In an ideal world, devoid of pesky details like contact resistance and manufacturing imperfections, you would be able to double...
Hackaday
By the beginning of the 20th century scientists were only just beginning to probe the mysteries of the atomic world,...
Something that you generally don’t expect as a North-America-based enthusiast, is to listen in on Russian military communications during their...
As part of the payloads on the Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 (BGM1) that recently touched down on the Moon,...
Saying farewell is hard, and in the case of the Voyager 1 & 2 spacecraft doubly so, seeing as how...
In the decade or more since small inexpensive Linux-capable single board computers such as the Raspberry Pi came to the...
Normally, when you want a low DC voltage from the AC line, you think about using a transformer of some...
Making a multi-band amateur radio transceiver has always been a somewhat challenging project, and making one that also supported different...
In a move that could have been seen coming from at least a decade away, Microsoft has confirmed that the...
Apple likes magnets. They started out with magnetic laptop chargers and then graduated to a system that magnetically holds the...
LoRa gear can be great for doing radio communications in a light-weight and low-power way. However, it can also work...
We hear a lot about how ham radio isn’t what it used to be. But what was it like? Well,...
Although the Earth’s magnetic field is reliable enough for navigation and is also essential for blocking harmful solar emissions and...
It is easy to forget that many technology juggernauts weren’t always the only game in town. Ethernet seems ubiquitous today,...
Portability has been a goal of a sizable section of the computing world for many decades now. While the obvious...
Ever been at a party and landed in a heated argument about exactly where the International Space Station (ISS) is...
has been exploring the sounds beyond what we can hear, recording ultrasound and pitching it down. He made a short...
Like many pieces of lab equipment, oscilloscopes are both extremely useful and rather intimidating to a fledgling user. Unlike a...
The Tiny Tapeout custom ASIC project has been around for a while now, and has passed through several iterations of...
The many YouTube workshop channels make for compelling viewing. even if their hackiness from a Hackaday viewpoint is sometimes variable....
There are many rechargeable battery chemistries, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. Currently lithium-ion and similar (e.g. Li-Po) rule...
With so many cheap oscilloscopes out there, the market for old units isn’t what it used to be. But if...
When you see a ventriloquist like , you probably expect to see him with a puppet. This time – spoilers...
In all likelihood, asteroid 2024 YR4 will slip silently past the Earth. Based on the data we have so far,...
Soldering irons and their tips come in a wide range of formats and styles, with the (originally Hakko) T12 being...
