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NPAPI And The Hot-Pluggable World Wide Web

In today’s Chromed-up world it can be hard to remember an era where browsers could be extended with not just extensions, but also with plugins. Although for those of us …read more

The Time Clock Has Stood The Test Of Time

No matter the item on my list of childhood occupational dreams, one constant ran throughout: I saw myself using an old-fashioned punch clock with the longish time cards and everything. …read more

How Do PAL And NTSC Really Work?

Many projects on these pages do clever things with video. Whether it’s digital or analogue, it’s certain our community can push a humble microcontroller to the limit of its capability. …read more

The Rise And Fall Of The In-Car Fax Machines

Once upon a time, a car phone was a great way to signal to the world that you were better than everybody else. It was a clear sign that you had money …read more

Linux Fu: Yet Another Shell Script Trick

I’m going to go ahead and admit it: I really have too many tray icons. You know the ones. They sit on your taskbar, perhaps doing something in the background …read more

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  • Simplifying The SmartKnob

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    By Aaron Beckendorf | January 10, 2026

    A knob can make a surprisingly versatile interface, particularly if it’s the SmartKnob, which builds a knob around a BLDC motor for programmable haptic response. It can rotate freely or …read more

  • Multi-material Parts The Easy Way

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    By Al Williams | January 10, 2026

    You have a part that needs different colors or different material properties — with a multi-color 3D printer, no problem. You can also laboriously switch filaments on a single-color printer. …read more

  • For The Fun Of It

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    By Elliot Williams | January 10, 2026

    I was off at the Chaos Communication Congress last weekend, and one of the big attractions for one who is nerdily inclined is seeing all of the personal projects that …read more

  • Texas Instruments Explain Low-Dropout Linear Voltage Regulators

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    By John Elliot V | January 10, 2026

    Today in power electronics, the folks over at Texas Instruments have put together a video covering low-dropout (LDO) linear regulators. For a hacker, power is pretty fundamental, so it behooves …read more

  • Yamato-1: The World’s First Ship With Magnetohydrodynamic Propulsion

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    By Maya Posch | January 10, 2026

    Although the humble propeller and its derivatives still form the primary propulsion method for ships, this doesn’t mean that alternative methods haven’t been tried. One of the more fascinating ones …read more

  • BASIC Programming With No Strings Attached

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    By John Elliot V | January 9, 2026

    Today in programming language hacks we have string art rendered in BASIC. String art — also known as pin and thread art, or filography — is an art form where …read more

  • Math Breakthrough Helps Your Feng Shui

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    By Al Williams | January 9, 2026

    In 1966, a mathematician named [Leo Moser] proposed what sounds like a simple problem: What’s the largest shape you can move through a 1-meter corridor with a right-angle corner? Now, …read more

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