A thermoelectric generator (TEG) can turn a temperature difference into electricity, and while temperature differentials abound in our environment, it’s been difficult to harness them into generate practical and stable …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/05/13/passively-generating-power-day-and-night-takes-the-right-parts/)

Tiny Bitcoin Miner Plays The Lottery
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Usually when we think of Bitcoin miners, we imagine huge facilities of server racks doing nothing but essentially wasting energy, all for the chance that one of those computers amongst …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/05/13/tiny-bitcoin-miner-plays-the-lottery/)

Tools of the Trade: Dirt Cheap or Too Dirty?
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We’ve recently seen a couple reviews of a particularly cheap oscilloscope that, among other things, doesn’t meet its advertised specs. Actually, it’s not even close. It claims to be a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/05/13/tools-of-the-trade-dirt-cheap-or-too-dirty/)

Remembering Virginia Norwood, Mother of NASA’s Landsat Success
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Virginia T. Norwood passed away earlier this year at the age of 96, and NASA’s farewell to this influential pioneer is a worth a read. Virginia was a brilliant physicist …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/05/13/remembering-virginia-norwood-mother-of-nasas-landsat-success/)

Home Heating With Bitcoin Miners is Now a Real Thing
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If you were reading this post a month ago, you could have been forgiven for thinking it was an April Fools post. But we assure you, this is no joke. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/05/13/home-heating-with-bitcoin-miners-is-now-a-real-thing/)

Hackaday Prize 2023: The NEOKlacker Pocket Computer
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Science fiction always promised us pocket computers. These days, we’re spoiled for choice. [Spider Jerusalem] eschewed a simple smartphone or tablet, though, instead building a custom pocket computer of their …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/05/13/hackaday-prize-2023-the-neoklacker-pocket-computer/)

ESA Juice’s RIME Antenna Breaks Free After Some Jiggling and Percussive Action
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After ESA’s Jupiter-bound space probe Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) launched on April 14th of this year, it initially looked as if it had squeezed out a refreshingly uneventful deployment, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/05/13/esa-juices-rime-antenna-breaks-free-after-some-jiggling-and-percussive-action/)

Never Stare Down a Robot
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