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As The World Burns, At least You’ll Have Secure Messaging

Posted on May 20, 2025 by Jenny List

There’s a section of our community who concern themselves with the technological aspects of preparing for an uncertain future, and for them a significant proportion of effort goes in to …read more Continue reading As The World Burns, At least You’ll Have Secure Messaging→

Posted in encryption, LoRa, one-time-pad, wireless hacks

An Awful 1990s PDA Delivers AI Wisdom

Posted on May 20, 2025 by Jenny List

There was a period in the 1990s when it seemed like the personal data assistant (PDA) was going to be the device of the future. If you were lucky you …read more Continue reading An Awful 1990s PDA Delivers AI Wisdom→

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, handhelds hacks, LLM, pda, serial

ChatGPT & Me. ChatGPT Is Me!

Posted on May 16, 2025 by Jenny List

For a while now part of my email signature has been a quote from a Hackaday commenter insinuating that an article I wrote was created by a “Dumb AI”. You …read more Continue reading ChatGPT & Me. ChatGPT Is Me!→

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Hackaday Columns, News, rants

Mylar Space Blankets As RF Reflectors

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Jenny List

Metalized Mylar “space blankets” are sold as a survivalist’s accessory, primarily due to their propensity for reflecting heat. They’re pretty cheap, and [HamJazz] has performed some experiments on their RF …read more Continue reading Mylar Space Blankets As RF Reflectors→

Posted in HF, mylar, radio hacks, reflector | Tagged Antenna

Falling Down The Land Camera Rabbit Hole

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Jenny List

It was such an innocent purchase, a slightly grubby and scuffed grey plastic box with the word “P O L A R O I D” intriguingly printed along its top …read more Continue reading Falling Down The Land Camera Rabbit Hole→

Posted in chemistry hacks, edwin land, Featured, history, Interest | Tagged Photography, Polaroid

Trackside Observations Of A Rail Power Enthusiast

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Jenny List

The life of a Hackaday writer often involves hours spent at a computer searching for all the cool hacks you love, but its perks come in not being tied to …read more Continue reading Trackside Observations Of A Rail Power Enthusiast→

Posted in Featured, Interest, Original Art, transportation hacks

Studying QR Code Degradation

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Jenny List

It’s fair to say that QR codes are a technology that has finally come of age. A decade or more ago they were a little over-hyped and sometimes used in …read more Continue reading Studying QR Code Degradation→

Posted in cliff edge, error correction, QR code, repair hacks

Another Old ThinkPad Gets A New Motherboard

Posted on May 11, 2025 by Jenny List

The Thinkpad line of laptops, originally from IBM, and then from Lenovo, have long been the choice of many in our community. They offer a level of robustness and reliability …read more Continue reading Another Old ThinkPad Gets A New Motherboard→

Posted in IBM Thinkpad, motherboard, retrocomputing, x200

Restoring A Sinclair C5 For The Road

Posted on May 10, 2025 by Jenny List

The Sinclair C5 was Sir Clive’s famous first venture into electric mobility, a recumbent electric-assisted tricycle which would have been hardly unusual in 2025. In 1985, though, the C5 was …read more Continue reading Restoring A Sinclair C5 For The Road→

Posted in 5d, Clive Sinclair, Sinclair C5, transportation hacks

A Single Chip Computer For The 8051 Generation

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Jenny List

The Intel 8051 series of 8-bit microcontrollers is long-discontinued by its original manufacturer, but lives on as a core included in all manner of more recent chips. It’s easy to …read more Continue reading A Single Chip Computer For The 8051 Generation→

Posted in 8051, 8052, classic hacks, MCS-51 BASIC, Microcontrollers

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