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It’s a bit ironic that an Atari 2600 game based on Raiders of the Lost Ark — a movie about archaeology — is now the subject of its own archaeological …read more Continue reading Inside Raiders of the Lost Ark (Atari Style)
We live in an age where engineering marvels are commonplace: airplanes crisscross the sky, skyscrapers grow like weeds, and spacecraft reach for the stars. But every so often, we see …read more Continue reading The Engineering of the Falkirk Wheel
[The Signal Path] shows us how to recreate a classic science experiment to measure the weight of an electron. Things are easier for us, because unlike [J. J. Thomson] in …read more Continue reading Does this Electron Make Me Look Fat? Weighing an Electron
It is no secret that we often use and abuse bash to write things that ought to be in a different language. But bash does have its attractions. In the …read more Continue reading Bash via Transpiler
Today, we take office software suites for granted. But in the 1970s, you were lucky to have a typewriter and access to a photocopier. But in the early 1980s, IBM …read more Continue reading PROFS: The Office Suite of the 1980s
Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. In 1966, the main spacecraft ejected a 99-kg lander module that used a landing bag to survive impact. The …read more Continue reading Forget Waldo. Where’s Luna 9?
When [101 Things] didn’t want to copy Morse code, he decided to build a Pi Pico system to read it for him. On the face of it, this doesn’t seem …read more Continue reading Pi Pico Learns Morse Code
In the early days of AI, a common example program was the hexapawn game. This extremely simplified version of a chess program learned to play with your help. When the …read more Continue reading Living in the (LLM) Past
The BBC recently published an exposé revealing that some Chinese subscription sites charge for access to their network of hundreds of hidden cameras in hotel rooms. Of course, this is …read more Continue reading Ask Hackaday: How Do You Detect Hidden Cameras?
Before PCBs, wiring electronic circuits was a major challenge in electronics production. A skilled person could make beautiful wire connections between terminal strips and components with a soldering iron, but …read more Continue reading He’s a Wrapper (Wire Wrapper, That Is)