hackaday.comadded August 2026
Hackadayby Tom Nardi2h ago
Although the feature has been deleted from newer models, there was a time when Amazon’s Echo devices included a 3.5 mm “aux” input jack that let you connect other audio sources to the smart...
Hackadayby Bryan Cockfield4h ago
The Internet, and large groups of people in general, tend to have a remarkably short collective memory.
Hackadayby Maya Posch23h ago
It’s definitely a sign of the times when repair shops get handed sticks of registered ECC DDR5 RAM by businesses to try and fix, rather than just tossing the defective ones and slotting in a fresh...
Hackadayby Arya Voronova1d ago
A laptop with no wireless connectivity feels like a rarity – but when you shop for powerful Linux single-board computers (SBCs), it is pretty common to see one skimp on WiFi.
Hackadayby Tyler August1d ago
Transcranial magnetic stimulation is one of those things that seems too wacky to be true. Depression not responding to treatment? Let’s smack you upside the head with strong magnetic fields!
Hackadayby Tyler August1d ago
We’ve had a lot of flying hacks here over the years, and that includes just about any way to get airborne you can think of — but very few of those have been airships.
Hackadayby Tom Nardi1d ago
We’ve seen the GeekMagic SmallTV line of devices before — these cheap gadgets combine a microcontroller and a display in a little plastic case that can be used to show the time or weather.
Hackadayby Maya Posch1d ago
One of the problems with planetary science is that you generally cannot easily investigate the exact conditions in their interior, so you’re left to extrapolate what is happening inside them based...
Hackadayby Jenny List2d ago
I started writing this from a commuter train passing at speed through the outskirts of London, and my headset had just broken.
Hackadayby Maya Posch2d ago
Although Android is essentially just another Linux distribution, most people only experience it in the form of the rather restrictive and proprietary versions found on smartphones, tablets and...
Hackadayby Tyler August2d ago
Building anything that flies from scratch is an ambitious undertaking, even if it’s ‘just’ radio-controlled.
Hackadayby Maya Posch2d ago
Copper sulfate crystals are probably among one of the prettiest crystals you can grow at home, with even just a simple setup with some copper scrap and vinegar already capable of producing lots of...
Hackadayby Fenix Guthrie3d ago
The discerning modern gamer’s quest is to find a quieter computer without sacrificing performance.
Hackadayby Zoe Skyforest3d ago
Hollywood has a lot to answer for when it comes to “silencers” on firearms. On screen, a suppressed pistol makes a pinging thud, and the bad guy in the next room flops to the floor.
Hackadayby Aaron Beckendorf3d ago
Most of the time, assuming nothing’s gone wrong with them, we take our hands so much for granted that it’s easy to forget what remarkable pieces of engineering they are: not only are they precise...
Hackadayby Al Williams3d ago
Last time, we looked at getting started with the GOWIN tools and a Tang Nano 20K FPGA. The software from GOWIN isn’t bad, but it isn’t open source, and there are a few oddities about it.
Hackadayby Tyler August3d ago
It must be April in October again, because Google Japan has a new, hilariously impractical reimagining of the keyboard: a conveyor belt.
Hackadayby Aaron Beckendorf3d ago
One fascinating thing about a pulsed laser is that, though the average power may be measured in watts or milliwatts, the peak power can easily reach millions of times that.
Hackadayby Tom Nardi3d ago
If you’re interested in aerospace, there’s an excellent chance you’ve heard the rumor that NASA is trying to get its SR-71 flying again.
Hackadayby Al Williams4d ago
If you want to experiment with LLMs, you typically have a choice of sending your requests to someone else’s computer or fielding a very large GPU and CPU setup to run models locally.
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