try again. As said above ‘space is hard’ which is good as it ‘challenges’ us to overcome the difficulties and move tech forward.",
... | 1,760,372,049.306584 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/09/a-compact-smd-reflow-hotplate-powered-by-usb-pd/ | A Compact SMD Reflow Hotplate Powered By USB-PD | Dan Maloney | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"CH552",
"hotplate",
"metal ceramic",
"pid",
"reflow",
"smd",
"USB-PD"
] | When it comes to home-lab reflow work, there are a lot of ways to get the job done. The easiest thing to do perhaps is to slap a PID controller on an old toaster oven and call it a day. But if your bench space is limited, you might want to put
this compact reflow hotplate
to work for you.
There are a lot of nice featur... | 10 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "6717400",
"author": "Orzel",
"timestamp": "2024-01-09T18:56:33",
"content": "Very interesting. The software doesn’t use PID, but a rather crude on/off depending on temperature, with hysteresis (called ‘offset’ in code). I’m wondering how close to the reflow curve this hardware+softw... | 1,760,372,048.939725 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/hackaday-links-january-7-2024/ | Hackaday Links: January 7, 2024 | Dan Maloney | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"86-DOS",
"brass",
"bsod",
"centrifuge",
"chess",
"ev",
"ford",
"hackaday links",
"hex",
"instrument",
"ms-dos",
"Musical",
"repair",
"rgb",
"scientific photography",
"wargames"
] | Oh, perfect — now our cars can BSOD. At least that’s how it looks from
a forum post
showing a Blue Screen of Death on a Ford Mustang Mach E, warning that an over-the-air software update failed, and now the car can’t be driven. The BSOD includes a phone number to reach Ford’s Customer Relationship Center and even presen... | 27 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716667",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-01-08T00:29:41",
"content": "“Maybe the best defense against a bricked vehicle would be to keep a beater around that doesn’t need updates to keep running.”2004 Honda",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1... | 1,760,372,049.242638 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/using-sound-waves-as-a-fire-extinguisher/ | Using Sound Waves As A Fire Extinguisher | Maya Posch | [
"Science"
] | [
"fire extinguisher"
] | In order for a fire to sustain itself, it needs three things: fuel, heat, and oxygen, with the disruption of just one of those causing the fire to extinguish. Water, sand, and carbon dioxide-based fire extinguishers are commonly used, but you’re probably familiar with blowing out a candle using your breath. Counter-int... | 15 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716615",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2024-01-07T21:26:18",
"content": "Red Adair did it better. He used TNT.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0uGHaVZRM4",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6716618",
"author": "Joseph ... | 1,760,372,048.993532 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/recreating-the-jupiter-ace/ | Recreating The Jupiter ACE | Al Williams | [
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"forth",
"Grant Searle",
"Jupiter Ace"
] | What looks like a Sinclair ZX81 but runs Forth? If you said a Jupiter ACE, you get a gold star. These are rare because ordinary people in 1982 didn’t want Forth, so only about 5,000 of the devices were sold. [Cees Meijer] assumes they are unaffordable, so he
built a replica
and shows you how you can, too. [Scott Baker]... | 26 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716574",
"author": "Olaf",
"timestamp": "2024-01-07T19:42:30",
"content": "There is no need to go this way. There was a Forth interpreter written in BASIC for the Spectrum. :-DOlaf",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6716590",
... | 1,760,372,049.36546 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/remote-control-kinetic-sand-table-uses-a-single-arduino/ | Remote-Control Kinetic Sand Table Uses A Single Arduino | Kristina Panos | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"classic hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"h-bot",
"IKEA table",
"sand table"
] | There’s nothing fun about a Sisyphean task unless you’re watching one being carried out by someone or something else. In that case, it can be mesmerizing like
this Arduino-driven kinetic sand table.
