FLOSS Weekly Episode 778: OctoPrint — People Are Amazing At Breaking Things

This week Jonathan Bennett and Katherine Druckman sit down with Gina Häußge to talk OctoPrint! It’s one of our favorite ways to babysit our 3D printers, and the project has …read more

Chandra X-ray Observatory Threatened By Budget Cuts

Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in July of 1999, the Chandra X-ray Observatory is the most capable space telescope of its kind. As of this writing, the spacecraft is …read more

In A Twist, Humans Take Jobs From AI

Back in the 1970s, Rockwell had an ad that proudly proclaimed: “The best electronic brains are still human.” They weren’t wrong. Computers are great and amazing, but — for now …read more

Hackaday Links: April 7, 2024

Folks with a bit of knowledge about network security commonly use virtual private networks (VPNs) when out and about. Whether you’re connecting to public WiFi or somebody passes you a …read more

Understand Your Tools: Finger Exercises

A dip meter is basically a coil of wire that, when you excite it, you can use to tell if something inside that coil is resonating along. This lets you …read more

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No Lathe? Build Your Own

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By Al Williams | April 12, 2024

If you need to make round things, you probably need a lathe. Can you build one as nice as one you can buy? Probably not. But can you build one …read more
Git Good, By Playing A Gamified Version Of Git

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By Donald Papp | April 12, 2024

What better way to learn to use Git than a gamified interface that visualizes every change? That’s the idea behind Oh My Git! which aims to teach players all about …read more
Electromagnets Make Vertical CNC Cutter A Little Stickier

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By Dan Maloney | April 12, 2024

Workholding is generally not a problem on a big CNC plasma cutter.; gravity does a pretty good job of keeping heavy sheet steel in place on the bed. But what …read more
HDMI DDC Keypad Controls Monitor From Rack

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By Kristina Panos | April 12, 2024

Sometime last year, [Jon Petter Skagmo] bought a Dell U3421WE monitor. It’s really quite cool, with a KVM switch and picture-by-picture support for two inputs at the same time. The …read more
Crank-Powered Train Uses No Batteries Or Plugs

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By Kristina Panos | April 12, 2024

The prolific [Peter Waldraff] is at back it with another gorgeous micro train layout. This time, there are no plugs and no batteries. And although it’s crank-powered, it can run …read more
Hackaday Podcast Episode 266: A Writer’s Deck, Patching Your Battleship, And Fact-Checking The Eclipse

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By Tom Nardi | April 12, 2024

Before Elliot Williams jumps on a train for Hackaday Europe, there was just enough time to meet up virtually with Tom Nardi to discuss their favorite hacks and stories from …read more
Beating IBM’s Eagle Quantum Processor On An Ising Model With A Classical Tensor Network

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By Maya Posch | April 12, 2024

The central selling point of qubit-based quantum processors is that they can supposedly solve certain types of tasks much faster than a classical computer. This comes however with the major …read more

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