It’s nice to hide away in our little corner of the internet and talk tech, safely away from the turmoil of world events. Sometimes though, geopolitics intrude even into our …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/youve-seen-the-chip-shortage-and-the-memory-shortage-now-prepare-for-the-pcb-shortage/)

Retrotechtacular: Julius Sumner Miller Breaks Lamps with Magnets
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/retrotechtacular-julius-sumner-miller-breaks-lamps-with-magnets/

If you watched the Mickey Mouse Club way back when, you might remember Professor Wonderful, who was, in reality, physics professor [Julius Sumner Miller]. He also had his own show, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/retrotechtacular-julius-sumner-miller-breaks-lamps-with-magnets/)

Why Opposed Piston Internal Combustion Engines Are Great
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/why-opposed-piston-internal-combustion-engines-are-great/

Converting the ignition of a fuel-air mixture into usable mechanical energy lies at the core of a dizzying number of internal combustion engines developed over the course of more than …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/why-opposed-piston-internal-combustion-engines-are-great/)

AI On Every Machine: The LLM You Probably Didn’t Want
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/ai-on-every-machine-the-llm-you-didnt-know-about-and-probably-didnt-want/

It’s been a story of the last week or so if you follow the kind of news channels a Hackaday scribe does, that Google have quietly installed an LLM as …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/ai-on-every-machine-the-llm-you-didnt-know-about-and-probably-didnt-want/)

Taking Polyphony to a New Level
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/taking-polyphony-to-a-new-level/

There are all manner of musical synthesis techniques, from the early electromechanical instruments through analogue tape systhesis, the all-electronic waveform synthesisers of the 1960s onwards, and Yamaha’s FM systhesis of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/taking-polyphony-to-a-new-level/)

Direct FDM Printing with Granules
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/direct-fdm-printing-with-granules/

The idea of FDM 3D printing using granules rather than filament is an appealing one: rather than having to wrangle spools of filament that need to adhere to strict dimensions …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/direct-fdm-printing-with-granules/)

A 1947 Radio Gets A Face Lift
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/a-1947-radio-gets-a-face-lift/

We’ve all done it. We spy an old radio at a garage sale or resale shop. We know someone should bring it back to life, but it looks like a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/a-1947-radio-gets-a-face-lift/)

Learn Programming Without a Computer
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/learn-programming-without-a-computer/