This month the media was abuzz with the announcement that the US National Ignition Facility (NIF) had accomplished a significant breakthrough in the quest to achieve commercial nuclear fusion. Specifically, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/19/laser-fusion-ignition-putting-nuclear-fusion-breakthroughs-into-perspective/)

It’s Ethernet, From An SPI Interface
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/19/its-ethernet-from-an-spi-interface/

Over the years as microcontrollers have become fast enough to do the heavy lifting, we have become used to 10 megabit Ethernet being bit-banged from interfaces it was never meant …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/19/its-ethernet-from-an-spi-interface/)

Photography, The Stereo Way
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/19/photography-the-stereo-way/

Most consumer-grade audio equipment has been in stereo since at least the 1960s, allowing the listener to experience sounds with a three-dimensional perspective as if they were present when the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/19/photography-the-stereo-way/)

IO Connected Radio Alarm Clock
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/19/io-connected-radio-alarm-clock/

[CoreWeaver] creates an alarm clock that includes features one might expect in such a project, including an FM radio, snooze button inputs and a display, but goes beyond the basic …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/19/io-connected-radio-alarm-clock/)

Snail Mail Notifier’s Simple Power Management To Maximize Battery Life
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/19/snail-mail-notifiers-simple-power-management-to-maximize-battery-life/

There are no weird, specialized components nor esoteric sleep mode tricks behind the long battery life of [Zak]’s WiFi mail slot watcher. Just some sensible design and clever focus on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/19/snail-mail-notifiers-simple-power-management-to-maximize-battery-life/)

Mouse Whisperer Keeps You Working, Even When You Need a Break
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/19/mouse-whisperer-keeps-you-working-even-when-you-need-a-break/

When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade, right? What about when life hands you annoyingly intrusive work-from-home policies that require you to physically stay at your computer even though …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/19/mouse-whisperer-keeps-you-working-even-when-you-need-a-break/)

See The ATARI GEM Desktop Running On A Portable Word Processor… Thing
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/20/see-the-atari-gem-desktop-running-on-a-portable-word-processor-thing/

Get ready for vintage computing aplenty in [David Given]’s project to port EmuTOS to the AlphaSmart Dana. He’s got it all on video, too. All 38 hours of it over …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/20/see-the-atari-gem-desktop-running-on-a-portable-word-processor-thing/)

The Physics Behind The Collapse Of a Huge Aquarium
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/20/the-physics-behind-the-collapse-of-a-huge-aquarium/