In everyday life, the largest moving object most people are likely to encounter is probably a train. Watching a train rolling along a track, it’s hard not to be impressed …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/23/retrotechtacular-the-power-to-stop/)

Riding Mower CVT Upgrade Really Gets Things Moving
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/23/riding-mower-cvt-upgrade-really-gets-things-moving/

As we’ve learned from past experience, videos from [HowToLou] tend to be a bit controversial. His unique style of expedient engineering isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, especially when it’s combined …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/23/riding-mower-cvt-upgrade-really-gets-things-moving/)

A FET Oscilloscope Probe For Higher Frequencies
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/23/a-fet-oscilloscope-probe-for-higher-frequencies/

It’s a problem that has dogged electronic engineers since the first electrons were coaxed along a wire: that measuring instruments can themselves disrupt the operation of a circuit. Older multimeters …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/23/a-fet-oscilloscope-probe-for-higher-frequencies/)

Can You Identify This Mystery Unicode Glyph?
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/24/can-you-identify-this-mystery-unicode-glyph/

For anyone old enough to have worked with the hell of multiple incompatible character sets, Unicode has been a liberation; a true One Character Set To Contain Them All. We …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/24/can-you-identify-this-mystery-unicode-glyph/)

DIY Laptop Stand: Why Stop at One When You Can Slot Three?
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/24/diy-laptop-stand-why-stop-at-one-when-you-can-slot-three/

We make the tools we need, and that’s definitely the case with [Marco Schulte]’s laptop stand. It slots not one, not two, but three laptops at once. For all their …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/24/diy-laptop-stand-why-stop-at-one-when-you-can-slot-three/)

SSH Is Magic, But Tunnels are Even Better
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/24/ssh-is-magic-but-tunnels-are-even-better/

Once upon a time, I was doing on-site support for a hardware install at a hotel a few years ago. The remote tech’s remote desktop software didn’t want to play …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/24/ssh-is-magic-but-tunnels-are-even-better/)

Xiaomi Cryptographically Signs Scooter Firmware – What’s Next?
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/24/xiaomi-cryptographically-signs-scooter-firmware-whats-next/

[Daljeet Nandha] from [RoboCoffee] writes to us, sharing his research on cryptographic signature-based firmware authenticity checks recently added to the Xiaomi Mi scooter firmware. Those scooters use an OTA firmware …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/24/xiaomi-cryptographically-signs-scooter-firmware-whats-next/)