What you can’t see. Image via
[thang010146] on YouTube
Like many of these builds, it all started with an ordinary coffee ... | 11 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716493",
"author": "paulvdh",
"timestamp": "2024-01-07T16:11:33",
"content": "I saw a few small pieces of the video, including around 07:40 in the last video, where a circle was “approximated” with 129 “points”, and I stopped when he started to turn it into a “polygon” (Which it al... | 1,760,372,049.636699 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/802-11ah-wi-fi-halow-the-1-kilometer-wifi-standard/ | 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLOW: The 1 Kilometer WiFi Standard | Maya Posch | [
"Network Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"802.11ah",
"wi-fi"
] | You, too, can add long-distance WiFi to your laptop with this new not-quite dongle solution. (Credit: Ben Jeffery)
The 802.11ah WiFi (HaLow) standard is fairly new, having only been introduced in 2017. It’s supposed to fall somewhere between standard WiFi used in domiciles and offices and the longer range but low-bitra... | 31 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716435",
"author": "NiHaoMike",
"timestamp": "2024-01-07T12:19:32",
"content": "I wonder how it compares to some older Ubiquiti 900MHz point to point links that are basically reprogrammed LTE chipsets.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comme... | 1,760,372,049.708193 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/a-journey-through-font-rendering/ | A Journey Through Font Rendering | Matthew Carlson | [
"Software Development"
] | [
"font",
"rust",
"TrueType"
] | In the wide world of programming, there are a few dark corners that many prefer to avoid and instead leverage the well-vetted libraries that are already there. [Phillip Tennen] is not one of those people, and when the urge came to improve font rendering for his hobby OS, axle, he got to work
writing a TrueType font ren... | 8 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716434",
"author": "Glaskows",
"timestamp": "2024-01-07T12:09:54",
"content": "SDF based font rendering would NOT be an upgrade. It is a cheaper technique that trades memory space with cpu/gpu time. It is between sprite based and curve/polygon rendering.",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,372,049.751557 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/06/an-adjustable-high-voltage-power-supply-built-with-safety-in-mind/ | An Adjustable High-Voltage Power Supply Built With Safety In Mind | Dan Maloney | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"arc",
"Cockcroft-Walton",
"corona",
"flyback",
"high voltage",
"hv",
"multiplier",
"silicone",
"ZVS"
] | It’s not entirely clear why [Advanced Tinkering] needs
a 50,000-volt power supply
, but given the amount of work he put into this one, we’re going to guess it will be something interesting.
The stated specs for this power supply are pretty simple: a power supply that can be adjusted between 20kV and 50kV. The unstated ... | 11 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716428",
"author": "ono",
"timestamp": "2024-01-07T11:53:15",
"content": "Much attention to detail.All safety measures he implemented seem sound. Any expert would chime in and point out possible amelioration / things that should be changed / unnecessary measures ?",
"parent_id"... | 1,760,372,049.795167 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/05/video-and-audio-playback-on-low-end-ms-dos-machines/ | Video And Audio Playback On Low-End MS-DOS Machines | Maya Posch | [
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"IBM PC",
"ms-dos",
"multimedia"
] | For most people the phrases ‘MS-DOS’ and ‘video playback’ probably aren’t commonly associated, yet it was quite normal as those of us who were watching full-motion video with games like Command & Conquer can attest to. These audiovisual experiences did however require somewhat more capable hardware than something like ... | 13 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716227",
"author": "Nerd Ralph",
"timestamp": "2024-01-06T18:15:37",
"content": "The Rickroll about 1/3rd of the way through the video made me chuckle.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6716250",
"author": "Christian",
"t... | 1,760,372,049.847296 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/05/3d-printed-cookies-sort-of/ | 3D Printed Cookies, Sort Of | Kristina Panos | [
"cooking hacks"
] | [
"3D printed mold",
"Autodesk Fusion 360",
"chocolate",
"cookies",
"silicone",
"silicone mold"
] | Are there any cookies that taste better than the ones you make yourself? Well, maybe, but there’s a certain exquisite flavoring to effort. Just ask [jformulate], who created these
custom chocolate-topped butter cookies
using a mixture of 3D printing, silicone, and of course, baking and tempering.
[jformulate] did this ... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716171",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2024-01-06T14:36:03",
"content": "rather than degassing (which can be very messsy), the dice making community cures silicone molds in a pressure pot, ~40PSI.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,372,049.884925 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/05/teardown-of-two-russian-missile-sensors/ | Teardown Of Two Russian Missile Sensors | Maya Posch | [
"Teardown"
] | [
"gyroscope",
"teardown"
] | Recently [Michel]
received two packages
from Ukraine containing some salvaged Russian electronics that once belonged to (presumably) a 9K38 Igla, Vympel R-27 or similar infrared homing missile, as well as a Fiber Optic Gyroscope (
FOG
) from an unknown missile, though possibly from the
Tornado
family of MRLSes. The lat... | 22 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716019",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-01-06T00:11:33",
"content": "The FOG of war.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6716285",
"author": "Pentium Unobtanium 3",
"timestamp"... | 1,760,372,049.995439 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/05/digital-master-tapes-seek-deck/ | Digital Master Tapes Seek Deck | Navarre Bartz | [
"News",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"cgi",
"D1 Cassette",
"documentary",
"history",
"reboot"
] | As a nerdy kid in the 90s, I spent a fair bit of time watching the computer-themed cartoon
Reboot
. During the course of making a documentary about the show, [Jacob Weldon] and [Raquel Lin] have uncovered the
original digital master tapes of the show
.
