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- Retrotectacular: Ham Radio As It Wasby Al Williams on February 22, 2025 at 6:00 am
We hear a lot about how ham radio isn’t what it used to be. But what was it like? Well, the ARRL’s film “The Ham’s Wide World” shows a snapshot …read more
- Genetic Algorithm Runs on Atari 800 XLby Bryan Cockfield on February 22, 2025 at 3:00 am
For the last few years or so, the story in the artificial intelligence that was accepted without question was that all of the big names in the field needed more …read more
- Hacking Flux Paths: The Surprising Magnetic Bypassby Heidi Ulrich on February 22, 2025 at 12:00 am
If you think shorting a transformer’s winding means big sparks and fried wires: think again. In this educational video, titled The Magnetic Bypass, [Sam Ben-Yaakov] flips this assumption. By cleverly …read more
- Reviewing a Very Dodgy BSK-602 Adjustable Power Supplyby Maya Posch on February 21, 2025 at 9:00 pm
There’s no shortage of cheap & cheerful power supplies which you can obtain from a range of online retailers, but with no listed certification worth anything on them calling them …read more
- Pocket Device Tracks Planets And The ISSby Lewin Day on February 21, 2025 at 6:00 pm
Ever been at a party and landed in a heated argument about exactly where the International Space Station (ISS) is passing over at that very instant? Me neither, but it’s …read more
- Hackaday Podcast Episode 309: Seeing WiFi, A World Without USB, Linux in NES in Animal Crossingby Tom Nardi on February 21, 2025 at 5:00 pm
This week Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start things off with updates on the rapidly approaching Hackaday Europe and the saga of everyone’s favorite 3D printed boat. From …read more
- Building a One Wheel With Tracksby Lewin Day on February 21, 2025 at 4:30 pm
One-wheels use motion-tracking hardware and fine motor control to let you balance on a single wheel. That’s neat and all, but [Michael Rechtin] had another idea in mind—what if a …read more