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[l] at 3/16/25 8:00am
Everyone loves wireless power these days, almost vindicating [Teslas] push for wireless power. One reason why transmitting electricity this way is a terrible idea is the massive losses involved once read more

[Category: Science, inductive coupling, wireless power transfer]

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[l] at 3/16/25 5:00am
MSX computers were not very common in the United States, and we didnt know what we were missing when they were popular. [Re:Enthused] shows us what would have been a read more

[Category: Retrocomputing, msx, panasonic, retrocomputing]

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[l] at 3/16/25 2:00am
When your homebrew Yagi antenna only sort-of works, or when your WiFi cantenna seems moody on rainy days, we can assure you: it is not only you. You can stop read more

[Category: Radio Hacks, antenna, omnidirectional, RF, signal, tuning, wavelength]

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[l] at 3/15/25 11:00pm
Photo-printing kiosks are about as common as payphones these days. However, there was a time when they were everywhere. The idea was that if you didnt have a good printer read more

[Category: digital cameras hacks, kiosk, kodak]

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[l] at 3/15/25 8:00pm
Ever wanted to produce nitrogen fertilizer like they did in the 1900s? In that case, youre probably looking at the Birkeland-Eyde process, which was the first industrial-scale atmospheric nitrogen fixation read more

[Category: Science, birkeland-eyde, nitrogen fixation]

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[l] at 3/15/25 5:00pm
The WebUSB standard is certainly controversial. Many consider it a security risk, and, to date,  only Chromium-based browsers support it. But there is a workaround that is, ironically, supposed to read more

[Category: computer hacks, Security Hacks, firefox, U2F, WebUSB]

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[l] at 3/15/25 2:00pm
We talk about quantum states that is, something can be at one of several discrete values but not in between. For example, a binary digit can be a 1 read more

[Category: Science, franck-Hertz, quantum, tube]

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[l] at 3/15/25 11:00am
Ever pried apart an LCD? If so, youve likely stumbled at the unassuming zebra strip the pliable connector that makes bridging PCB pads to glass traces look effortless. [Chuck] read more

[Category: Parts, conductive, conductivity, connector, filament, strip, tape, TPU]

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[l] at 3/15/25 8:00am
Nobody likes spam messages, but some of them contain rather fascinating scams. Case in point, [Ben Tasker] recently got a few romance scam emails that made him decide to take read more

[Category: Security Hacks, scam]

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[l] at 3/15/25 4:36am
Hackaday Europe 2025 is in full swing, and whether youre experiencing it live in Berlin or following along from home, heres where youll find all the info you need to read more

[Category: cons, News, 2025 Hackaday Europe, live steam]

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[l] at 3/15/25 2:00am
With inexpensive microntrollers capable of the most impressive feats of sound synthesis, its not so often we see projects that return to an earlier style of electronic music project. The read more

[Category: classic hacks, Musical Hacks, 4017, 555, cmos, synthesiser]

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[l] at 3/14/25 11:00pm
[Project 326] has a cheap thermal camera that plugs into a smart phone. Sure they are handy, but what if you could hack one into a microscope with a resolution read more

[Category: digital cameras hacks, ir camera, microscope, thermal camera]

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[l] at 3/14/25 8:00pm
From the styling of this articles title, some might assume that the Hackaday editors are asleep at the switch this fine day. While that might be true its not read more

[Category: Peripherals Hacks, dye sublimation, keyboard, keycaps, word, xkcd]

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[l] at 3/14/25 5:00pm
In a move that will absolutely not over-excite anyone, nor lead to any heated arguments, [needleful] posits that their C Plus Prolog (C+P for short) programming language is the best read more

[Category: Software Development, c++, prolog]

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[l] at 3/14/25 2:00pm
Hackers enjoy a good theme, and so it comes as no surprise that every time March 14th (Pi Day) rolls around, the tip line sees an uptick in mathematical activity. read more

[Category: Microcontrollers, Robots Hacks, Pi, Pi day, robotic hand]

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[l] at 3/14/25 11:43am
Elliot does the podcast on the road to Supercon Europe, and Al is in the mood for math and nostalgia this week. Listen in and find out what they were read more

[Category: Hackaday Columns, Podcasts, Hackaday Podcast]

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[l] at 3/14/25 11:00am
Pi Day is here! We bet that you know that famous constant to a few decimal points, and you could probably explain what it really means: the ratio of a read more

[Category: Featured, Interest, Misc Hacks, e, mathematics, Pi day]

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[l] at 3/14/25 9:30am
Geothermal heat is a tantalizing source of energy thats quite literally right below our feet. At the same time geothermal energy is hard to develop as the Earths crust is read more

[Category: Science, geothermal energy]

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[l] at 3/14/25 8:00am
We would be remiss if we didnt address the X Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack thats been happening this week. It seems like everyone is is trying to make read more

[Category: Hackaday Columns, News, Security Hacks, Basementdoor, camelCase, ddos, This Week in Security]

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[l] at 3/14/25 5:00am
Do you like scientific calculators? Dont bother answering that question, youre reading Hackaday so we already know the answer. We also know youre a fan of building things yourself and read more

[Category: handhelds hacks, Microcontrollers, Raspberry Pi, clockworkpi, Raspberry Pi Pico, Scientific Calculator]

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[l] at 3/14/25 2:00am
We love unique displays here at Hackaday. If you can figure out how to show information on some weird object, were all about it. So when [Julius Curt] wrote in read more

[Category: hardware, 28BYJ-48, analog display, pasta]

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