This is certainly exciting news for fans of the show, but there’s a... | 16 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6715976",
"author": "cplamb",
"timestamp": "2024-01-05T21:27:11",
"content": "A good resource for this type of thing is the Association of Moving Image Archivists (https://amianet.org/). They have a supplier directory as well as an email list server which can be used for inquiries a... | 1,760,372,049.938386 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/05/the-scottokatana-keyboard-is-cutting-edge/ | The ScottoKatana Keyboard Is Cutting-Edge | Kristina Panos | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"arduino pro micro",
"handwired keyboard",
"katana",
"keyboard",
"rp2040"
] | The lovely thing about a hobby like keyboard building is that the melting pot of designs manages to never turn into a nasty porridge. Rather, it remains a tasty chili that keeps getting more flavorful with time. It’s a simple recipe, really; someone becomes dissatisfied enough with their peripherals to do something abo... | 9 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "6715971",
"author": "Dude",
"timestamp": "2024-01-05T21:15:47",
"content": "In terms of keyboard layouts – it’s interesting to watch people argue about QWERTY vs. DVORAK with arguments like having the most vowels in the home row, without accounting for the fact that people’s fingers... | 1,760,372,050.064245 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/05/remembering-niklaus-wirth-father-of-pascal-and-inspiration-to-many/ | Remembering Niklaus Wirth: Father Of Pascal And Inspiration To Many | Maya Posch | [
"Current Events",
"Featured",
"News",
"Software Development"
] | [
"oberon",
"obituary",
"Pascal",
"software"
] | Although perhaps not as much of a household name as other pioneers of last century’s rapid evolution of computer hardware and the software running on them, Niklaus Wirth’s contributions puts him right along with other giants. Being a very familiar face both in his native Switzerland at the ETH Zurich university – as we... | 33 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "6715917",
"author": "Joel Finkle",
"timestamp": "2024-01-05T18:59:10",
"content": "Modula-2 was one of the first development environments I had on the Macintosh (128K), but it, like the C and Forth I’d also bought, depended on extensive run-time environments making them impractical ... | 1,760,372,050.160832 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/05/hackaday-podcast-episode-251-pluto-pinball-speedy-surgery-and-diy-gps/ | Hackaday Podcast Episode 251: Pluto, Pinball, Speedy Surgery, And DIY GPS | Dan Maloney | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Podcasts",
"Slider"
] | [
"Hackaday Podcast"
] | Welcome to 2024! This time around, Elliot and Dan ring in a new year of awesome hacks with quite an eclectic mix. We kick things off with a Pluto pity party and find out why the tiny ex-planet deserved what it got. What do you do if you need to rename a bunch of image files? You rope a local large-language model in for... | 7 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6715890",
"author": "Elliot Williams",
"timestamp": "2024-01-05T17:36:26",
"content": "Sorry the show’s coming out late this week! Long story. Better late than never?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6715999",
"author... | 1,760,372,050.334914 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/06/thomas-sanladerer-gets-new-threads/ | [Thomas Sanladerer] Gets New Threads | Al Williams | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printing",
"heat set inserts",
"mechanical"
] | If you do much practical 3D printing, you eventually need some sort of fastener. You can use a screw to bite into plastic. You can create a clearance hole to accommodate a bolt and a nut or even build in a nut trap. You can also heat-set threaded inserts. Which is the best? [Thomas] does his usual
complete examination ... | 18 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716370",
"author": "LookAtDaShinyShiny",
"timestamp": "2024-01-07T04:31:05",
"content": "Interesting video and results. I had hoped to see more about the geometry and wall counts on the 3d printed parts.If you read some of the manufacturers papers about designing for inserts, they... | 1,760,372,050.389683 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/06/seeing-fireworks-in-a-different-light/ | Seeing Fireworks In A Different Light | Dan Maloney | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"chronos",
"fireworks",
"grating",
"jupyter",
"optics",
"python",
"spectra",
"spectroscopy",
"spectrum",
"wavelength"
] | If you’re worried that [Roman Dvořák]’s
spectroscopic analysis of fireworks
is going to ruin New Year’s Eve or the Fourth of July, relax — the science of this build only adds to the fun.
