China Is Shooting For The Moon Sooner Than You Think

Humanity first reached the moon in 1969. We went back a few times, then lost interest within three short years, and we haven’t been back since. NASA has just flew …read more

Four Choppers And A Blimp: The Bizarre Piasecki Helistat

Over two decades after it was last deflated, detached from its gondola, and crated up at Lakehurst, the gas bag of an N-class ZPG-2W blimp was broken out and dusted …read more

Reverse-Engineering Human Cognition And Decision Making In A Modern Age

Cognitive processes are not something that we generally pay much attention to until something goes wrong, but they cover the entire scope of us ingesting sensory information, the processing and …read more

Skylab Under The Ocean

A crew lives on a station in a hostile environment. Leaving that environment requires oxygen tanks and specialized gear to deal with pressure differentials. A space station? Nah. A base …read more

This Week In Security: Flatpak Fixes, Android Malware, And SCADA Was IOT Before IOT Was Cool

Rowhammer attacks have been around since 2014, and mitigations are in place in most modern systems, but the team at gddr6.fail has found ways to apply the attack to current-generation GPUs. …read more

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Rack Cage Generator Gets Your Gear Mounted

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By Zoe Skyforest | April 19, 2026

Sometimes, as hackers and makers, we can end up with messy lashed-together gear that is neither reliable nor tidy. Rackmounting your stuff can be a great way to improve the …read more
Building A Rim-Driven Jet Engine

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By Aaron Beckendorf | April 19, 2026

Rim-driven thrusters turn the normal propeller-motor arrangement inside out; rather than mounting the motor at the center of the propeller, they use a large hollow motor, with the blades attached …read more
DIY UPS Keeps Home Assistant Running

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By Zoe Skyforest | April 19, 2026

If you put a bunch of computers in charge of your house, it’s generally desirable to ensure their up-time is as close to 100% as possible. An uninterruptible power supply …read more
Can Claude Write Z80 Assembly Code?

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By Tyler August | April 19, 2026

Betteridge’s law applies, but with help and guidance by a human who knows his stuff, [Ready Z80] was able to get a functioning game of Wordle out of the French-named …read more
Using Capacitance For Extremely Sensitive Proximity Sensing

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By Aaron Beckendorf | April 18, 2026

Capacitive displacement sensors span a wide range of resolution, from the touchscreen sensors which can only detect displacement as a binary state, all the way to the sensors in semiconductor …read more
PSX Development With Unity And LUA

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By Zoe Skyforest | April 18, 2026

The Unity game development platform was first released in 2005, long after the PlayStation had ceased to be a relevant part of the console market. And yet, you could use …read more
How One Line Of TF2 Code Ruined This Simple Feature

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By Julian Scheffers | April 18, 2026

Ever encountered a minor annoying bug in a video game? How about one dating back to 2018? Usually, you have no hope of fixing it, but this time is different. …read more

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