A Pico-Based ZX Spectrum Emulator
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/21/a-pico-based-zx-spectrum-emulator/
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/21/a-pico-based-zx-spectrum-emulator/
The ZX Spectrum was a popular computer of the 8-bit era. Now, it’s possible to emulate this machine on a microcontroller so cheap that it’s literally been given away on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/21/a-pico-based-zx-spectrum-emulator/)
If you do any kind of machining, 3D printing, or PCB layout, you probably have at least considered buying a pair of calipers. Old-fashioned ones had a dial and were …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/22/inside-digital-calipers/)
The Many Robots That Ventured Into the Chernobyl NPP #4 Reactor
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/22/the-many-robots-that-ventured-into-the-chernobyl-npp-4-reactor/
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/22/the-many-robots-that-ventured-into-the-chernobyl-npp-4-reactor/
Before the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP, spelled ‘Chornobyl’ in Ukrainian) disaster in 1986, there had been little need for radiation-resistant robots to venture into high-risk zones. Yet in the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/22/the-many-robots-that-ventured-into-the-chernobyl-npp-4-reactor/)
China Plans Its Own Megaconstellation To Challenge Starlink
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/22/china-plans-its-own-megaconstellation-to-challenge-starlink/
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/22/china-plans-its-own-megaconstellation-to-challenge-starlink/
Satellite internet used to be a woeful thing. Early networks relied on satellites in geostationary orbits, with high latency and minimal bandwidth keeping user demand low. That was until Starlink …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/22/china-plans-its-own-megaconstellation-to-challenge-starlink/)
Dual Channel POV Display also has Nixie Tubes
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/22/dual-channel-pov-display-also-has-nixie-tubes/
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/22/dual-channel-pov-display-also-has-nixie-tubes/
What’s a tachyscope? According to [Daniel Ross], it is an animated display from an alternate timeline circa 1880. The real ones, of course, didn’t have LEDs and microcontrollers. The control …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/22/dual-channel-pov-display-also-has-nixie-tubes/)
Ask Hackaday: The Turing Test is Dead: Long Live the Turing Test!
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/22/ask-hackaday-the-turing-test-is-dead-long-live-the-turing-test/
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/22/ask-hackaday-the-turing-test-is-dead-long-live-the-turing-test/
Alan Turing proposed a test for machine intelligence that no longer works. The idea was to have people communicate over a terminal, with another real person and with a computer. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/22/ask-hackaday-the-turing-test-is-dead-long-live-the-turing-test/)
Adapter Lets Digital Gamepads Work On The Tandy Color Computer
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/22/adapter-lets-digital-gamepads-work-on-the-tandy-color-computer/
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/22/adapter-lets-digital-gamepads-work-on-the-tandy-color-computer/