Not that there’s nothing to worry about with fireworks, of course; there are plenty of nasty chemicals in there, and we can say from ... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716306",
"author": "fLOTSAM",
"timestamp": "2024-01-07T00:29:05",
"content": "“New Year’s Eve or the Fourth of July”No mention of Bonfire Night aka Fifth of November, Guy Fawkes’ Night or Fireworks Night?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comm... | 1,760,372,050.29229 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/06/a-look-inside-the-smallest-possible-png-file/ | A Look Inside The Smallest Possible PNG File | Al Williams | [
"Software Development"
] | [
"png",
"png format"
] | What’s inside a PNG file? Graphics, sure. But how is that graphic encoded? [Evan Hahn] shows you what goes into
a single black pixel inside a 67-byte file
. Why so many bytes? Well, that is exactly what the post is about.
You had to guess there is some overhead, right? There is an 8-byte header. Next up is a 25-byte me... | 19 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716282",
"author": "UnderSampled",
"timestamp": "2024-01-06T22:25:39",
"content": "So what is the biggest, or most interesting, image you can fit in the same 67 bytes?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6716303",
"author... | 1,760,372,050.444861 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/06/1d-fireworks-are-nice-and-quiet/ | 1D Fireworks Are Nice And Quiet | Kristina Panos | [
"LED Hacks",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"fireworks",
"RGB LEDs",
"rocket",
"wemos d1 mini",
"ws2812"
] | Maybe you do it out of respect for the dogs and parents of young children in the neighborhood. Or maybe you do it because they’re harmful to the environment, or just because it’s too darn cold outside. Whatever your reasoning for not setting off fireworks, don’t fret — you can probably put together your own silent
one-... | 17 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716231",
"author": "limroh",
"timestamp": "2024-01-06T18:46:54",
"content": "Hah, like it ;-)now attach a few dozen such led strips to powerful drones and simulate several different explosions in 3D :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comm... | 1,760,372,050.588243 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/06/new-years-resolutions/ | New Year’s Resolutions | Elliot Williams | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"News",
"Rants"
] | [
"happy new year",
"microcontrollers",
"new year",
"newsletter"
] | As we stand here looking at the brand-new year ahead, we find ourselves taking stock, and maybe thinking how we can all be better people in the next year. More exercise, being nicer to your neighbors, consuming more or less of this or that, depending on whether it’s healthy or un. Those are the standard fare. But what’... | 18 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716184",
"author": "Markus Bindhammer",
"timestamp": "2024-01-06T15:46:11",
"content": "No specific New Year’s resolution, but I always keep to my motto: A day on which I learn nothing is a day lost.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment... | 1,760,372,050.640074 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/06/no-dac-try-pdm/ | No DAC? Try PDM | Al Williams | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"dac",
"ESP32",
"PDM",
"pulse density modulation"
] | Ever notice that the ESP32-S3 doesn’t have a digital-to-analog converter? [Chris] did and asserts that he doesn’t care because he can just
use the PDM system to get the same result
. PDM — pulse density modulation — is similar to PWM and, like PWM, requires a filter that could range from a simple RC network to an activ... | 16 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716128",
"author": "Jan",
"timestamp": "2024-01-06T12:10:29",
"content": "PDM on the ESP8266.https://www.hackster.io/janost/audio-hacking-on-the-esp8266-fa9464",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6716137",
"author": "Julian Ski... | 1,760,372,050.769084 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/06/3d-printed-eel-could-cost-less-at-scale/ | 3D Printed Eel Could Cost Less At Scale | Kristina Panos | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"cooking hacks"
] | [
"3d printed food",
"eel",
"vegan eel"
] | Be it a matter of cost, principle, or just plain being landlocked, the idea of 3D printed vegan eel over the real deal is quite an attractive development. An Israeli company called Steakholder Foods has introduced this very thing —
something they claim is the world’s first plant-based, printed eel.
