Over on YouTube [Kiss Analog] reviews the New Zoyi ZT-QB9 Smart Clamp meter. If you’re putting together an electronics lab from scratch you absolutely must get a multimeter to start. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/18/review-and-demo-of-the-zoyi-zt-qb9-smart-clamp-meter/)

TV Remote Uses Floppy Disks
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/19/tv-remote-uses-floppy-disks/

Famously, the save icon on most computer user interfaces references a fairly obsolete piece of technology: the venerable floppy disk. It’s likely that most people below the age of about …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/19/tv-remote-uses-floppy-disks/)

Washington State Bill Seeks to Add Firearms Detection to 3D Printers
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/19/washington-state-bill-seeks-to-add-firearms-detection-to-3d-printers/

Washington State’s House Bill 2321 is currently causing a bit of an uproar, as it seeks to add blocking technologies to 3D printers, in order to prevent them from printing …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/19/washington-state-bill-seeks-to-add-firearms-detection-to-3d-printers/)

Tolerating Delay with DTN
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/19/tolerating-delay-with-dtn/

The Internet has spoiled us. You assume network packets either show up pretty quickly or they are never going to show up. Even if you are using WiFi in a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/19/tolerating-delay-with-dtn/)