Dodging a 60-Year-Old Design Flaw In Your RAM
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/08/dodging-a-60-year-old-design-flaw-in-your-ram/

Modern computers use dynamic RAM, a technology that allows very compact bits in return for having to refresh for about 400 nanoseconds every 3-4 microseconds. But what if you couldn’t …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/08/dodging-a-60-year-old-design-flaw-in-your-ram/)

Variable-Pitch Propellers for More Efficient Quadcopter
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/08/variable-pitch-propellers-for-more-efficient-quadcopter/

Quadcopters tend to have very poor efficency because of their high disk loading. High disk loading– that is, how much weight each square meter of area swept by the propellers …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/08/variable-pitch-propellers-for-more-efficient-quadcopter/)

Nissan Shuts Down NissanConnect App for Older Leaf EVs
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/08/nissan-shuts-down-nissanconnect-app-for-older-leaf-evs/

Back in late February Nissan Leaf owners began to receive messages from Nissan informing them that the remote features in their cars would cease operation as the NissanConnect app would …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/08/nissan-shuts-down-nissanconnect-app-for-older-leaf-evs/)

You’ve All Seen A Hackintosh, But Have You Seen One On A Wii?
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/08/youve-all-seen-a-hackintosh-but-have-you-seen-one-on-a-wii/

The Intel era of Apple Macs led to so-called “Hackintoshes”, more normal PCs running x86 MacOS X. Now Bryan Keller proves that a Hackintosh isn’t restricted to the x86 era, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/08/youve-all-seen-a-hackintosh-but-have-you-seen-one-on-a-wii/)

WolfIP Doesn’t Allocate
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/09/wolfip-doesnt-allocate/

For some types of embedded systems — especially those that are safety-critical — it’s considered bad form to dynamically allocate memory during operation. While you can usually arrange for your …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/09/wolfip-doesnt-allocate/)

The Brits Made a Rocket. What Happened To It?
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/09/the-brits-made-a-rocket-what-happened-to-it/

Like many long-established broadcasters, the BBC put out a selection of their archive material for us all to enjoy online. Their most recent may be of interest to Hackaday readers …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/09/the-brits-made-a-rocket-what-happened-to-it/)

TurboQuant: Reducing LLM Memory Usage With Vector Quantization
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/09/turboquant-reducing-llm-memory-usage-with-vector-quantization/

Large language models (LLMs) aren’t actually giant computer brains. Instead, they are effectively massive vector spaces in which the probabilities of tokens occurring in a specific order is encoded. Billions …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/09/turboquant-reducing-llm-memory-usage-with-vector-quantization/)