After the swivel by Helium Inc. towards simply running distributed WiFi hotspots after for years pushing LoRaWAN nodes, much of the associated hardware became effectively obsolete. This led to quite …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/22/converting-a-nebra-cryptocurrency-miner-to-a-meshcore-repeater/)
Silica Gel Makes For Better 3D Prints
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/22/silica-gel-makes-for-better-3d-prints/
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/22/silica-gel-makes-for-better-3d-prints/
It’s possible to improve your 3D prints in all kinds of ways. You can tune your printer’s motion, buy better filament, or tinker endlessly with any number of slicer settings. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/22/silica-gel-makes-for-better-3d-prints/)
Nic Barker Explains ASCII, Unicode, and UTF-8
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/22/nic-barker-explains-ascii-unicode-and-utf-8/
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/22/nic-barker-explains-ascii-unicode-and-utf-8/
Over on YouTube [Nic Barker] gives us: UTF-8, Explained Simply. If you’re gonna be a hacker eventually you’re gonna have to write software to process and generate text data. And …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/22/nic-barker-explains-ascii-unicode-and-utf-8/)