Llama.ttf is AI, in a Font
It’s a great joke, and like all great jokes it makes you think. [Søren Fuglede Jørgensen] managed to cram a 15 M parameter large language model into a completely valid …read more Continue reading Llama.ttf is AI, in a Font
Author Archives: Elliot Williams
The Best DIY PCB Method?
Now before you start asking yourself “best for what purpose?”, just have a look at the quality of the DIY PCB in the image above. [ForOurGood] is getting higher resolution …read more Continue reading The Best DIY PCB Method?
Thanks for the Great Comments!
Every once in a while, there’s a Hackaday article where the comments are hands-down the best part of a post. This happened this week with Al Williams’ Ask Hackaday: How …read more Continue reading Thanks for the Great Comments!
The Solar System is Weirder Than You Think
When I was a kid, the solar system was simple. There were nine planets and they all orbited in more-or-less circles around the sun. This same sun-and-a-handful-of-planets scheme repeated itself …read more Continue reading The Solar System is Weirder Than You Think
Magic Cane is the Secret Behind Lightsaber
Everyone has a lightsaber or two lying around the house, but not everyone has a lightsaber that extends and retracts automatically. And that’s because, in the real world, it’s not …read more Continue reading Magic Cane is the Secret Behind Lightsaber
When Your Rope is Your Life
Climbers care a lot about their ropes because their lives literally depend on them. And while there’s been tremendous progress in climbing rope tech since people first started falling onto …read more Continue reading When Your Rope is Your Life
Giant Brains, Or Machines That Think
Last week, I stumbled on a marvelous book: “Giant Brains; or, Machines That Think” by Edmund Callis Berkeley. What’s really fun about it is the way it sounds like it …read more Continue reading Giant Brains, Or Machines That Think
Tight Handheld CRT Asteroids Game Curses in Tuscan
How many Arduini does it take to make a tiny CRT Asteroids game? [Marco Vallegi] of MVV Blog’s answer: two. One for the game mechanics and one for the sound …read more Continue reading Tight Handheld CRT Asteroids Game Curses in Tuscan
The World’s First DIY Minicomputer Was Almost Australian
The EDUC-8, a DIY minicomputer design that came out in “Electronics Australia” magazine, was almost the world’s first in August 1974. And it would have been tied for the world’s …read more Continue reading The World’s First DIY Minicomputer Was Almost Australian
Raspberry Pi Goes Public
We’ve heard rumors for the last few months, and now it looks like they’ve come true: the business side of Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi Holdings has become a publicly listed …read more Continue reading Raspberry Pi Goes Public