Collaborate Disseminate
Many hobbies seem to have a subset of participants who just can’t leave well enough alone. Think about hot rodders, who squeeze every bit of power out of engines they …read more Continue reading Most Powerful Laser Diodes, Now More Powerful
Thanks a lot, Elon. Or maybe not, depending on how this report that China used Starlink signals to detect low-observable targets pans out. There aren’t a lot of details, and …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: September 22, 2024
Nothing can ruin a restoration project faster than broken knobs. Sure, that old “boat anchor” ham rig will work just fine with some modern knobs, but few and far between …read more Continue reading Steel Reinforcement Toughens Cracked Vintage Knobs
Whether the goal is reverse engineering, black hat exploitation, or just simple curiosity, getting inside the packages that protect integrated circuits has long been the Holy Grail of hacking. It …read more Continue reading Laser Fault Injection, Now With Optional Decapping
To the extent that one has strong feelings about insects, they tend toward the extremes of a spectrum that runs from a complete fascination with their diversity and the specializations …read more Continue reading Mothbox Watches Bugs, So You — Or Your Grad Students — Don’t Have To
Down here at the bottom of our ocean of air, it’s easy to get complacent about the hazards our universe presents. We feel safe from the dangers of the vacuum …read more Continue reading Catching The BOAT: Gamma-Ray Bursts and The Brightest of All Time
For as useful as computers are in the modern ham shack, they also tend to be a strong source of unwanted radio frequency interference. Common wisdom says applying a few …read more Continue reading Ferrites Versus Ethernet in the Ham Shack
As a test artifact, 3DBenchy does a pretty good job of making sure your 3D printer is up to scratch. As an exemplar of naval architecture, though — well, let’s …read more Continue reading Microwave Forge Casts the Sinking-est Benchy Ever
A quick look around at any coffee shop, city sidewalk, or sadly, even at a traffic light will tell you that people are on their phones a lot. But exactly …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: September 15, 2024
With all the recent attention on Mars and the search for evidence of ancient life there, it’s easy to forget that not only has the Red Planet been under the …read more Continue reading An Earth-Bound Homage to a Martian Biochemistry Experiment