Building with LEDs is a hacker pastime like no other – what’s more, if you keep playing with LED tech out there, you’re bound to build something elegant and noteworthy. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/05/a-tale-of-two-lamps/)

FreeCAD is Simple, According to This Tutorial
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/05/freecad-is-simple-according-to-this-tutorial/

Remember learning to tie your shoes or ride a bike? Like many things, that’s easy once you know how to do it, but seems impossible before you learn. [NovaSpirit] asserts …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/05/freecad-is-simple-according-to-this-tutorial/)

System Essentially Contradicting American Methods
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/05/system-essentially-contradicting-american-methods/

Today, acronyms such as PAL and initialisms such as NTSC are used as a lazy shorthand for 625 and 525-line video signals, but back in the days of analogue TV …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/05/system-essentially-contradicting-american-methods/)

Tentacle Robot Is Like an Elephant Trunk
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/06/tentacle-robot-is-like-an-elephant-trunk/

It sounds like bad science fiction or anime, but researchers are creating helical-artificial fibrous muscle structured tubular soft actuators. What? Oh, tentacle robot arms. Got it. The researchers at Westlake …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/06/tentacle-robot-is-like-an-elephant-trunk/)

This Block of Rubber Can Count To Ten
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/06/this-block-of-rubber-can-count-to-ten/

Complex behaviors can arise from simple mechanics, and that’s demonstrated by a block of rubber that acts as a counter. The block contains beams, and by controlling how the block …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/06/this-block-of-rubber-can-count-to-ten/)

Miners vs NASA: It’s A Nevada Showdown
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/06/miners-vs-nasa-its-a-nevada-showdown/

Mining projects are approved or disapproved based on all kinds of reasons. There are economic concerns, logistical matters, and environmental considerations to be made. Mining operations can be highly polluting, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/06/miners-vs-nasa-its-a-nevada-showdown/)

It’s a Humble ‘Scope, But It Changed Our World
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/06/its-a-humble-scope-but-it-changed-our-world/

A few years ago on a long flight across the North Atlantic, the perfect choice for a good read was iWoz, the autobiographical account of [Steve Wozniak]’s life. In it, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/06/its-a-humble-scope-but-it-changed-our-world/)

ITER Dreams and the Practical Reality of Making Nuclear Fusion Work On Earth
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/06/iter-dreams-and-the-practical-reality-of-making-nuclear-fusion-work-on-earth/