Historically, coffee has needed two things to grow successfully — a decent altitude and a warm climate. Now, a group of scientists from the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/28/is-lab-grown-coffee-worth-a-hill-of-beans/)

Keebin’ with Kristina: the One Where Shift Happens
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/28/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-where-shift-happens/

It’s been an exciting few weeks for me personally on the clacking front. I got a couple of new-to-me keyboards including my first one with ALPS switches, an old TI/99A …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/28/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-where-shift-happens/)

Microwave Ovens: Need More Power? Use Lasers Instead!
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/28/microwave-ovens-need-more-power-use-lasers-instead/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM9hYzJnao0
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Snap-2021-09-25-at-21.35.23.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Snap-2021-09-25-at-21.35.23.png?w=800">You know how it is, you get in late from work, you’ve been stuck in traffic for what seems like an eternity, and you’re hungry. You reach for the microwave …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/28/microwave-ovens-need-more-power-use-lasers-instead/)

Printed Adapter Puts Vintage Lens Back to Work
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/28/printed-adapter-puts-vintage-lens-back-to-work/

While browsing through an antiques shop, [Nick Morganti] came across a Kodak slide projector with an absolutely massive lens hanging off the front. Nearly a foot long and with a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/28/printed-adapter-puts-vintage-lens-back-to-work/)

A Coolant Leak The Likely Culprit For Aussie Tesla Battery Bank Fire
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/28/a-coolant-leak-the-likely-culprit-for-aussie-tesla-battery-bank-fire/

Followers of alternative energy technology will remember how earlier in the year a battery container at Tesla’s Megapack Australian battery grid storage plant caught fire. Lithium ion batteries are not …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/28/a-coolant-leak-the-likely-culprit-for-aussie-tesla-battery-bank-fire/)

Excel Ray Tracing with Help from C
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/28/excel-ray-tracing-with-help-from-c/

It isn’t news that [s0lly] likes to do ray tracing using Microsoft Excel. However, he recently updated his set up to use functions in a C XLL — a DLL, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/28/excel-ray-tracing-with-help-from-c/)

Sew-able Carbon Nanotube Thread Could Spin a Lot of Awesome
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/28/sew-able-carbon-nanotube-thread-could-spin-a-lot-of-awesome/

Plenty of people just plain dislike wearing jewelry, even (or especially) smart watches. Nevertheless, they’d like to have biofeedback like everybody else. Well, we watch-less ones have something to look …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/28/sew-able-carbon-nanotube-thread-could-spin-a-lot-of-awesome/)