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/)

2022 Sci-Fi Contest: CyberGlove Tests Your Reactions
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/24/2022-sci-fi-contest-cyberglove-tests-your-reactions/

Since the 1980s, we’ve seen innumerable attempts to revolutionize the way we interact with computers. Since the advent of keyboards and mice, we’ve seen everything from magic wands to electric …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/24/2022-sci-fi-contest-cyberglove-tests-your-reactions/)

Hackaday Links: April 24, 2022
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/24/hackaday-links-april-24-2022/