Throughout the 80s and 90s, you couldn’t swing a stapler around any size office without hitting a fax machine. But what is it about the fax machine that makes it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/11/16/will-the-fax-machine-ever-stop-singing/)

Is This The Smallest CP/M Machine Ever?
https://hackaday.com/2022/11/16/is-this-the-smallest-cp-m-machine-ever/

If you had an office word processor in the late 1970s, the chances are it ran Digital Research’s CP/M operating system. IBM went for Microsoft in the 1980s and the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/11/16/is-this-the-smallest-cp-m-machine-ever/)

PCB Hotplate Has Integrated Heating Element Traces
https://hackaday.com/2022/11/16/pcb-hotplate-has-integrated-heating-element-traces/

Normally when we talk about PCBs and hotplates, we’re talking about reflowing solder. In this build from [Arnov Sharma], though, the PCB itself is the hotplate! The idea was to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/11/16/pcb-hotplate-has-integrated-heating-element-traces/)

Crazy Bike Frame Made Out Of 147 Nuts
https://hackaday.com/2022/11/16/crazy-bike-frame-made-out-of-147-nuts/

Bike frames are most commonly made out of steel. If you’ve got money for something nicer though, you might go with something in aluminium or carbon fiber. [The Q] went …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/11/16/crazy-bike-frame-made-out-of-147-nuts/)

Better Sheet Metal Parts with Chemistry
https://hackaday.com/2022/11/16/better-sheet-metal-parts-with-chemistry/

[Applied Science] wanted to make some metal parts with a lot of holes. A service provider charged high tooling costs, so he decided to create his own parts using photochemical …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/11/16/better-sheet-metal-parts-with-chemistry/)

Portable Monitor Extension for Nintendo Switch
https://hackaday.com/2022/11/16/portable-monitor-extension-for-nintendo-switch/

Handheld consoles are always a tradeoff between portability and screen real estate. [Pavlo Khmel] felt that the Nintendo Switch erred too much on the side of portability, and built an …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/11/16/portable-monitor-extension-for-nintendo-switch/)

Number Stations Gone Wild
https://hackaday.com/2022/11/17/number-stations-gone-wild/

[Ringway Manchester] has an interest in numbers stations. These mysterious stations send presumably coded numbers or other coded information. However, it is rare that anyone claims credit for these stations. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/11/17/number-stations-gone-wild/)