When you think of NASA, you think of high-stakes, high-cost, high-pressure engineering, and maybe the accompanying red tape. In comparison, the hobby hacker has a tremendous latitude to mess up, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/the-freedom-to-fail/)
Build Your Own Bootable Emacs Environment
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/build-your-own-bootable-emacs-environment/
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/build-your-own-bootable-emacs-environment/
An old joke is that Emacs is a text editor with an operating system included, given that its extensibility and customization often goes far beyond traditional text editors. Part of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/build-your-own-bootable-emacs-environment/)
Op Amp Contest: Clever Continuity Tester Tells you Where the Problem is
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/op-amp-contest-clever-continuity-tester-tells-you-where-the-problem-is/
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/op-amp-contest-clever-continuity-tester-tells-you-where-the-problem-is/
A continuity tester, as found on most multimeters today, is a great tool for finding broken connections and short circuits. But once you’ve found a short, it’s up to you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/op-amp-contest-clever-continuity-tester-tells-you-where-the-problem-is/)
Tiny Three-Tube Receiver Completes Spy Radio Suite
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/tiny-three-tube-receiver-completes-spy-radio-suite/
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/tiny-three-tube-receiver-completes-spy-radio-suite/
In our surface-mount age, it’s easy to be jaded about miniaturization. We pretty much expect every circuit to be dimensionally optimized, something that’s easy to do when SMDs that rival …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/tiny-three-tube-receiver-completes-spy-radio-suite/)
A Delicious Advancement in Battery Tech
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/a-delicious-advancement-in-battery-tech/
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/a-delicious-advancement-in-battery-tech/
Electronics have been sent to some pretty extreme environments, but inside a living host is a particularly tricky set of conditions, especially if you don’t want to damage the organism …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/a-delicious-advancement-in-battery-tech/)
AI-Powered Speaker is a Chatbot you can Actually Chat with
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/ai-powered-speaker-is-a-chatbot-you-can-actually-chat-with/
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/ai-powered-speaker-is-a-chatbot-you-can-actually-chat-with/
AI-powered chatbots are pretty cool, but most still require you to type your question on a keyboard and read an answer from a screen. It doesn’t have to be like …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/ai-powered-speaker-is-a-chatbot-you-can-actually-chat-with/)
The Shuttle Engine Needed 3D Printing, But…
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/23/the-shuttle-engine-needed-3d-printing-but/
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/23/the-shuttle-engine-needed-3d-printing-but/
If we asked you to design a circuit to blink a flashing turn signal, you would probably reach for a cheap micro or a 555. But old cars used bimetallic …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/23/the-shuttle-engine-needed-3d-printing-but/)