Ask Hackaday: How Do You Digitize Your Documents?

Like many of you, I have a hard time getting rid of stuff. I’ve got boxes and boxes of weirdo bits and bobs, and piles of devices that I’ll eventually …read more

The Fancy Payment Cards Of Taiwan

If you’re an old-schooler, you might still go to the local bar and pay for a beer with cash. You could even try and pay with a cheque, though the …read more

The Amazing Maser

While it has become a word, laser used to be an acronym: “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation”. But there is an even older technology called a maser, which …read more

Regrowing Teeth Might Not Be Science Fiction Anymore

The human body is remarkably good at handling repairs. Cut the skin, and the blood will clot over the wound and the healing process begins. Break a bone, and the …read more

Zombie Netscape Won’t Die

The very concept of the web browser began with a humble piece of software called NCSA Mosaic, all the way back in 1993. It was soon eclipsed by Netscape Navigator, …read more

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Does This Electron Make Me Look Fat? Weighing An Electron

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By Al Williams | February 12, 2026

[The Signal Path] shows us how to recreate a classic science experiment to measure the weight of an electron. Things are easier for us, because unlike [J. J. Thomson] in …read more
Harmonic Radar Finds Hidden Electronics

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By Aaron Beckendorf | February 12, 2026

For as long as small, hidden radio transmitters have existed, people have wanted a technology to detect them. One of the more effective ways to find hidden electronics is the …read more
Storing Image Data As Analog Audio

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By Bryan Cockfield | February 12, 2026

Ham radio operators may be familiar with slow-scan television (SSTV) where an image is sent out over the airwaves to be received, decoded, and displayed on a computer monitor by …read more
Exploring Homebrew For The Pokémon Mini

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By Maya Posch | February 12, 2026

Originally only sold at the Pokémon Center New York in late 2001 for (inflation adjusted) $80, the Pokémon Mini would go on to see a release in Japan and Europe, …read more
The Death Of Baseload And Similar Grid Tropes

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By Maya Posch | February 12, 2026

Anyone who has spent any amount of time in or near people who are really interested in energy policies will have heard proclamations such as that ‘baseload is dead’ and …read more
Bash Via Transpiler

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By Al Williams | February 12, 2026

It is no secret that we often use and abuse bash to write things that ought to be in a different language. But bash does have its attractions. In the …read more
Practice Makes Perfect: The Wet Dress Rehearsal

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By Tom Nardi | February 12, 2026

If you’ve been even casually following NASA’s return to the Moon, you’re likely aware of the recent Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) for the Artemis II mission. You probably also heard …read more

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