For those who have played Quake extensively, adding portals seems unnecessary, as teleporters are already a core part of the game mechanics. What [Matthew Earl] accomplishes is more of the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/06/adding-portals-to-quake/)
Better Noise Reduction with Science
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/06/better-noise-reduction-with-science/
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/06/better-noise-reduction-with-science/
Most noise-blocking headphones fall into two categories: they use some kind of material to absorb or scatter noise, or they use active cancellation that creates a signal to oppose the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/06/better-noise-reduction-with-science/)
Inexpensive Ham Radio Gets Upgrades Thanks to a Trojan
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/06/inexpensive-ham-radio-gets-upgrades-thanks-to-a-trojan/
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/06/inexpensive-ham-radio-gets-upgrades-thanks-to-a-trojan/
Love them or hate them, the crop of cheap hand-held amateur radio transceivers is here to stay. They’re generally horrible radios, often smearing spurious emissions across the spectrum, but they’re …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/06/inexpensive-ham-radio-gets-upgrades-thanks-to-a-trojan/)
Self-driving cars often use LiDAR — think of it as radar using light beams. One limitation of existing systems is they need some method of scanning the light source around, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/06/no-moving-parts-lidar/)
Creating a Joule-Thomson Cryocooler and a Little Bit of History At Home
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/07/creating-a-joule-thomson-cryocooler-and-a-little-bit-of-history-at-home/
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/07/creating-a-joule-thomson-cryocooler-and-a-little-bit-of-history-at-home/
The fun part about crycoolers is that there are so many different and exciting ways to make stuff cold, based on a wide variety of physics. This is why after …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/07/creating-a-joule-thomson-cryocooler-and-a-little-bit-of-history-at-home/)
Improved Hydrogen Fuel Cells are Groovy
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/07/improved-hydrogen-fuel-cells-are-groovy/
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/07/improved-hydrogen-fuel-cells-are-groovy/
According to [Charles Q. Choi], a new study indicates that grooves in the hydrogen fuel cells used to power vehicles can improve their performance by up to 50%. Fuel cells …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/07/improved-hydrogen-fuel-cells-are-groovy/)
This Week in Security: Bogus CVEs, Bogus PoCs, And Maybe a Bogus Breach
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/07/this-week-in-security-bogus-cves-bogus-pocs-and-maybe-a-bogus-breach/
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/07/this-week-in-security-bogus-cves-bogus-pocs-and-maybe-a-bogus-breach/
It appears we have something of a problem. It’s not really a new problem, and shouldn’t be too surprising, but it did pop up again this week: bogus CVEs. Starting …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/07/this-week-in-security-bogus-cves-bogus-pocs-and-maybe-a-bogus-breach/)