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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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  • IPhone Becomes A Bluetooth Keyboard And Mouse

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    By Lewin Day | February 1, 2026

    Sometimes you need to use a computer and you don’t have a spare keyboard and mouse on hand. [KoStard] figured an iPhone could serve as a passable replacement interface device. …read more

  • Limiting Battery Risk On Repurposed Smartphones With PostmarketOS

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    By Lewin Day | February 1, 2026

    PostmarketOS is a Linux distribution specifically designed for those who wish to repurpose old smartphones as general-use computers, to a degree. This can be a great way to reuse old …read more

  • Building A Metal 3D Printer With A Laser Welder

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    By Aaron Beckendorf | February 1, 2026

    The development of cheaper, more powerful lasers has always been a cause for excitement among hackers, and fiber lasers are no exception. One of the newer tools they’ve enabled is …read more

  • Lumafield Peers Into The 18650 Battery

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    By John Elliot V | January 31, 2026

    [Alex Hao] and [Andreas Bastian] of Lumafield recently visited with [Adam Savage] to share their battery quality report, which documents their findings after performing X-ray computed tomography scans on over …read more

  • Changing Print Layer Patterns To Increase Strength

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    By Aaron Beckendorf | January 31, 2026

    Dy default, the slicing software used for 3D printers has the printer first create the walls around the edges of a print, then goes back to deposit the infill pattern. …read more

  • Motorized Faders Make An Awesome Volume Mixer For Your PC

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    By Lewin Day | January 31, 2026

    These days, Windows has a moderately robust method for managing the volume across several applications. The only problem is that the controls for this are usually buried away. [CHWTT] found …read more

  • Thomas Edison May Have Discovered Graphene

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    By Al Williams | January 31, 2026

    Thomas Edison is well known for his inventions (even if you don’t agree he invented all of them). However, he also occasionally invented things he didn’t understand, so they had …read more

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