Perhaps It’s Time To Talk About All Those Fakes And Clones

A while back, I bought a cheap spectrum analyser via AliExpress. I come from the age when a spectrum analyser was an extremely expensive item with a built-in CRT display, …read more

Asbestos: The Miracle Mineral Of Our Worst Nightmares

For much of the 19th and 20th century, the mining and use of asbestos saw near-constant growth, with virtually every material used in the construction of homes, offices, ships, road …read more

Hackaday Links: December 4, 2022

Well, this is embarrassing! Imagine sending a multibillion-dollar rover to an ancient lakebed on Mars only to discover after a year of poking around at the rocks that it might …read more

Cargo Culting And Buried Treasure

I have no idea how true the stories are, but legend has it that when supplies were dropped on some Melanesian islands during WWII, some locals took to replicating runway …read more

Hackaday Podcast 195: No NABU For You, Self-Assembling 3D Prints, Black Hats Look At EV Chargers

This week, Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Managing Editor Tom Nardi find themselves in the middle of a slow news week, so they dispense with the usual timely chit-chat and dive …read more

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How On-Frequency Are Those Cheap Radar Modules?

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By Jenny List | December 6, 2022

If you’re partial to browsing AliExpress, Banggood, or eBay for unusual hardware, you may have seen the HB100 Doppler Radar modules. These are a PCB with a metal can on …read more
The World’s Brightest Laser Pointer?

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By Al Williams | December 6, 2022

The videos from [styropyro] are always amusing and informative. However, ironically for him, he is alarmed that many green laser pointers are more powerful than they are supposed to be. …read more
Silicone-Slapping Servos Solve Simon Says

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By Robin Kearey | December 6, 2022

Most modern computer games have a clearly-defined end, but many classics like Pac-man and Duck Hunt can go on indefinitely, limited only by technical constraints such as memory size. One …read more
USB-C: Introduction For Hackers

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By Arya Voronova | December 6, 2022

We’ve now had at least five years of USB-C ports in our devices. It’s a standard that many manufacturers and hackers can get behind. Initially, there was plenty of confusion …read more
Rocket Mounted 3D Printed Camera Wheel Tries, Succeeds, And Also Fails

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By Ryan Flowers | December 6, 2022

[Joe] at BPS.space has a thing for rockets, and his latest quest is to build a rocket that will cross the Kármán Line and launch into the Final Frontier. And being …read more
Gift Idea From 1969: A Kitchen Computer

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By Al Williams | December 6, 2022

The end of the year is often a time for people to exchange presents and — of course — the rich want to buy each other the best presents. The …read more
Clever Design Technique Makes Flexible PCB Fit For A Queen

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By Robin Kearey | December 6, 2022

Printed circuit boards can be square, round, octagonal, or whatever shape you desire. But there’s little choice when it comes to the third dimension: most PCBs are flat and rigid. …read more

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