Water is heavy, so if you think about it, a moving ocean wave has quite a bit of energy. Scientists have a new way to use triboelectric generators to harvest …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/16/improving-ocean-power-with-static-electricity/)

Illumos Gets a New C Compiler
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/16/illumos-gets-a-new-c-compiler/

Illumos is an OpenSolaris-derived Unix system, and no Unix is complete without a C compiler or two. And with a name like Portable C Compiler (PCC), you would think that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/16/illumos-gets-a-new-c-compiler/)

DIY Laser For Ablating Metal
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/17/diy-laser-for-ablating-metal/

For those who wish to go beyond through-hole construction on perfboard for their circuit boards, a printed circuit board is usually the next step up. Allowing for things like surface-mount …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/17/diy-laser-for-ablating-metal/)

Finding Undocumented 8086 Instructions Via Microcode
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/17/finding-undocumented-8086-instructions-via-microcode/

Video gamers know about cheat codes, but assembly language programmers are often in search of undocumented instructions. One way to find them is to map out all of a CPU’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/17/finding-undocumented-8086-instructions-via-microcode/)

DisplayPort: Under The Hood
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/17/displayport-under-the-hood/

Last time, we looked at all the things that make DisplayPort unique for its users. What about the things that make it unique for hackers? Let’s get into all the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/17/displayport-under-the-hood/)

Adapter Board Expands the Pi Zero
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/17/adapter-board-expands-the-pi-zero/

The standard Raspberry Pi computers have been in short supply for a while now, so much so that people are going to great lengths to find replacements. Whether it’s migrating …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/17/adapter-board-expands-the-pi-zero/)

Discussing The Finer Points Of Space-Worthy Software
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/17/discussing-the-finer-points-of-space-worthy-software/

At the dawn of the Space Race, when computers were something that took up whole rooms, satellites and probes had to rely on analog electronics to read from their various …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/17/discussing-the-finer-points-of-space-worthy-software/)