Thorium-Metal Alloys and Radioactive Jet Engines Although metal alloys is not among the most exciting topics for most people, the moment you add the word ‘radioactive’, it does tend to get their attention. So too with …read more #hacking #projects

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Thorium-Metal Alloys And Radioactive Jet Engines

Although metal alloys is not among the most exciting topics for most people, the moment you add the word ‘radioactive’, it does tend to...

After Decades, Linux Finally Gains Stable GPIB Support Recently, [Greg Kroah-Hartman] proclaimed the joyous news on the Linux Kernel Mailing List that stable General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) support has finally been merged into the 6.19 Linux kernel. The …read more #hacking #projects

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After Decades, Linux Finally Gains Stable GPIB Support

Recently, [Greg Kroah-Hartman] proclaimed the joyous news on the Linux Kernel Mailing List that stable General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) suppor...

Why Push a Button When a Machine Can Do It For You Remote control is a wonder of the age, we press a button, and something happens as if by magic. But what happens if there is no remote control, and instead …read more #hacking #projects

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Why Push A Button When A Machine Can Do It For You

Remote control is a wonder of the age, we press a button, and something happens as if by magic. But what happens if there is no remote control, and...

Building a Commodore 64 Laptop What might a laptop version of the Commodore 64 have looked like if one had been released by the late 1980s? This is the question that [Kevin Noki] tried to …read more #hacking #projects

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Building A Commodore 64 Laptop

What might a laptop version of the Commodore 64 have looked like if one had been released by the late 1980s? This is the question that [Kevin Noki]...

Magnetic Transformer Secrets [Sam Ben-Yaakov] has another lecture online that dives deep into the physics of electronic processes. This time, the subject is magnetic transformers. You probably know that the ratio of current …read more #hacking #projects

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Magnetic Transformer Secrets

[Sam Ben-Yaakov] has another lecture online that dives deep into the physics of electronic processes. This time, the subject is magnetic transforme...

Plug Into USB, Read Hostname and IP Address Ever wanted to just plug something in and conveniently read the hostname and IP addresses of a headless board like a Raspberry Pi? Chances are, a free USB port is more …read more #hacking #projects

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Plug Into USB, Read Hostname And IP Address

Ever wanted to just plug something in and conveniently read the hostname and IP addresses of a headless board like a Raspberry Pi? Chances are, a ...

Giant Neopixel Is Just Like The Regular Kind, Only Bigger Neopixels and other forms of addressable LEDs have taken the maker world by storm. They make it trivial to add a ton of controllable, glowing LEDs to any project. [Arnov …read more #hacking #projects

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Giant Neopixel Is Just Like The Regular Kind, Only Bigger

Neopixels and other forms of addressable LEDs have taken the maker world by storm. They make it trivial to add a ton of controllable, glowing LEDs ...

3D Printing and Metal Casting are a Great Match [Chris Borge] has made (and revised) many of his own tools using a combination of 3D printing and common hardware, and recently decided to try metal casting. Having created his …read more #hacking #projects

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3D Printing And Metal Casting Are A Great Match

[Chris Borge] has made (and revised) many of his own tools using a combination of 3D printing and common hardware, and recently decided to try meta...

Pufferfish Venom Can Kill, Or It Can Relieve Pain Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is best known as the neurotoxin of the puffer fish, though it also appears in a range of other marine species. You might remember it from an episode …read more #hacking #projects

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Pufferfish Venom Can Kill, Or It Can Relieve Pain

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is best known as the neurotoxin of the puffer fish, though it also appears in a range of other marine species. You might remembe...

Tearing Down Walmart’s $12 Keychain Camera Keychain cameras are rarely good. However, in the case of Walmart’s current offering, it might be worse than it’s supposed to be. [FoxTailWhipz] bought the Vivitar-branded device and set about …read more #hacking #projects

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Tearing Down Walmart’s $12 Keychain Camera

Keychain cameras are rarely good. However, in the case of Walmart’s current offering, it might be worse than it’s supposed to be. [FoxT...