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China Hosts Robot Marathon

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Al Williams

China played host to what, presumably, was the world’s first robot and human half-marathon. You can check out the action and the Tiangong Ultra robot that won in the video …read more Continue reading China Hosts Robot Marathon→

Posted in marathon, News, robot, robots hacks

Open Source DMR Radio

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Al Williams

While ham radio operators have been embracing digital mobile radio (DMR), the equipment is most often bought since — at least in early incarnations — it needs a proprietary CODEC …read more Continue reading Open Source DMR Radio→

Posted in codec2, dmr, ham radio, radio hacks

Hackaday Podcast Episode 317: Quantum Diamonds, Citizen Science, and Cobol to AI

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Al Williams

When Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams need a break from writing posts, they hop on the podcast and talk about their favorite stories of the past week. Want …read more Continue reading Hackaday Podcast Episode 317: Quantum Diamonds, Citizen Science, and Cobol to AI→

Posted in Hackaday Columns, Hackaday Podcast, Podcasts

Linux Fu: Stopping a Runaway

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Al Williams

The best kind of Hackaday posts are the ones where there was some insurmountable problem with an elegant solution devised through deep analysis of the problem and creativity. This is …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Stopping a Runaway→

Posted in autokey, Hackaday Columns, linux, Linux Fu, linux hacks, PSS

A 17th Century Music Computer

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Al Williams

We don’t think of computers as something you’d find in the 17th century. But [Levi McClain] found plans for one in a book — books, actually — by [Athanasius Kirker] …read more Continue reading A 17th Century Music Computer→

Posted in arca musarithmica, mechanical computer, musical hacks

GPS Broken? Try TV!

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Al Williams

GPS and similar satellite navigation systems revolutionized how you keep track of where you are and what time it is. However, it isn’t without its problems. For one, it generally …read more Continue reading GPS Broken? Try TV!→

Posted in ASTC, BPS, GPS, gps hacks, Interest, News

Audio Effects Applied to Text

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Al Williams

If you are a visual thinker, you might enjoy [AIHVHIA’s] recent video, which shows the effect of applying audio processing to text displayed on an oscilloscope. The video is below. …read more Continue reading Audio Effects Applied to Text→

Posted in audio effects, musical hacks, oscilloscope music

The Jupiter Ace Remembered

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Al Williams

It is hard to imagine that it has been more than four decades since two of the original designers of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum broke off to market the Jupiter …read more Continue reading The Jupiter Ace Remembered→

Posted in forth, Jupiter Ace, retrocomputing

Ask Hackaday: What’s a Sun-Like Star?

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Al Williams

Is a bicycle like a motorcycle? Of course, the answer is it is and it isn’t. Saying something is “like” something else presupposes a lot of hidden assumptions. In the …read more Continue reading Ask Hackaday: What’s a Sun-Like Star?→

Posted in Ask Hackaday, astronomy, exoplanets, rants

Going to the Top with a Raspberry Pi Elevator

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Al Williams

[BorisDigital] was mesmerised by a modern elevator. He decided to see how hard it would be to design his own elevator based on Raspberry Pis. He started out with a …read more Continue reading Going to the Top with a Raspberry Pi Elevator→

Posted in mqtt, Raspberry Pi | Tagged Elevator

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