CHIP 8: The Pong Game’s Afoot!

Writing a computer game has always been hard. It is only the nature of the difficulty that changes. A modern game is as much about graphics, sound, and storytelling as …read more

EV Batteries Are Proving Hardier Than Expected

Batteries have a habit of quietly getting worse. Anyone who has nursed an old smartphone through its final years knows the routine—it leaves the house at 100% and is begging …read more

DeviceTree For Hackers: Intro

Raspberry Pi has just leaked information on the Pi Zero 3W. They did it by publishing a DeviceTree file that describes the hardware of the Pi Zero. This is how …read more

UDP Broadcasting Meets The More Focused Multicasting

After previously exploring the basics of UDP broadcasting, why IPv4 subnets are an exciting feature that you really want to dive into, as well as the contentious topic of IPv6, …read more

Radon Active

When you think about nuclear radiation, you often think about power plants, but it turns out there’s radioactive stuff all over the place: smoke detectors, granite counters, bananas, and potatoes …read more

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Reverse Engineering Score Perfect To Rescue Its Files

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By Aaron Beckendorf | November 14, 2026

There are myriad challenges associated with data preservation – bit rot, loss of metadata, and hardware failures, among others – but one of the hardest is making sure that the …read more
Making CO₂ Sensors Fail Visibly, Not Silently

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By Donald Papp | November 14, 2026

CO₂ buildup in a living area can be a serious problem, and a sensor that fails quietly cannot be relied upon. [William Collis] addressed this important issue by creating CO₂ monitors …read more
ESP32 Flight Tracker On Apple CRT

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By Tyler August | November 13, 2026

Sometimes we’re most taken by what’s on the screen; sometimes the screen itself is the most interesting part of the project. In this case, it’s the latter. That’s no slight …read more
Borland C++ 2.0 Compiler Source Reconstructed

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By Maya Posch | November 13, 2026

As the successor to Turbo C++, Borland C++ was a staple of professional IDEs for C and C++ development, starting with the initial 2.0 release in 1991. Being a commercial …read more
X Window System On The ESP32

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By Tyler August | November 13, 2026

There are a lot of things you can do with an Xserver, but run it on a microcontroller? Well, if that microcontroller is an ESP32-S3, [Sergey Zorin]– and Claude– have …read more
Using A Toothbrush’s NFC Chip To Unlock A Computer

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By Maya Posch | November 13, 2026

Depending on which type of electric toothbrush you are using, the replaceable brushes may contain an NFC chip that the handle and possibly base station uses to track various details, …read more
Drop-in Vintage CPU Replacements With The TranZPUter Project

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By Maya Posch | November 13, 2026

One of the struggles with vintage computer systems is that many of the ICs in them have no modern-day version that you can just purchase and drop-in. Creating replacements that …read more

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