Linux Fu: Heads Or Tails For VPN

If you’ve done much networking, you surely know the frustration of trying to connect to something, say a Raspberry Pi, that lives behind your consumer router. There are a number …read more

The Physics Of Keeping Thermal Power Stations Cool

Recently thermal power stations have been in the news quite a bit, mostly in the context of them being throttled back or shut down due to the river water used …read more

Hackaday Links: August 9, 2026

Bad news for anyone who was hoping for some relief from the memory shortage — Digitimes is reporting that the production capacity of major players such as Samsung, Micron, and …read more

This Week In Security: Claude Gets Hacking, Hotel WiFi, And NPM Compromised Again

kMaybe feeling left out from the questionable hype train of “Our AI models can’t be trusted”, Anthropic has released reports that their Claude model has “reached the Internet” and accessed …read more

Calculus-Free PID (Almost) In A Spreadsheet

PID controllers are everywhere. They regulate temperature, motor speed, power supplies, positioning systems, process equipment, and probably a dozen things within arm’s reach of you right now. They’re also frequently …read more

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Hacking Fiber To The Home

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By Zoe Skyforest | August 13, 2026

When we think about security threats, we generally imagine them coming from far away across the wider internet. But what if the connection between you and your ISP was the …read more
The Chernobyl NPP And Forty Years Of Robots For High Radiation Environments

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By Maya Posch | August 13, 2026

With the massive steam explosion that shredded the #4 RBMK reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 it suddenly made robots that could survive a high ionizing radiation …read more
Smart Clock Helps With Medication Management

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By Zoe Skyforest | August 12, 2026

There are all kinds of smart devices on the market these days, but if you want one to solve a particular personal problem, sometimes it’s easiest to just build your …read more
Have Scientists Stuck The Landing On The Glueball Discovery?

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By Tyler August | August 12, 2026

Exciting discoveries in particle physics are one of those things that it can be easy to get blase about. Some people get caught up in the obvious excitement, while others …read more
Your Laptop Keyboard, On Another Device

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By Jenny List | August 12, 2026

It’s likely many of us have been in the position of first set-up on a machine such as a Raspberry Pi, and had keyboard problems. Either no spare keyboard is …read more
The Agony Of Packaging Linux Apps

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By Maya Posch | August 12, 2026

One of the great things of Linux as an ecosystem is that there is so much choice. Yet this is also its greatest weakness, as unlike on MacOS and Windows …read more
Read A USB Logitech Racing Wheel On An ESP32‑S3

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By Maya Posch | August 12, 2026

Now that MCUs like the ESP32-S3 are quite capable computer systems including USB host functionality, it only makes sense that you can connect USB peripherals like Logitech racing wheels to …read more

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