Although both a SEM and a TEM are electron microscopes, their working principles and images are very different. Whereas an SEM uses secondary electrons ejected after bombarding a sample’s surface …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/13/converting-a-scanning-electron-microscope-into-a-tem-is-surprisingly-easy/)

Bambuddy Says Bye to Bambu Lab Cloud Services
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/13/bambuddy-says-bye-to-bambu-lab-cloud-services/

If you have a Bambu Labs printer and aren’t keen to send your files to Bambu’s servers with each print job, then check out Bambuddy, an open-source, self-hosted, cloud-free central …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/13/bambuddy-says-bye-to-bambu-lab-cloud-services/)

Robot Chess but Each Piece is a Small Robot
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/13/robot-chess-but-each-piece-is-a-small-robot/

We have seen a number of self-playing chess boards over the years, but the general theme has been standard chess pieces moved by either an internal electromagnet or an external …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/13/robot-chess-but-each-piece-is-a-small-robot/)

The Pacemaker Patch
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/13/the-pacemaker-patch/

A pacemaker is implanted to send signals that regulate a patient’s heartbeat, and to do that, you need power. That means they require battery changes, and when the device in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/13/the-pacemaker-patch/)

Double the VRAM of an RTX 3070
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/14/double-the-vram-of-an-rtx-3070/

Modern games are quite often limited by the amount of volatile memory available to the GPU. Games can require many gigabytes of data during the rasterization process. So the obvious …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/14/double-the-vram-of-an-rtx-3070/)

Is a CS Degree DOA thanks to LLMs? IEEE Says TBD.
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/14/is-a-cs-degree-doa-thanks-to-llms-ieee-says-tbd/

The ongoing AI apocalypse is hitting prices for high-end components from RAM to GPUs to storage hard, which is bad enough when you have a job to try and budget …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/14/is-a-cs-degree-doa-thanks-to-llms-ieee-says-tbd/)

OpenCAL: Computed Axial Lithographic 3D Printing For Everyone
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/14/opencal-computed-axial-lithographic-3d-printing-for-everyone/

Computed Axial Lithographic printing gets even closer to the Star Trek replicator fantasy than any other 3D printer we’ve seen: there’s a machine, it glows with a mysterious bluish light, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/14/opencal-computed-axial-lithographic-3d-printing-for-everyone/)

Why not yserver? It’s Xserver, but Rust-y.
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/14/why-not-yserver-its-xserver-but-rust-y/

If you’re not into Wayland as a display manager, it seems like your options are slowly dwindling. Xorg isn’t exactly a hotbed of activity, and the one fork everyone knows …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/14/why-not-yserver-its-xserver-but-rust-y/)

Bavarian Court Tells Gemini It Can’t Be a Real Boy Until It Tells the Truth
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/14/bavarian-court-tells-gemini-it-cant-be-a-real-boy-until-it-tells-the-truth/