With the incredible variety of projects submitted to our Op-Amp Contest, you’d almost forget that operational amplifiers were originally invented to perform mathematical operations, specifically inside analog computers. One popular …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/07/op-amp-contest-virtual-ball-in-a-box-responds-to-your-motions/)

Moving The Snail Mail To WiFi
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/07/moving-the-snail-mail-to-wifi/

[Zak] loves getting a notification on his phone when he gets physical mail. Enough to wire his mailbox slot with an ESP8285 to send him alerts. Previously, [Zak] used a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/07/moving-the-snail-mail-to-wifi/)

Plastic Welding Revisited
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/07/plastic-welding-revisited/

Last time we talked about a video that purported to do plastic welding, we mentioned that the process wasn’t really plastic welding as we understood it. Judging by the comments, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/07/plastic-welding-revisited/)

Well Documented Code Helps Revive Decades-Old Commodore Project
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/07/well-documented-code-helps-revive-decades-old-commodore-project/

In the 1980s, [Stephen] was working on his own RPG for the Commodore 64, inspired by dungeon crawlers of the era like Ultima IV and Telengard, both some of his …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/07/well-documented-code-helps-revive-decades-old-commodore-project/)

Royal Navy Tests Quantum Navigation
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/07/royal-navy-tests-quantum-navigation/

GPS has changed the way we get around the globe. But if you command a warship, you must think about what you would do if an adversary destroyed or compromised …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/07/royal-navy-tests-quantum-navigation/)

Hacking a Hyundai Ioniq’s Infotainment System Again After Security Fixes
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/08/hacking-a-hyundai-ioniqs-infotainment-system-again-after-security-fixes/

These days modern cars are nothing if not a grouping of networked software held together by bits of hardware. This is reflected not only in the rapidly increasing number of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/08/hacking-a-hyundai-ioniqs-infotainment-system-again-after-security-fixes/)

Contrary View: Chatbots Don’t Help Programmers
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/08/contrary-view-chatbots-dont-help-programmers/

[Bertrand Meyer] is a decided contrarian in his views on AI and programming. In a recent Communications of the ACM blog post, he reveals that — unlike many others — …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/08/contrary-view-chatbots-dont-help-programmers/)

Tree Planting Festivals, Air Cannons, Self-Burying Seeds, and the Complexities of Reforestation
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/08/tree-planting-festivals-air-cannons-self-burying-seeds-and-the-complexities-of-reforestation/