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We make no claims to be an expert on anything, but we do know that rule number one of working with big, expensive, mission-critical equipment is: Don’t break the big, …read more

Gene Therapy Aims To Slow Huntington’s Disease To A Crawl

Despite the best efforts of modern medicine, Huntington’s disease is a condition that still comes with a tragic prognosis. Primarily an inherited disease, its main symptoms concern degeneration of the …read more

Moving From Windows To FreeBSD As The Linux Chaos Alternative

Back in the innocent days of Windows 98 SE, I nearly switched to Linux on account of how satisfied I was with my Windows experience. This started with the Year …read more

The Strange Depression Switch Discovered Deep Inside The Brain

As humans, we tend to consider our emotional states as a direct response to the experiences of our lives. Traffic may make us frustrated, betrayal may make us angry, or …read more

“AI, Make Me A Degree Certificate”

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Writing Type-Safe Generics In C

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By Maya Posch | November 17, 2025

The fun part about a programming language like C is that although the language doesn’t directly support many features including object-oriented programming and generics, there’s nothing that’s keeping you from …read more
Binary Clock Also Monitors Weather

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By Lewin Day | November 17, 2025

There are two things most of us want to know on a daily basis—the weather, and what time it is. [Guitarman9119] built a single device that can provide both pieces …read more
Building A Smart Speaker Outside The Corporate Cloud

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By Lewin Day | November 17, 2025

If you’re not worried about corporate surveillance bots scraping your shopping list and manipulating you through marketing, you can buy any number of off-the-shelf smart speakers for your home. Alternatively, …read more
Meet The Shape That Cannot Pass Through Itself

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By Donald Papp | November 17, 2025

Can a shape pass through itself? That is to say, if one had two identical solids, would it be possible to orient one such that a hole could be cut …read more
Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With The Cipher-Capable Typewriter

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By Kristina Panos | November 17, 2025

I must confess that my mouth froze in an O when I saw [Jeff]’s Typeframe PX-88 Portable Computing System, and I continue to stare in slack-jawed wonder as I find …read more
Watching Radioactive Decay With A Homemade Spinthariscope

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By Aaron Beckendorf | November 17, 2025

Among the many science toys that have fallen out of fashion since we started getting nervous around things like mercury, chlorinated hydrocarbons, and radiation is the spinthariscope, which let people …read more
Tech In Plain Sight: Pneumatic Tubes

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By Al Williams | November 17, 2025

Today, if you can find a pneumatic tube system at all, it is likely at a bank drive-through. A conversation in the Hackaday bunker revealed something a bit surprising. Apparently, …read more

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