It’s possible to improve your 3D prints in all kinds of ways. You can tune your printer’s motion, buy better filament, or tinker endlessly with any number of slicer settings. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/22/silica-gel-makes-for-better-3d-prints/)

Nic Barker Explains ASCII, Unicode, and UTF-8
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/22/nic-barker-explains-ascii-unicode-and-utf-8/

Over on YouTube [Nic Barker] gives us: UTF-8, Explained Simply. If you’re gonna be a hacker eventually you’re gonna have to write software to process and generate text data. And …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/22/nic-barker-explains-ascii-unicode-and-utf-8/)

A 1970s Electronic Game
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/22/a-1970s-electronic-game/

What happens when a traditional board game company decides to break into electronic gaming? Well, if it were a UK gaming company in 1978, the result would be a Waddingtons …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/22/a-1970s-electronic-game/)

Vacuum Fluorescent Displays Explained
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/23/vacuum-fluorescent-displays-explained/

After having been sent a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) based clock for a review, [Anthony Francis-Jones] took the opportunity to explain how these types of displays work. Although VFDs are …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/23/vacuum-fluorescent-displays-explained/)

Embedded TPM: Watch Out!
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/23/embedded-tpm-watch-out/

Today’s PCs are locked up with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) devices so much so that modern Windows versions insist on having a recent TPM to even install. These have become …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/23/embedded-tpm-watch-out/)

Size (and Units) Really Do Matter
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/23/size-and-units-really-do-matter/

We miss the slide rule. It isn’t so much that we liked getting an inexact answer using a physical moving object. But to successfully use a slide rule, you need …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/23/size-and-units-really-do-matter/)

The Defunct Scooter Company, and the Default Key
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/23/the-defunct-scooter-company-and-the-default-key/

Äike were an Estonian scooter company, which sadly went bust last year. [Rasmus Moorats] has one, and since the app and cloud service the scooter depends on have lost functionality, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/23/the-defunct-scooter-company-and-the-default-key/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 354: Firearms, Sky Driving, and Dumpster Diving
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/23/hackaday-podcast-episode-354-firearms-sky-driving-and-dumpster-diving/