[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/)

Assembly Language 80’s Minicomputer Style
https://hackaday.com/2023/03/06/assembly-language-80s-minicomputer-style/

In the days before computers usually used off-the-shelf CPU chips, people who needed a CPU often used something called “bitslice.” The idea was to have a building block chip that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/03/06/assembly-language-80s-minicomputer-style/)

Displaying the Time is Elemental With This Periodic Table Clock
https://hackaday.com/2023/03/07/displaying-the-time-is-elemental-with-this-periodic-table-clock/

We see a lot of clocks here at Hackaday, so many now that it’s hard to surprise us. After all, there are only so many ways to divide the day …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/03/07/displaying-the-time-is-elemental-with-this-periodic-table-clock/)

Probably The Most Over-Specified Calculator To Ever Be Manufactured
https://hackaday.com/2023/03/07/probably-the-most-over-specified-calculator-to-ever-be-manufactured/

It’s possible quite a few of our older readers will remember the period from the 1960s into the ’70s when an electronic calculator was the cutting edge of consumer-grade digital …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/03/07/probably-the-most-over-specified-calculator-to-ever-be-manufactured/)

Laptop Motherboard? Let’s Boot And Tinker
https://hackaday.com/2023/03/07/laptop-motherboard-lets-boot-and-tinker/

Last time, I’ve shared my experience on why you might want to consider a laptop motherboard for a project of yours, and noted some things you might want to keep …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/03/07/laptop-motherboard-lets-boot-and-tinker/)

This Retro Game Console Puts Vacuum Fluorescent Display to Good Use
https://hackaday.com/2023/03/07/this-retro-game-console-puts-vacuum-fluorescent-display-to-good-use/

Small in size, low-resolution, blocky segments, and a limited color palette — all characteristics of the typical vacuum fluorescent display, any of which would seem to disqualify them as the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/03/07/this-retro-game-console-puts-vacuum-fluorescent-display-to-good-use/)