It’s an age-old riddle: if you have a perfect sphere with a perfectly reflective inner surface, will light bounce around inside it forever? The answer is pretty obvious when you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/06/cannonball-mold-makes-a-dandy-integrating-sphere-for-laser-measurements/)

As Light as Plastic; As Strong as Steel
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/07/as-light-as-plastic-as-strong-as-steel/

Chemical engineers at MIT have pulled off something that was once thought impossible. By polymerizing material in two different directions at once, they have created a polymer that is very …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/07/as-light-as-plastic-as-strong-as-steel/)

“Lazier” Web Scraping is Better Web Scraping
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/07/lazier-web-scraping-is-better-web-scraping/

Ever needed to get data from a web page? Parsing the content for data is called web scraping, and [Doug Guthrie] has a few tips for making the process of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/07/lazier-web-scraping-is-better-web-scraping/)

Remembering the MIT Radiation Laboratory
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/07/remembering-the-mit-radiation-laboratory/

Back in the late 80s, our company managed to procure the complete 28 volume MIT Radiation Laboratory (Rad Lab) series, published in 1947, for the company library. To me, these …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/07/remembering-the-mit-radiation-laboratory/)

Is Your Flashlight a Lumen Liar? Build a DIY Integrating Sphere
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/07/is-your-flashlight-a-lumen-liar-build-a-diy-integrating-sphere/

A lamp used to be simple thing: just stick a filament in a glass bulb, pass a current through it and behold! Let there be light. A bigger lamp meant …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/07/is-your-flashlight-a-lumen-liar-build-a-diy-integrating-sphere/)

Pick and Place Hack Chat
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/07/pick-and-place-hack-chat/

The feeder of pick and place machine. Manufacture of electronic components.
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/pick-and-place.jpeg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/pick-and-place.jpeg?w=800">Join us on Wednesday, February 9 at noon Pacific for the Pick and Place Hack Chat with Chris Denney! We in the hacker trade are pretty used to miracles — …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/07/pick-and-place-hack-chat/)

Crimping Tools And The Cost Of Being Cheap
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/07/crimping-tools-and-the-cost-of-being-cheap/

A whole bunch of crimping tools. (Credit: Matt Millman)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/alltools-1-800x558-1.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/alltools-1-800x558-1.jpg?w=800">Crimp connectors provide an easy and convenient way to connect electronics while still allowing for them to be removed and swapped without having to reach for a soldering iron and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/07/crimping-tools-and-the-cost-of-being-cheap/)

Arduino Nano Adds USB Interface to the Psion Organiser II
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/07/arduino-nano-adds-usb-interface-to-the-psion-organiser-ii/