Collaborate Disseminate
Have you ever noticed that some websites can figure out, at least roughly, where you are? Sometimes they use it to find you a closer content provider. Or they might …read more Continue reading Where Exactly Did That Network Packet Come From?
You can join Elliot and Al as they get together to talk about their favorite hacks of the week. There’s news about current contests, fake alien messages, flexible breadboards, hoverboards, …read more Continue reading Hackaday Podcast 220: Transparent Ice, Fake Aliens, and Bendy Breadboards
The computer world looks different from behind a TeleType or other hardcopy terminal. Things that tend to annoy people about Unix or Linux these days were perfectly great when you …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Making Progress
Hardware hackers of a certain age likely got started with microcontrollers via the RCA 1802 — a relatively easy-to-use processor that was the subject of several excellent articles in Popular …read more Continue reading New Zealand’s First Microcomputer May Be This 1802
In science fiction movies, communicating with aliens is easy. In real life, though, we think it will be tough. Today, you’ll get your chance to see how tough when a …read more Continue reading Simulated ET to Phone Home From Mars this Afternoon
You think of breadboards as being a flexible way to build things — one can easily add components and wires and also rip them up. But MIT researchers want to …read more Continue reading Building Circuits Flexibly
If you want a book on network programming, there are a few classic choices. [Comer’s] TCP/IP books are a great reference but sometimes is too low level. “Unix Networking Programming” …read more Continue reading Network Programming
[Bytewelder] fondly remembers the Palm III and Sharp HC-4500, so taking on the design of Decktility, a custom handheld cyberdeck , was a natural next step. The blog post goes …read more Continue reading Handheld PC Looks Great
With all the hype about ChatGPT, it has to have crossed your mind: how can I make it control devices? On the utopia side, you could say, “Hey, ChatGPT, figure …read more Continue reading ChatGPT Rules the World… or, at Least, the Home
If you have three hours and you want to learn the fundamentals of semiconductors, [Tiny Tapeout] has something for you: An introduction to SiliWiz. You’ll also need the SiliWiz software …read more Continue reading The Wizard of Semiconductors