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Encryption In The 1790s

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Hacking A Commercial Colorimeter To Add RAL Color Code Support

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By Julian Scheffers | July 31, 2026

When you need to match paint colors, one of the tools you’ll reach for is a deck of reference colors. Another might be a colorimeter. But what if you want …read more
This Week In Security: What’s In A Name, The AI Bugpocalypse Hits Everyone, OpenWRT Flaws, And Duress Passwords

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By Mike Kershaw | July 31, 2026

The great thing about standards is there’s so many to pick from, right?. (Insert obligatory XKCD #927 here.) Several companies have developed naming schemes to refer to groups of attacks, …read more
Building A Reproduction PlayStation Motherboard

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By Zoe Skyforest | July 31, 2026

Thanks to things like spilled drinks, leaky batteries, and the general ravages of time, older consoles can be tough to keep going. In particular, excessive damage to a motherboard can …read more
Using The Chimney Effect To Drop Passively Cooled PC Temperatures

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By Maya Posch | July 31, 2026

The stack effect — also known as the chimney effect — is the basic principle that hot air not only rises, but if guided through a tube, the rising hot …read more
Custom Beach Robot Handles The Hard Work

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By Bryan Cockfield | July 30, 2026

A day at the beach can involve hauling a surprising amount of gear, from coolers, towels, blankets, chairs, and umbrellas, and if children are involved the amount of beach stuff …read more
Best-Ever Brainstem Map Created By Indian Scientists

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By Julian Scheffers | July 30, 2026

The elusive brainstem is a small, yet critical part of our brain: the slightest damage to it could prove fatal. But how it works is not fully understood today. Indian …read more
Rebuilding An Obsolete IC To Save A Betacam SP Tapedeck

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By Tyler August | July 30, 2026

Betacam is not the Betamax you may have had at home– it was a professional format that lived on into the 21st century, in the “SP” form. In many places, …read more

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