We’ve been following the open, royalty-free RISC-V ISA for a while. At first we read the specs, and then we saw RISC-V cores in microcontrollers, but now there’s a new …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/03/06/the-future-of-risc-v-and-the-visionfive-2-single-board-computer/)

Low Power Challenge: The PotatoP Runs Lisp For Months Without Recharging
https://hackaday.com/2023/03/06/low-power-challenge-the-potatop-runs-lisp-for-months-without-recharging/

A common complaint among laptop users is that while battery technology has vastly improved over the past decades, a simulltaneous shrink in form factors has meant that a typical laptop …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/03/06/low-power-challenge-the-potatop-runs-lisp-for-months-without-recharging/)

What’s Going To Happen To Legacy Broadcast Bands When The Lights Go Out?
https://hackaday.com/2023/03/06/whats-going-to-happen-to-legacy-broadcast-bands-when-the-lights-go-out/

Our smartphones have become our constant companions over the last decade, and it’s often said that they have been such a success because they’ve absorbed the features of so many …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/03/06/whats-going-to-happen-to-legacy-broadcast-bands-when-the-lights-go-out/)

What Does an Electron Look Like?
https://hackaday.com/2023/03/06/what-does-an-electron-look-like/

In school, you probably learned that an atom was like a little solar system with the nucleus as the sun and electrons as the planets. The problem is, as [The …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/03/06/what-does-an-electron-look-like/)

MEMS Teardown and Macroscopic Models
https://hackaday.com/2023/03/06/mems-teardown-and-macroscopic-models/

There is a bit of a paradox when it comes to miniaturization. When electronics replaced mechanical devices, it was often the case that the electronic version was smaller. When transistors …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/03/06/mems-teardown-and-macroscopic-models/)

Your Phone is a 200X Microscope — Sort Of
https://hackaday.com/2023/03/06/your-phone-is-a-200x-microscope-sort-of/

[A. Cemal Ekin] over on PetaPixel reviewed the Apexel 200X LED Microscope Lens. The relatively inexpensive accessory promises to transform your cell phone camera into a microscope. Of course, lenses …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/03/06/your-phone-is-a-200x-microscope-sort-of/)

The Eyes Have It: Stare Down Your Lighting
https://hackaday.com/2023/03/06/the-eyes-have-it-stare-down-your-lighting/

You know how you can feel when someone is looking at you? Thanks to a person detector, [Michael Rigsby’s] little robotic light switch also knows when you are looking at …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/03/06/the-eyes-have-it-stare-down-your-lighting/)