Collaborate Disseminate
3D printing is a staple of the hacker community. From decorative items to rugged functional parts, almost anything you can think of, can be printed. [anurag.id] shows us some classic …read more Continue reading Modular Mechanical Keyboard Transformed Into a Compact Workstation
Today, fireplaces, their cozy glow once a household staple, are mostly a thing of the past. In fact, a decent amount of old fireplaces are completely blocked up! [David Capper] …read more Continue reading Simulating a glowing fireplace with an RP2040
Nothing ever made is truly perfect and indeed, CPU architectures like x86, RISC-V, ARM, and PowerPC all have their own upsides and downsides. Today, I aim to make an architecture …read more Continue reading WheatForce: Learning From CPU Architecture Mistakes
With ever increasing sizes of various programs (video games being notorious for this), the question of size optimization comes up more and more often. [Nathan Otterness] shows us how it’s …read more Continue reading How Small Can A Linux Executable Be?
There are plenty of drones (and other gadgets) you can buy online that use proprietary control protocols. Of course, reverse-engineering one of these protocols is a hacker community classic. Today, …read more Continue reading Reverse-Engineering The Holy Stone H120D Drone
Have you ever wanted to see the computers behind the first (and for now only) man-made objects to leave the heliosphere? [Gary Friedman] shows us, with an archived tour of …read more Continue reading See The Computers That Powered The Voyager Space Program
Usually, designing a CPU is a lengthy process, especially so if you’re making a new ISA too. This is something that can take months or even years before you first …read more Continue reading What Happens If You Speedrun Making A CPU?
I’m sure you all love to see some colorful blinkenlights every now and then, and we are of course no exception. While these might look like coasters at a distance, …read more Continue reading Is That A Coaster? No, It’s An LED Matrix!
[Breaking Taps] has done some lithography experiments in the past, including some test patterns and a rudimentary camera sensor. But now, it’s time to turn it up a notch with …read more Continue reading Creating 1 um Features The Hacker Way
Supercomputers are always an impressive sight to behold, but also completely unobtainable for the ordinary person. But what if that wasn’t the case? [bitluni] shows us how it’s done with …read more Continue reading 256-Core RISC-V Megacluster