The simple wire-loop game is often built as a fun project to teach students about electronics. [W&M Levsha] built their own version, showing off their fine crafting and machining skills …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/fancy-wire-loop-game-is-a-beauty-in-brass/)

Visit the World’s Largest Computer Museum: The Heinz Nixdorf
https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/visit-the-worlds-largest-computer-museum-the-heinz-nixdorf/

Most stories in the history of computing took place in one of a small number of places. The wartime code-breaking effort in Bletchley Park led to Colossus, the first programmable …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/visit-the-worlds-largest-computer-museum-the-heinz-nixdorf/)

A New Wrinkle on Wooden Ribbon Microphones
https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/a-new-wrinkle-on-wooden-ribbon-microphones/

Not too many people build their own microphones, and those who do usually build them out of materials like plastic and metal. [Frank Olson] not only loves to make microphones, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/a-new-wrinkle-on-wooden-ribbon-microphones/)

#FreeDMO Gets Rid Of DYMO Label Printer DRM
https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/freedmo-gets-rid-of-dymo-label-printer-drm/

DYMO 550 series printer marketing blurb says “The DYMO® LabelWriter® 550 Turbo label printer comes with unique Automatic Label Recognition™”, which, once translated from marketing-ese, means “this printer has DRM …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/freedmo-gets-rid-of-dymo-label-printer-drm/)

Solar Harvesting Is Better With Big Capacitors
https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/solar-harvesting-is-better-with-big-capacitors/

The sun is a great source of energy, delivering in the realm of 1000 watts per square meter on a nice clear day. [Jasper Sikken] has developed many projects that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/solar-harvesting-is-better-with-big-capacitors/)

What’s That AccessUSB Menu In My LG SmartTV?
https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/whats-that-accessusb-menu-in-my-lg-smarttv/

One boring evening, [XenRE] was looking through service menus on their LG Smart TV (Russian, Google Translate), such menus accessible through use of undocumented IR remote codes. In other words, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/whats-that-accessusb-menu-in-my-lg-smarttv/)

Building Your Own 80386DX ISA Single Board Microcomputer
https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/building-your-own-80386dx-isa-single-board-microcomputer/

Version 1.8 of the 80386 ISA SBC in its assembled glory. (Credit: Alexandru Groza)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/isa-80386dx-sbmc-18d-pcba7.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/isa-80386dx-sbmc-18d-pcba7.jpg?w=800">Having grown up with 386-level systems during the early 90s like so many of us, [Alexandru Groza] experienced an intense longing to experience the nostalgia of these computer systems from …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/03/30/building-your-own-80386dx-isa-single-board-microcomputer/)