Collaborate Disseminate
Early video games like Pong were not computer-controlled. They used discrete logic to generate the TV signals. As you might expect, the market exploded when you could get all the …read more Continue reading General Instruments Video Game Chip Rides Again
Data science is a relatively new term for a relatively old discipline. Essentially, it is data analysis, particularly for large data sets. It involves techniques as wide-ranging as statistics, computer …read more Continue reading Data Science the Stanford Way
Before the Internet, if you wanted to hear news from around the world, you probably bought a shortwave receiver. In the golden age of world band radio, there was a …read more Continue reading A Classic Shortwave Radio Restored
If you have a fondness for old and unusual ham gear, [Saveitforparts] has a great video (see below) about a Robot slow scan receiver he found at a junk store. …read more Continue reading Ham Radio Memes in the 1970s
Sometimes, a hack isn’t really about the technology but about the logistics. If we asked you to light up an LED using an Arduino, there’s a good chance you’d know …read more Continue reading Pimp the Potentiometer
Debugging might be the one thing that separates “modern” programming from “classic” programming. If you are on an old enough computer — or maybe one that has limited tools like …read more Continue reading Roll Your Own Python Debugger
If you watch the movies, there isn’t much to a wind tunnel. Just a fan and a tunnel, right? The truth is there’s a lot more to it than that, …read more Continue reading Wind Tunnel Uses the Last Straw
With solder fumes from Supercon still in the air, Hackaday’s Elliot Williams and Al Williams met to compare notes about the conference talks, badge hacking, and more. Tom Nardi dropped …read more Continue reading Hackaday Podcast 243: Supercon, Super Printing, and Super Gyros
Scientists have found what they think may be the fastest known semiconductor. Sounds great, right? But it happens to made from one of the rarest elements: rhenium. That rare element …read more Continue reading Fastest Semiconductor May Also be Most Expensive
If you’ve ever needed some aluminum for a project, you might have noticed you have easy access to aluminum cans. If you need a cylinder, fine. But what if you …read more Continue reading Hack a Soda Can to Jewellery