One thing to note ab... | 38 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6716148",
"author": "Mystick",
"timestamp": "2024-01-06T13:04:31",
"content": "It’s not eel. Shouldn’t be called that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6716150",
"author": "Ray'",
"timestamp": "2024-01-06T13:13:... | 1,760,372,050.717056 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/04/diy-chemistry-points-the-way-to-open-source-blood-glucose-testing/ | DIY Chemistry Points The Way To Open Source Blood Glucose Testing | Dan Maloney | [
"chemistry hacks",
"Medical Hacks"
] | [
"blood glucose",
"colorimetric",
"diabetes",
"electrochemistry",
"glucose oxidase",
"iodine",
"starch"
] | Every diabetic knows that one of the major burdens of the disease is managing supplies. From insulin to alcohol wipes, diabetes is a resource-intensive disease, and running out of anything has the potential for disaster. This is especially true for glucose test trips, the little electrochemical dongles that plug into a... | 16 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6715453",
"author": "Kathi",
"timestamp": "2024-01-04T21:11:18",
"content": "Very well written but i stay with my therapy dog. He smell the chemical changes and tips me with his nose to warn me. Pure love :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
... | 1,760,372,050.818023 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/04/sandpaper-alternatives-for-3d-prints/ | Sandpaper Alternatives For 3D Prints | Bryan Cockfield | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d gloop",
"3d printer",
"epoxy",
"finish",
"polyurethane",
"print",
"sandpaper",
"Solvent",
"spray paint"
] | A finished 3D print, especially plastic deposition types, often have imperfections in them from the process of laying down each layer of material and from the printer itself. For small batches or one-off parts, we might reach for a few pieces of sandpaper to smooth out these rough edges. While that might work for a sma... | 19 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "6715428",
"author": "Raham",
"timestamp": "2024-01-04T20:46:59",
"content": "Readed the gloop safty papers and it explain why i got headache. But the technical description is really helpfull. Next time i better used it outside and than i should be fine.Had the same problems after lo... | 1,760,372,050.875757 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/04/the-world-of-web-browsers-is-in-a-bad-way/ | The World Of Web Browsers Is In A Bad Way | Jenny List | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Rants",
"Slider",
"Software Development"
] | [
"browser",
"rendering engine",
"web"
] | There once was a man who invented a means for publishing scientific documents using hypertext. He made his first documents available from his NeXT cube, and a lot of the academics who saw them thought it was a great idea. They took the idea, expanded it, and added graphics, and pretty soon people who weren’t scientists... | 115 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "6715273",
"author": "Maave",
"timestamp": "2024-01-04T18:27:59",
"content": "Google’s actions against adblockers will bring about that moment of reflection pretty soon. Right as Mozilla makes a push for add-ons on Android.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,372,051.282167 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/04/how-good-is-the-cheapest-generator-on-amazon/ | How Good Is The Cheapest Generator On Amazon? | Maya Posch | [
"Reviews"
] | [
"electrical generator",
"power analysis"
] | Although an internal combustion engine-based generator isn’t exactly one of the most complicated contraptions, any time that you combine something that produces power with electrical devices, you generally like to know how safe it is. Even more so when it’s a $139 generator you got off Amazon, like the PowerSmart 1200 ... | 79 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "6715182",
"author": "Myself",
"timestamp": "2024-01-04T16:38:31",
"content": "It’s also a 2-cycle engine, which has a heinously dirty exhaust and I’m baffled that they’re even still legal to sell. Please, please don’t run one of these.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"r... | 1,760,372,051.022661 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/04/british-hospital-blasts-through-waiting-lists-by-slashing-surgeon-downtime/ | British Hospital Blasts Through Waiting Lists By Slashing Surgeon Downtime | Lewin Day | [
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Medical Hacks",
"Original Art"
] | [
"efficiency",
"factory",
"medicine",
"surgery"
] | It feels like it doesn’t matter where you go, health systems are struggling. In the US, just about any procedure is super expensive. In the UK and Australia, waiting lists extend far into the future and patients are left sitting in ambulances as hospitals lack capacity. In France, staff shortages rage furiously, frustr... | 66 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "6715157",
"author": "Foldi-One",
"timestamp": "2024-01-04T15:24:33",
"content": "Sounds like a good solution, though I wonder how long the folks working the line can really keep it up. Don’t want to burn out the staff long term or wear them down in a shift so they are making mistake... | 1,760,372,051.126497 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/04/ch32-risc-v-mcus-get-official-arduino-support/ | CH32 RISC-V MCUs Get Official Arduino Support | Tom Nardi | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"arduino",
"Arduino IDE",
"CH32",
"RISC-V"
] | Like many of you, we’ve been keeping a close eye on the CH32 family of RISC-V microcontrollers from WCH Electronics. You can get the CH32V003, featuring 2 kB RAM and 16 kB of flash for under fifteen cents, and the higher-end models include impressive features like onboard Ethernet. But while the hardware is definitely ... | 26 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6715115",
"author": "Neverm|nd",
"timestamp": "2024-01-04T12:54:47",
"content": "While I’ve been keeping track of RISC-V developments for awhile now, and it is certainly *ideologically* nice to be using a full open-source ISA (particularly if you want to roll your own on an FPGA)… I... | 1,760,372,051.3458 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/04/current-based-side-channel-attacks-two-ways/ | Current-Based Side-Channel Attacks, Two Ways | Dan Maloney | [
"Reverse Engineering"
] | [
"aes",
"balun",
"cryptography",
"current",
"ESP32",
"shunt",
"Side channel"
] | Funny things can happen when a security researcher and an electronics engineer specializing in high-speed circuits get together. At least they did when [Limpkin] met [Roman], which resulted in
two interesting hardware solutions for side-channel attacks
.
