LTSpice and the underlying Spice engine does a great job of simulating ideal components. But it is also capable — if you know how — of handling models of real-world …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/practical-inductors-in-ltspice/)

Do You Have An Old Hitachi Computer? You Might Just Have BeOS Without Realizing It
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/do-you-have-an-old-hitachi-computer-you-might-just-have-beos-without-realizing-it/

There was a moment in the years spanning the move from 16-bit platforms to 32-bit, during which it looked for a moment as though there might be a few new …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/do-you-have-an-old-hitachi-computer-you-might-just-have-beos-without-realizing-it/)

Crab Shells Massively Improve Zinc-Ion Batteries
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/crab-shells-massively-improve-zinc-ion-batteries/

In the fast-moving world of battery research, scientists are constantly on the lookout for innovative materials with the right properties to help improve energy storage. Meanwhile, batteries are in greater …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/crab-shells-massively-improve-zinc-ion-batteries/)

PCMCIA Flash Card Gives Up Its Secrets Thanks to Retro Gear
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/pcmcia-flash-card-gives-up-its-secrets-thanks-to-retro-gear/

There are two ways to recover data from an obsolete storage medium. One way is to pull out all the tools in the hacker’s kit — with logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/pcmcia-flash-card-gives-up-its-secrets-thanks-to-retro-gear/)

Conductive Gel Has Potential
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/conductive-gel-has-potential/

There are some technologies first imagined in the Star Trek universe have already come to exist in the modern day. Communicators, tablet computers, and computer voice recognition are nearly as …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/conductive-gel-has-potential/)

Sniffing Passwords, Rickrolling Toothbrushes
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/sniffing-passwords-rickrolling-toothbrushes/

If you could dump the flash from your smart toothbrush and reverse engineer it, enabling you to play whatever you wanted on the vibrating motor, what would you do? Of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/sniffing-passwords-rickrolling-toothbrushes/)

Modern Software Brings Back the Timex Datalink
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/modern-software-brings-back-the-timex-datalink/

As much as some people on the Internet might like to think — no, Apple did not come up with the idea of the smart watch. Even if you ignore …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/modern-software-brings-back-the-timex-datalink/)

Reverse Engineering Reveals Hidden API in Abandonware Trail Camera
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/reverse-engineering-reveals-hidden-api-in-abandonware-trail-camera/