A Controller for More Than Thumbs
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/07/a-controller-for-more-than-thumbs/

As virtual reality continues to make headway into the modern zeitgeist, it is still lacking in a few key ways. There’s not yet an accepted standard for correlating body motion …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/07/a-controller-for-more-than-thumbs/)

Watch Those 1% Resistors
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/07/watch-those-1-resistors/

Decades ago, electronic components were not as easy to acquire as they are today. Sure, you could get some things at Radio Shack. But you might not have many choices, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/07/watch-those-1-resistors/)

Show ‘Em What You’re Made of With This Repair Logo
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/07/show-em-what-youre-made-of-with-this-repair-logo/

The only thing better than getting your hands on a repairable piece of hardware is actually finding the thing in the first place, which is why we love this “official” …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/07/show-em-what-youre-made-of-with-this-repair-logo/)

Roll Your Own Simple Tube Tester
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/08/roll-your-own-simple-tube-tester/

You can easily get carried away when trying to test things. For example, if you want to know if your car is working, you could measure the timing of the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/08/roll-your-own-simple-tube-tester/)

Thermochromic Treatment Keeps Solderless Breadboards Smokeless
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/08/thermochromic-treatment-keeps-solderless-breadboards-smokeless/

There’s a point in a component’s thermal regime that’s between normal operation and overloaded to the point of obvious failure. That’s a dangerous region, because the component isn’t quite hot …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/08/thermochromic-treatment-keeps-solderless-breadboards-smokeless/)

99% Partspriation
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/08/99-partspriation/

Thomas Edison once said that genius was 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. That doesn’t leave much room for partspriation. I’m working on a top-secret project, and had to place a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/08/99-partspriation/)

The Other Way To Fight Software Rental
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/08/the-other-way-to-fight-software-rental/

It’s been a distressing trend over the last decade, that of taking commercial software from a paid-for licence model and moving into the cloud and onto a rental model. In …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/08/the-other-way-to-fight-software-rental/)