In our surface-mount age, it’s easy to be jaded about miniaturization. We pretty much expect every circuit to be dimensionally optimized, something that’s easy to do when SMDs that rival …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/tiny-three-tube-receiver-completes-spy-radio-suite/)

A Delicious Advancement in Battery Tech
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/a-delicious-advancement-in-battery-tech/

Electronics have been sent to some pretty extreme environments, but inside a living host is a particularly tricky set of conditions, especially if you don’t want to damage the organism …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/a-delicious-advancement-in-battery-tech/)

AI-Powered Speaker is a Chatbot you can Actually Chat with
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/ai-powered-speaker-is-a-chatbot-you-can-actually-chat-with/

AI-powered chatbots are pretty cool, but most still require you to type your question on a keyboard and read an answer from a screen. It doesn’t have to be like …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/22/ai-powered-speaker-is-a-chatbot-you-can-actually-chat-with/)

The Shuttle Engine Needed 3D Printing, But…
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/23/the-shuttle-engine-needed-3d-printing-but/

If we asked you to design a circuit to blink a flashing turn signal, you would probably reach for a cheap micro or a 555. But old cars used bimetallic …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/23/the-shuttle-engine-needed-3d-printing-but/)

Generating Entangled Qubits and Qudits with Fully On-Chip Photonic Quantum Source
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/23/generating-entangled-qubits-and-qudits-with-fully-on-chip-photonic-quantum-source/

As the world of computing and communication draws ever closer to a quantum future, researchers are faced with many of the similar challenges encountered with classical computing and the associated …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/23/generating-entangled-qubits-and-qudits-with-fully-on-chip-photonic-quantum-source/)

VHS Robot Swaps Tapes, as Seen in Hackers
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/23/vhs-robot-swaps-tapes-as-seen-in-hackers/

Tape robots are typically used in places that store vast amounts of data – think film studios and government archives. If you’ve seen the 1995 cult movie Hackers, you might …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/23/vhs-robot-swaps-tapes-as-seen-in-hackers/)

Run Linux By Emulating RISC-V On a RISC-V Microcontroller
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/23/run-linux-by-emulating-risc-v-on-a-risc-v-microcontroller/

For years it was a given that it was impossible to run a Linux based operating system on a less powerful computer whose architecture lacked a memory management unit. There …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/23/run-linux-by-emulating-risc-v-on-a-risc-v-microcontroller/)

VCF East 2023: Retro Luminaries Take the Stage
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/23/vcf-east-2023-retro-luminaries-take-the-stage/