Sounds like somebody had a really bad day at work, as Western Digital reports that “factory contamination” caused a batch of flash memory chips to be spoiled. How much, you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/20/hackaday-links-february-20-2022/)

Immersive Stereo Sound Recording With This Binaural Microphone
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/20/immersive-stereo-sound-recording-with-this-binaural-microphone/

Sound recording has been a consumer technology for so long now that it is ubiquitous, reaching for a mobile device and firing up an app takes only an instant. Anyone …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/20/immersive-stereo-sound-recording-with-this-binaural-microphone/)

The USB-C Connectors You Never Knew You Wanted To Avoid
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/20/the-usb-c-connectors-you-never-knew-you-wanted-to-avoid/

On Tech Twitter, some people are known for Their Thing – for example, [A13 (@sad_electronics)], (when they’re not busy designing electronics), searches the net to find outstanding parts to marvel …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/20/the-usb-c-connectors-you-never-knew-you-wanted-to-avoid/)

A Ball Lens For Optical Fiber Coupling On The Cheap
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/21/a-ball-lens-for-optical-fiber-coupling-on-the-cheap/

It’s fair to say that for most of us, using a fiber optic cable for digital audio or maybe networking will involve the use of an off-the-shelf termination. We snap …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/21/a-ball-lens-for-optical-fiber-coupling-on-the-cheap/)

The Little Replacement PSU That Could: Kill A Microsoft Surface And Monitor
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/21/the-little-replacement-psu-that-could-kill-a-microsoft-surface-and-monitor/

Pre-exploded PSU close-up: shown is inductor with the heatsink it shorted against.
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/big_clive_pre-exploded_psu_inductor_heatsink.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/big_clive_pre-exploded_psu_inductor_heatsink.jpg?w=800">Recently [Big Clive], everyone’s favorite purveyor of anything electronic that’s dodgy, cheap, cheerful, decidedly crispy or any combination thereof, got sent a very dead external power supply unit. Being clearly …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/21/the-little-replacement-psu-that-could-kill-a-microsoft-surface-and-monitor/)

Rotary Valve Engine Gets a Second Chance, Smokes The Competition
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/21/rotary-valve-engine-gets-a-second-chance-smokes-the-competition/

It’s a dedicated hacker who has the patience to build an engine from scratch. And it’s a borderline obsessed hacker who does it twice. [Meanwhile In the Garage] is of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/21/rotary-valve-engine-gets-a-second-chance-smokes-the-competition/)

Dummy The Robot Arm Is Not So Dumb
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/21/dummy-the-robot-arm-is-not-so-dumb/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F29vrvUwqS4
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Snap-2022-02-19-at-07.38.56.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Snap-2022-02-19-at-07.38.56.png?w=800">[Zhihui Jun] is a name you’re going to want to remember because this Chinese maker has created quite probably one of the most complete open-source robot arms (video in Chinese …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/21/dummy-the-robot-arm-is-not-so-dumb/)