Genetic Therapy Aims To Bring Hearing To Those Born Deaf

For those born with certain types of congenital deafness, the cochlear implant has been a positive and enabling technology. It uses electronics to step in as a replacement for the …read more

Clone Wars: IBM Edition

If you search the Internet for “Clone Wars,” you’ll get a lot of Star Wars-related pages. But the original Clone Wars took place a long time ago in a galaxy …read more

Ask Hackaday: Do You Curb Shop Components?

I’m not proud. When many of us were kids, we were unabashedly excited when trash day came around because sometimes you’d find an old radio or — jackpot — an …read more

Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With The Cheap-O Keyboard

All right, I’ll cut to the chase: Cheap03xD is mainly so cheap because the PCB falls within a 10 x 10 cm footprint. The point was to make a very …read more

A Linux Power User Puts SteamOS To Work

The line between a Linux user and a Linux power user is a bit gray, and a bit wide. Most people who install Linux already have more computer literacy than …read more

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AC Motor Converted Into DC EBike Powerplant

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By Bryan Cockfield | January 15, 2026

AC induction motors are everywhere, from ceiling fans to vehicles. They’re reliable, simple, and rugged — but there are some disadvantages. It’s difficult to control the speed without complex electronics, …read more
ISS Medical Emergency: An Orbital Ambulance Ride

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By Tom Nardi | January 15, 2026

Over the course of its nearly 30 years in orbit, the International Space Station has played host to more “firsts” than can possibly be counted. When you’re zipping around Earth …read more
Looking At A Real Fake Raspberry Pi RP2040 Board

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By Maya Posch | January 15, 2026

Since the RP2040 microcontroller is available as a stand-alone component, it’s easy enough for third parties to churn out their own variations — or outright clones of — the Raspberry …read more
Windows? Linux? Browser? Same Executable

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By Al Williams | January 15, 2026

We’ve been aware of projects like Cosmopolitan that allow you to crank out a single executable that will run on different operating systems. [Kamila] noticed that the idea was sound, …read more
Philips Kid’s Kit Revisited

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By Al Williams | January 14, 2026

[Anthony Francis-Jones], like us, has a soft spot for the educational electronic kits from days gone by. In a recent video you can see below, he shows the insides of …read more
Making Code A Hundred Times Slower With False Sharing

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By Maya Posch | January 14, 2026

Writing good, performant code depends strongly on an understanding of the underlying hardware. This is especially the case in scenarios like those involving embarrassingly parallel processing, which at first glance …read more
Dad Makes Kid’s Balance Bike Into Electric Snow Trike Like A Boss

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By Tyler August | January 14, 2026

The balance bikes toddlers are rocking these days look like great fun, but not so great in the snow. Rather than see his kid’s favourite toy relegated to shed until …read more

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