Genetic Therapy Aims To Bring Hearing To Those Born Deaf

For those born with certain types of congenital deafness, the cochlear implant has been a positive and enabling technology. It uses electronics to step in as a replacement for the …read more

Clone Wars: IBM Edition

If you search the Internet for “Clone Wars,” you’ll get a lot of Star Wars-related pages. But the original Clone Wars took place a long time ago in a galaxy …read more

Ask Hackaday: Do You Curb Shop Components?

I’m not proud. When many of us were kids, we were unabashedly excited when trash day came around because sometimes you’d find an old radio or — jackpot — an …read more

Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With The Cheap-O Keyboard

All right, I’ll cut to the chase: Cheap03xD is mainly so cheap because the PCB falls within a 10 x 10 cm footprint. The point was to make a very …read more

A Linux Power User Puts SteamOS To Work

The line between a Linux user and a Linux power user is a bit gray, and a bit wide. Most people who install Linux already have more computer literacy than …read more

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Project Fail: Cracking A Laptop BIOS Password Using AI

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By Maya Posch | January 15, 2026

Whenever you buy used computers there is a risk that they come with unpleasant surprises that are not of the insect variant. From Apple hardware that is iCloud-locked with the …read more
Building An Escape Room Lockbox With The ESP32 Cheap Yellow Display (CYD)

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By John Elliot V | January 15, 2026

Here’s something fun from [Chad Kapper] over on HackMakeMod: Escape Room Lockbox with the Cheap Yellow Display. You may have heard of the “cheap yellow display” (CYD), so-called due to …read more
Building A Carousel Autosampler

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By Maya Posch | January 15, 2026

A common task in a laboratory setting is that of sampling, where a bit of e.g. liquid has to be sampled from a series of containers. Doing this by hand …read more
The Random Laser

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By Al Williams | January 15, 2026

When we first heard the term “random laser,” we did a double-take. After all, most ordinary sources of light are random. One defining characteristic of a traditional laser is that …read more
AC Motor Converted Into DC EBike Powerplant

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By Bryan Cockfield | January 15, 2026

AC induction motors are everywhere, from ceiling fans to vehicles. They’re reliable, simple, and rugged — but there are some disadvantages. It’s difficult to control the speed without complex electronics, …read more
ISS Medical Emergency: An Orbital Ambulance Ride

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By Tom Nardi | January 15, 2026

Over the course of its nearly 30 years in orbit, the International Space Station has played host to more “firsts” than can possibly be counted. When you’re zipping around Earth …read more
Looking At A Real Fake Raspberry Pi RP2040 Board

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By Maya Posch | January 15, 2026

Since the RP2040 microcontroller is available as a stand-alone component, it’s easy enough for third parties to churn out their own variations — or outright clones of — the Raspberry …read more

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