The Sci-Fi Contest closed out on Monday, and we put our heads together and picked our favorites. And it was no easy task, because in addition to many of the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/28/2022-sci-fi-contest-the-winners-are-in/)

Tiny RISC Virtual Machine is Built for Speed
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/28/tiny-risc-virtual-machine-is-built-for-speed/

Most of us are familiar with virtual machines (VMs) as a way to test out various operating systems, reliably deploy servers and other software, or protect against potentially malicious software. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/28/tiny-risc-virtual-machine-is-built-for-speed/)

Plinko-Like Build Takes Advantage of Wireless LEDs
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/28/plinko-like-build-takes-advantage-of-wireless-leds/

Imagine if you had some magic glowing beads, that would emit beautiful colors without any wires tangling them up. They exist, in the form of wireless induction-powered LEDs, and [Debra] …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/28/plinko-like-build-takes-advantage-of-wireless-leds/)

Multiband Crystal Radio Set Pulls Out All the Stops
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/28/multiband-crystal-radio-set-pulls-out-all-the-stops/

Most crystal radio receivers have a decidedly “field expedient” look to them. Fashioned as they often are from a few turns of wire around an oatmeal container and a safety …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/28/multiband-crystal-radio-set-pulls-out-all-the-stops/)

Recycling Plastic Into Filament
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/28/recycling-plastic-into-filament/

Plastic is a remarkable material in many ways. Cheap, durable, and versatile, it is responsible for a large percentage of the modern world we live in. As we all know, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/28/recycling-plastic-into-filament/)

A Real GPU on the Raspberry Pi — Barely.
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/28/a-real-gpu-on-the-raspberry-pi-barely/

[Jeff Geerling] saw the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 and its exposed PCI-Express 1x connection, and just naturally wondered whether he could plug a GPU into that slot and get …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/28/a-real-gpu-on-the-raspberry-pi-barely/)

This Machine-Vision Ekranoplan Might Just Follow You Home
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/29/this-machine-vision-ekranoplan-might-just-follow-you-home/

What is it that’s not quite either a plane or a boat, but has characteristics of both? There are probably a lot of things that fit that description, but the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/29/this-machine-vision-ekranoplan-might-just-follow-you-home/)