As [Limpkin] relates it, the tale began when he shared an office ... | 9 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6715059",
"author": "C",
"timestamp": "2024-01-04T09:36:55",
"content": "Why do people avoid using nano? Why write 0.1uF instead of 100nf? It always annoyed me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6715105",
"author": "dave... | 1,760,372,051.390506 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/05/high-resolution-midi-controller/ | High-Resolution MIDI Controller | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"control board",
"control interface",
"digital to analog",
"linear",
"midi",
"potentiometer",
"resolution"
] | For an older standard, MIDI has remarkable staying power in the music industry. It remains the de facto digital interface between computers and instruments thanks to its open nature, but its age does show a little bit. Sending control change (CC) messages, for example, was originally designed to fit within seven bits, ... | 20 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6715887",
"author": "Example",
"timestamp": "2024-01-05T17:23:57",
"content": "Cool build with a high quality look!Is going from 7 to 14 bit only doubling its resolution?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6715889",
"auth... | 1,760,372,051.442744 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/05/this-week-in-security-bitwarden-reverse-rdp-and-snake/ | This Week In Security: Bitwarden, Reverse RDP, And Snake | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"News",
"Security Hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"Mandiant",
"rdp",
"ssh",
"This Week in Security"
] | This week, we finally get the inside scoops on some old stories, starting with
the Bitwarden Windows Hello problem from last year
. You may remember, Bitwarden has an option to use Windows Hello as a vault unlock option. Unfortunately, the Windows credential API doesn’t actually encrypt credentials in a way that requir... | 10 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6715841",
"author": "Foldi-One",
"timestamp": "2024-01-05T15:27:39",
"content": ">Should a researcher blast the problem online, or wait patiently?For me that is easy, if the software is being fixed keep quiet even if the full release that makes the fix the norm takes a while. Though... | 1,760,372,051.667934 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/05/getting-root-access-on-a-telsa/ | Getting Root Access On A Tesla | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Security Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"Autopilot",
"full self driving",
"root",
"security",
"software",
"tesla"
] | A growing number of manufacturers are locking perfectly good hardware behind arbitrary software restrictions. While this ought to be a bigger controversy, people seem to keep paying for things like printers with ink subscriptions, cameras with features disabled in firmware, or routers with speed restrictions, ensuring ... | 36 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6715740",
"author": "mime",
"timestamp": "2024-01-05T12:06:15",
"content": "telsa?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6715754",
"author": "UncleDingler",
"timestamp": "2024-01-05T12:31:47",
"content": "Dys... | 1,760,372,051.611288 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/05/enabling-intel-amt-for-bios-over-wifi/ | Enabling Intel AMT For BIOS-over-WiFi | Arya Voronova | [
"computer hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"bios",
"IME",
"intel",
"intel amt",
"Intel Management Engine",
"Intel ME",
"intel smt",
"management engine",
"ME",
"rom",
"spi flash",
"UEFI"
] | Intel ME, AMT, SMT, V-Pro… All of these acronyms are kind of intimidating, all we know about them is that they are tied to remote control technologies rooted deep in Intel CPUs, way deeper than even operating systems go. Sometimes though, you want remote control for your own purposes, and that’s what [ABy] achieved. He... | 28 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6715748",
"author": "Joshua",
"timestamp": "2024-01-05T12:23:03",
"content": "Um, is the BIOS/CSM still a thing? I thought it’s all UEFI now. 🤷♂️Or is “BIOS” used as a synonym for firmware here?I remember that people talked about “entering BIOS” when they really just meant running... | 1,760,372,051.741544 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/04/aqueous-battery-solves-lithiums-problems/ | Aqueous Battery Solves Lithium’s Problems | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Battery Hacks",
"chemistry hacks"
] | [
"catalyst",
"energy density",
"hydrogen",
"lithium",
"manganese",
"manganese oxide",
"palladium"
] | The demand for grid storage ramps up as more renewable energy sources comes online, but existing technology might not be up to the challenge. Lithium is the most popular option for battery storage right now, not just due to the physical properties of the batteries, but also because we’re manufacturing them at a massive... | 15 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6715649",
