When we routinely carry devices holding tens or hundreds of gigabytes of data, it’s sometimes a shock to remember that there was once a time when 650 MB on a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/11/burn-pictures-on-a-cd-r-no-special-drive-needed/)

Old CNC Brain Swapped With An Arduino
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/11/old-cnc-brain-swapped-with-an-arduino/

[Sebastian] and [Stefan Shütz] had a ISEL EP1090 CNC machine at home, sitting unused, and they decided to bring it to life. With pretty good mechanical specs, this CNC looked …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/11/old-cnc-brain-swapped-with-an-arduino/)

iCEBlaster: A Drag’n’Drop Bitstream Loader For iCE40
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/11/iceblaster-a-dragndrop-bitstream-loader-for-ice40/

https://hackaday.io/project/185263-iceblaster
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/468751652952861818-featured.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/468751652952861818-featured.jpg?w=800">The iCE40 series of FPGAs gets a fair bit of coverage on these pages, largely due to its accessibility (thanks to huge efforts in reverse engineering and open tool chains) …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/11/iceblaster-a-dragndrop-bitstream-loader-for-ice40/)

Why You Should Totally Roll Your Own AES Cryptography
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/11/why-you-should-totally-roll-your-own-aes-cryptography/

Diagram of AES-CBC encryption.
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AES-CBC.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AES-CBC.png?w=800">Software developers are usually told to ‘never write your own cryptography’, and there definitely are sufficient examples to be found in the past decades of cases where DIY crypto routines …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/11/why-you-should-totally-roll-your-own-aes-cryptography/)

Water Drips Up In Kid-Friendly Engineering Experiment
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/11/water-drips-up-in-kid-friendly-engineering-experiment/

Did you know that water can drip UP instead of down? It’s true! Okay, okay- it’s a bit of an optical illusion, but one that’s mesmerizing no less, and it’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/11/water-drips-up-in-kid-friendly-engineering-experiment/)

Automate Internet Life with Python
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/automate-internet-life-with-python/

Most of us are adept enough with computers that you know what they can easily do and what they can’t. Invent a new flavor of ice cream? Not easy. Grab …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/automate-internet-life-with-python/)

Even DOOM Can Now Run DOOM!
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/even-doom-can-now-run-doom/

For years now, the standard test of any newly hacked piece of hardware has been this: can it run DOOM? id Software’s 1993 classic first-person shooter has appeared on everything, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/even-doom-can-now-run-doom/)

Open Firmware For PinePhone LTE Modem – What’s Up With That?
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/open-firmware-for-pinephone-lte-modem-whats-up-with-that/