The Make-roscope

Normal people binge-scroll social media. Hackaday writers tend to pore through online tech news and shopping sites incessantly. The problem with the shopping sites is that you wind up buying …read more

Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With The Wafer-Thin Keyboard

But sir! I can’t believe I missed [dynam1keNL]’s initial flat offering from about a year ago, the mikefive, which came about when he and some friends ordered switches directly from …read more

Remembering The ISP That David Bowie Ran For Eight Years

The seeds of the Internet were first sown in the late 1960s, with computers laced together in continent-spanning networks to aid in national defence. However, it was in the late …read more

Hackaday Links: May 18, 2025

Say what you want about the wisdom of keeping a 50-year-old space mission going, but the dozen or so people still tasked with keeping the Voyager mission running are some …read more

Open Source Hiding In Plain Sight

On the podcast, [Tom] and I were talking about the continuing saga of the libogc debacle. [Tom] has been interviewing some of the principals involved, so he’s got some first-hand …read more

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Now KDE Users Will Get Easy Virtual Machine Management, Too

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By Jenny List | May 22, 2025

If you work with virtual machines, perhaps to spin up a clean OS install for testing, historically you have either bitten the bullet and used one of the commercial options, …read more
A Brief History Of Fuel Cells

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By Al Williams | May 22, 2025

If we asked you to think of a device that converts a chemical reaction into electricity, you’d probably say we were thinking of a battery. That’s true, but there is …read more
Trashed Sound System Lives To Rock Another Day

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By Bryan Cockfield | May 22, 2025

Plenty of consumer goods, from passenger vehicles to toys to electronics, get tossed out prematurely for all kinds of reasons. Repairable damage, market trends, planned obsolescence, and bad design can …read more
Roller Gearbox Allows For New Angles In Robotics

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By Ian Bos | May 22, 2025

DIY mechatronics always has some unique challenges when relying on simple tools. 3D printing enables some great abilities but high precision gearboxes are still a difficult problem for many. Answering …read more
Jettison Sails For Electric Propulsion

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By Bryan Cockfield | May 21, 2025

Although there are some ferries and commercial boats that use a multi-hull design, the most recognizable catamarans by far are those used for sailing. They have a number of advantages …read more
Gene Editing Spiders To Produce Red Fluorescent Silk

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By Maya Posch | May 21, 2025

Continuing the scientific theme of adding fluorescent proteins to everything that moves, this time spiders found themselves at the pointy end of the CRISPR-Cas9 injection needle. In a study by …read more
High Voltage For Extreme Ozone

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By Ian Bos | May 21, 2025

Don’t you hate it when making your DIY X-ray machine you make an uncomfortable amount of ozone gas? No? Well [Hyperspace Pirate] did, which made him come up with an …read more

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