"author": "Anonymous",
"timestamp": "2024-01-05T06:33:00",
"content": "Catalytic recombination of hydrogen and oxygen has been a thing in lead-acid batteries since forever ago. Putting that tech in a zinc-carbon cell is just a waste of palladium. Enjoy your single digit ch... | 1,760,372,051.852806 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/04/hacking-ble-to-liberate-your-exercise-equipment/ | Hacking BLE To Liberate Your Exercise Equipment | Arya Voronova | [
"Reverse Engineering",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"ble",
"bluetooth",
"bluetooth low energy",
"gatt",
"intercept",
"sniffing"
] | It’s a story we’ve heard many times before: if you want to get your data from the Domyos EL500 elliptical trainer, you need to use a proprietary smartphone application that talks to the device over Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE). To add insult to injury, the only way to the software will export your workout information is ... | 17 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6715620",
"author": "AZdave",
"timestamp": "2024-01-05T04:44:02",
"content": "There are wearable heart rate monitors out there that ONLY work with a smart phone and ONLY with the manufacturer’s proprietary app. You can imagine what happens to your data.",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,372,051.798347 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/04/telescope-rides-on-3d-printed-equatorial-table/ | Telescope Rides On 3D Printed Equatorial Table | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Science"
] | [
"3d printed",
"amateur astronomy",
"astronomy",
"equatorial",
"equatorial table",
"ESP32",
"newtonian",
"telescope"
] | In the realm of amateur astronomy, enthusiasts find themselves navigating a cosmos in perpetual motion. Planets revolve around stars, which, in turn, orbit within galaxies. But the axial rotation of the Earth and the fact that its axis is tilted is the thing that tends to get in the way of viewing celestial bodies for ... | 25 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6715546",
"author": "ZaphodHarkonnen",
"timestamp": "2024-01-05T00:54:56",
"content": "And I was just starting to look at putting one of these together. :D Perfect timing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6715687",
"aut... | 1,760,372,052.152869 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/03/a-few-reasonable-rules-for-the-responsible-use-of-new-technology/ | A Few Reasonable Rules For The Responsible Use Of New Technology | Jenny List | [
"Featured",
"Original Art",
"Rants",
"Slider"
] | [
"manifesto",
"new technology",
"obsolete hardware",
"planned obsolescence",
"technology"
] | If there’s one thing which probably unites all of Hackaday’s community, it’s a love of technology. We live to hear about the very latest developments before anyone else, and the chances are for a lot of them we’ll all have a pretty good idea how they work. But if there’s something which probably annoys a lot of us the ... | 96 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "6714405",
"author": "Mystick",
"timestamp": "2024-01-03T16:11:39",
"content": "“Don’t be evil.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6714417",
"author": "PEBKAC",
"timestamp": "2024-01-03T16:41:27",
"content... | 1,760,372,052.091773 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/03/from-kicad-to-blender-for-a-stunning-render/ | From KiCad To Blender For A Stunning Render | Arya Voronova | [
"Art",
"PCB Hacks",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"3D CAD",
"blender",
"KiCAD",
"kicad integration",
"render"
] | We love Blender. It brings you 3D modeling, but not in a CAD way — instead, people commonly use it to create animations, movies, games, and even things like VR models. In short, Blender is about all things art and visual expression. Now, what if you want a breathtaking render of your KiCad board? Look no further than
t... | 34 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6714293",
"author": "chuck",
"timestamp": "2024-01-03T13:14:28",
"content": "Putting an antifa flag in a hackaday article, I’m sure the comment section will only have sane and logical responses.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": ... | 1,760,372,051.930638 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/03/gyro-controlled-labyrinth-game-outputs-to-vga/ | Gyro-Controlled Labyrinth Game Outputs To VGA | Donald Papp | [
"Games",
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"game",
"labyrinth",
"mpu6050",
"pi pico",
"vga",
"wireless"
] | This
gesture-controlled labyrinth game
using two Raspberry Pi Pico units does a great job of demonstrating how it can sometimes take a lot of work to make something look simple.
