When it comes to controllers for racing games, there is perhaps no better option than a force feedback steering wheel. With a built-in motor to push against the wheel at …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/03/force-feedback-steering-wheel-made-from-power-drill/)

It’s Snake, In A QR Code, But Smaller
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/03/its-snake-in-a-qr-code-but-smaller/

We’re not sure that many of you have recognised the need in your life for an x86 machine code program encoded into a QR code, but following on from someone …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/03/its-snake-in-a-qr-code-but-smaller/)

Apple III Slows Down to Smell the Roses
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/03/apple-iii-slows-down-to-smell-the-roses/

The most collectible items in the realm of vintage computers often weren’t the most popular of their era. Quite the opposite, in fact. Generally the more desireable systems were market …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/03/apple-iii-slows-down-to-smell-the-roses/)

Odd Retrocomputer Had a Graphics Coprocessor
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/04/odd-retrocomputer-had-a-graphics-coprocessor/

[Noel’s Retro Lab] scored an unusual 1980s vintage computer sold in Japan and Spain. The Seconinsa FM-7 appears to be a popular Fujitsu Japanese computer altered to fit the Spanish …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/04/odd-retrocomputer-had-a-graphics-coprocessor/)

Fast Adjustable Lasers Using Lithium Niobate Integrated Photonics
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/04/fast-adjustable-lasers-using-lithium-niobate-integrated-photonics/

Stack of Si3N4-LiNbO3 forming the integrated laser and integrated into test setup (d). (Credit: Snigirev et al., 2023)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/LiNbO3_photonic_integrated_laser.jpeg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/LiNbO3_photonic_integrated_laser.jpeg?w=800">Making lasers smaller and more capable of rapidly alternating between frequencies, while remaining within a narrow band, is an essential part of bringing down the cost of technologies such as …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/04/fast-adjustable-lasers-using-lithium-niobate-integrated-photonics/)

This Week in Security: Your Car’s Extended Warranty, Seizing the Fediverse, and Arm MTE
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/04/this-week-in-security-your-cars-extended-warranty-seizing-the-fediverse-and-arm-mte/

If you’ve answered as many spam calls as I have, you probably hear the warranty scam robocall in your sleep: “We’ve been trying to reach you about your car’s extended …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/04/this-week-in-security-your-cars-extended-warranty-seizing-the-fediverse-and-arm-mte/)

Metal Forming with a 3D Printer
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/04/metal-forming-with-a-3d-printer/

How do you use a 3D printer to bend metal? One way would be to take it to a machine shop and offer to trade the owner your printer for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/04/metal-forming-with-a-3d-printer/)

Hackaday Podcast 230: Space Science, Superconductors, Supercaps, and Central Air
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/04/hackaday-podcast-230-space-science-superconductors-supercaps-and-central-air/