This weekend is the Vintage Computer Festival (VCF) West, which will be held in-person at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. Here is the complete schedule of events. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/05/vintage-computer-festival-west-is-this-weekend/)

Hands On: DEF CON 29 Badge Embraces the New Normal
https://hackaday.com/2021/08/05/hands-on-def-con-29-badge-embraces-the-new-normal/

To say that 2020 was a transformative year would be something of an understatement. The COVID-19 pandemic completely changed the way we worked, learned, and lived. Despite all those jokes …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/05/hands-on-def-con-29-badge-embraces-the-new-normal/)

Magnus-Effect RC Aircraft Is A Lot Harder Than It Looks
https://hackaday.com/2021/08/05/magnus-effect-rc-aircraft-is-a-lot-harder-than-it-looks/

Conventional airfoil wings have come out on top for getting flying machines airborne over the last century, but there were a few other interesting designs that have come and gone. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/05/magnus-effect-rc-aircraft-is-a-lot-harder-than-it-looks/)

Custom Caliper Tracks for When You’re Going the Distance
https://hackaday.com/2021/08/05/custom-caliper-tracks-for-when-youre-going-the-distance/

The working principle of digital calipers is mysterious enough that we’d never think to dismantle, much less improve them, right? Well, think again, as [Limi DIY] retrofits the processing element …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/05/custom-caliper-tracks-for-when-youre-going-the-distance/)

Kinesis + Teensy = QMK Advantage Over your Keyboard
https://hackaday.com/2021/08/05/kinesis-teensy-qmk-advantage-over-your-keyboard/

Back in 2013, [Michael Stapelberg] created what is lovingly referred to as the Stapelberg controller: a replacement keyboard controller for the original Kinesis Advantage, the decades-old darling of the ergonomic …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/05/kinesis-teensy-qmk-advantage-over-your-keyboard/)

Raspberry Pi Pico Used as a Transputer
https://hackaday.com/2021/08/05/raspberry-pi-pico-used-as-a-transputer/

You can’t fake that feeling when a $4 microcontroller dev board can stand in as cutting-edge 1980s technology. Such is the case with the working transputer that [Amen] has built …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/05/raspberry-pi-pico-used-as-a-transputer/)

Vintage Test Equipment Addiction Justified
https://hackaday.com/2021/08/05/vintage-test-equipment-addiction-justified/

Screen grab from the YouTube video
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/addiction-feature.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/addiction-feature.png?w=800">Recore 3D printer board developer [Elias Bakken] has posted about the automatic test procedure he developed using a stack-up of four (at least) pieces of vintage HP test equipment. In …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/08/05/vintage-test-equipment-addiction-justified/)