To play, one tilts an MPU6050 inertial measurement unit (IMU) attached to one Pico to guide a square through a 2D maze, with the player workin... | 4 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6714140",
"author": "Jan",
"timestamp": "2024-01-03T11:24:15",
"content": "Enough of these ECE 4760 microcontroller class projects at Cornell.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6714198",
"author": "BT",
"timestam... | 1,760,372,052.193463 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/02/video-feedback-machine-creates-analog-fractals/ | Video Feedback Machine Creates Analog Fractals | Richard Baguley | [
"Art",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"art",
"video feedback"
] | One of the first things everyone does when they get a video camera is to point it at the screen displaying the image, creating video feedback. It’s a fascinating process where the delay from image capture to display establishes a feedback loop that amplifies the image noise into fractal patterns. This sculpture, modest... | 10 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6714391",
"author": "Charles Springer",
"timestamp": "2024-01-03T15:39:34",
"content": "In the 1960’s in the USA public broadcasting from vocation schools played hours of this stuff. Frequently. It was made by students playing with the TV cameras and monitors who thought they had di... | 1,760,372,052.237608 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/02/saving-an-expensive-sony-hw65es-projector-with-some-fresh-chips/ | Saving An Expensive Sony HW65ES Projector With Some Fresh Chips | Maya Posch | [
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"board-level repair",
"projector"
] | HDMI section of the Sony HW65ES PCB.
When you’re the proud owner of a beast of a projector like the Sony HW65ES (£2800 in 2016), you are understandably upset when it stops working. In the case of [Wettergren] it appears that a lightning strike in the Summer of 2021 managed to take out the HDMI inputs, with no analog or... | 11 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6714018",
"author": "Andy",
"timestamp": "2024-01-03T07:22:26",
"content": "Good on you. I really love these victories. The world needs more repair and less e-waste. As Grandpa always said (about dead equipment) “What have you got to lose?”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,372,052.285345 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/02/explosion-scarred-scope-gets-plastic-surgery-hackerspace-style/ | Explosion-Scarred Scope Gets Plastic Surgery Hackerspace Style | Arya Voronova | [
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"front panel",
"hantek",
"repair"
] | Some equipment comes with a backstory so impressive, you can’t help but treat it with reverence. For instance, this Hantek scope’s front panel and knobs have melted when a battery pack went up in flames right next to it. Then, it got donated to the CADR hackerspace, who have in turn given us
a scope front panel refurbi... | 9 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "6713928",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-01-03T01:33:01",
"content": "So, they spent 10 times the value of the O-scope to repair it?B^)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6713951",
"au... | 1,760,372,052.370198 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/02/you-wouldnt-3d-print-a-toilet/ | You Wouldn’t 3D Print A Toilet… | Al Williams | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"toilet",
"watertight"
] | [Emily The Engineer] wanted a 3D printing project, so naturally, she decided to
print a working toilet
. Check out the colorful contraption in the video below. At the start, we thought making it watertight might be a bit difficult, which proved to be a problem. However, some careful work with sealing and soldering iron... | 43 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "6713859",
"author": "peek",
"timestamp": "2024-01-02T21:44:44",
"content": "Too much plastic waste for me…Why do people print this stuff? Seriously",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6713876",
"author": "a_do_z",
... | 1,760,372,052.657219 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/03/propico-for-your-pro-pico-needs/ | ProPico For Your Pro Pico Needs | Arya Voronova | [
"PCB Hacks",
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"drop-in",
"drop-in replacement",
"FRAM",
"pi pico",
"raspberry pi 2040",
"Raspberry Pi Pico",
"rp2040",
"upgrade board"
] | Ever feel like the Pi Pico board could be doing way more given its footprint? Does it bother you that the RP2040’s ADC quality is even further decreased because of the noisy onboard switching regulator? Miffed about decisions like the MicroUSB socket, the 2MB flash, or lack of the reset button?
[Dmytro] brings us an op... | 6 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6714957",
"author": "CodeAsm",
"timestamp": "2024-01-04T06:55:26",
"content": "Besides the better powerregulation and maybe better pins (and potentially cleaner adc). Basicly what the aliexpress sellers are selling based on other board designs. Hopefully they switch using this desig... | 1,760,372,052.408958 |
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