[Will Stelter], a promising young blacksmith working out of Montana, had a terrific idea for a unique composite material for finishing off a knife build. This build is a collaboration …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/09/04/fail-of-the-week-bronze-brazed-wrought-iron/)

GP2040: A Configurable Game Pad Firmware
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/04/gp2040-a-configurable-game-pad-firmware/

[feralAI] and fellow GitHub contributors present for your viewing pleasure GP2040: an open source game pad firmware for RP2040-based hardware. The dual-core RP2040 is a good platform to use for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/09/04/gp2040-a-configurable-game-pad-firmware/)

This Vintage Alphanumeric Display Was Huge, Hot, Heavy, and Expensive
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/04/this-vintage-alphanumeric-display-was-huge-hot-heavy-and-expensive/

It’s easy to take display technology for granted nowadays, but the ability to display data in a human-readable way was not always easy. This is demonstrated well by the Pinlite …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/09/04/this-vintage-alphanumeric-display-was-huge-hot-heavy-and-expensive/)

Hackaday Prize 2022: Drying Clothes With Ultrasound
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/04/hackaday-prize-2022-drying-clothes-with-ultrasound/

Clothes dryers are great, and a key part of modern life, but they do use a lot of energy. [Mike Rigsby] decided to see if there was a more efficient …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/09/04/hackaday-prize-2022-drying-clothes-with-ultrasound/)

Hackaday Links: September 4, 2022
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/04/hackaday-links-september-4-2022/

Say what you will about Tesla, but there’s little doubt that the electric vehicle maker inspires a certain degree of fanaticism in owners. We’re used to the ones who can’t …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/09/04/hackaday-links-september-4-2022/)

Magnetic Maniac Manages Mangled Memory
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/04/magnetic-maniac-manages-mangled-memory/

Ahh, floppy disks. Few things carry nostalgia quite like a floppy — either 3 1⁄2 or 5 1⁄4, depending on which generation of hacker you happen to be. (And yes, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/09/04/magnetic-maniac-manages-mangled-memory/)

2022 Cyberdeck Contest: The Black Beast Will Help You Survive a Robot Apocalypse
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/04/2022-cyberdeck-contest-the-black-beast-will-help-you-survive-a-robot-apocalypse/

With AI systems getting smarter every day, one might wonder if they might someday evolve into a sentient Skynet-like system and try to take over the world. We’re not sure …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/09/04/2022-cyberdeck-contest-the-black-beast-will-help-you-survive-a-robot-apocalypse/)