If you didn’t live in France in the 80s or 90s, it’s likely you missed out on one of the most successful computer networks in existence prior to the modern …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/19/bringing-back-the-minitel/)

Using Trash To Keep Plastic Trash Out Of Oceans By Kabooming Them
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/19/using-trash-to-keep-plastic-trash-out-of-oceans-by-kabooming-them/

For a few years now, [Richard] of Tropical Ocean Cleanup fame has been working hard to clean the Philippines of the plastic trash that litters everything, and washes down the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/19/using-trash-to-keep-plastic-trash-out-of-oceans-by-kabooming-them/)

What’s In a Slip Ring?
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/19/whats-in-a-slip-ring/

We know that when [Big Clive] puts up another video, the chances are we’re in for another fascinating look into a piece of tech on his bench. The latest is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/19/whats-in-a-slip-ring/)

Creating Lithography-Free Photonic Reprogrammable Circuits
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/20/creating-lithography-free-photonic-reprogrammable-circuits/

The field of photonics has seen significant advances during the past decades, to the point where it is now an integral part of high-speed, international communications. For general processing photonics …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/20/creating-lithography-free-photonic-reprogrammable-circuits/)

Cosmic Ray Navigation
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/20/cosmic-ray-navigation/

GPS is a handy modern gadget — until you go inside, underground, or underwater. Japanese researchers want to build a GPS-like system with a twist. It uses cosmic ray muons, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/20/cosmic-ray-navigation/)

Cottonization: Making Hemp and Flax Fibers Into The Better Cotton
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/20/cottonization-making-hemp-and-flax-fibers-into-the-better-cotton/

These days it’s hard to imagine that fabrics were ever made out of anything other than cotton or synthetic fibers, yet it wasn’t too long ago that hemp and flax-based …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/20/cottonization-making-hemp-and-flax-fibers-into-the-better-cotton/)

Punched Cards Are In The Cloud, With This Arduino
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/20/punched-cards-are-in-the-cloud-with-this-arduino/

Grizzled veterans of the computing industry will relate stories of submitting projects on stacks of punched cards, something those of us who stored their 8-bit works on audio cassettes could …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/20/punched-cards-are-in-the-cloud-with-this-arduino/)

Jack In, The 2023 Cyberdeck Challenge Starts Now
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/20/jack-in-the-2023-cyberdeck-challenge-starts-now/