When a man wearing an Atari T-shirt tells you he’s buying Commodore it sounds like the plot for an improbable...
Hackaday
Do you ever get tired of stressing your neck looking for planes in the sky? Worry not! Here is a...
Here’s one for our astronomy geeks. Our hacker has made their own observatory! This particular video is a bit over...
If we asked you to think of a device that converts a chemical reaction into electricity, you’d probably say we...
The ARRL used to have a requirement that any antenna advertised in their publications had to have real-world measurements accompanying...
There are (probably) less than two dozen fundemental constants that define the physics of our universe. Determining the value of...
Shade is the mortal enemy of solar panels; even a little shade can cause a disproportionate drop in power output....
Almost all satellites have some kind of thrusters aboard, but they tend to use them as little as possible to...
On the podcast, and I were talking about the continuing saga of the libogc debacle. has been interviewing some of...
Recently in material science news from China we hear that and his team at Peking University just made the world’s...
We’ve all seen those cheap bench power supply units (PSUs) for sale online, promising specifications that would cost at least...
For circuit simulation, we have always been enthralled with the Falstad simulator which is a simple, Spice-like simulator that runs...
Impedance matching is one of the perpetual confusions for new electronics students, and for good reason: the idea that increasing...
In these days of everything-streaming, it’s great to see an old school radio build. It’s even better when it’s not...
Microsoft’s latest Phi4 LLM has 14 billion parameters that require about 11 GB of storage. Can you run it on...
Metalized Mylar “space blankets” are sold as a survivalist’s accessory, primarily due to their propensity for reflecting heat. They’re pretty...
Starting on June 12, 2025, the NASA Spot the Station website will no longer provide ISS sighting information, per a...
reports that they have made the world’s longest range LED flashlight! While technically “handheld”, you’re gonna need both hands for...
If you talk about Starlink, you are usually talking about the satellites that orbit the Earth carrying data to and...
You think of op amps as amplifiers because, no kidding, it is right in the name. But just like some...
You’re designing an oscilloscope with modest storage — only 15,000 samples per channel. However, the sample rate is at 5...
Telescopes are great tools for observing the heavens, or even surrounding landscapes if you have the right vantage point. You...
Some hacks are so great that when you die you receive the rare honor of both an obituary in the...
If you want solar power, you usually have to make a choice. You can put a solar panel in a...
As with all aging bodies, clogged tubes form an increasing issue. So too with the 47-year old Voyager 1 spacecraft...
