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AI On Every Machine: The LLM You Probably Didn’t Want

It’s been a story of the last week or so if you follow the kind of news channels a Hackaday scribe does, that Google have quietly installed an LLM as …read more

Retrotechtacular: Julius Sumner Miller Breaks Lamps With Magnets

If you watched the Mickey Mouse Club way back when, you might remember Professor Wonderful, who was, in reality, physics professor [Julius Sumner Miller]. He also had his own show, …read more

How Giant Tanks Of Fluid Could Help Support The Power Grid

If you’ve been paying any attention to the renewable energy space, you’ll know that generation isn’t really the problem anymore. Solar panels are cheap, and wind turbines are everywhere. The …read more

Strange Ways To Make Cold

Making stuff cool and keeping it that way has been a pretty essential part of human civilization for thousands of years, with only in the past few hundred years man-made …read more

Why Leaded Fuel Is Still A Thing

Leaded fuel is considered one of the greatest environmental failures in modern human history. Adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline reduced knock in internal combustion engines, which was widely considered a …read more

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  • Wigglegrams With A Pinhole Camera

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    By Jenny List | May 7, 2026

    A pinhole camera is almost a rite of passage in photography, given that you can make one so easily with little more than a cardboard box and enough tape to …read more

  • There’s More To Global Positioning Than Just GPS

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    By Tom Nardi | May 7, 2026

    The Global Positioning System (GPS) was developed by the United States military in the 1970s, but it wasn’t long before civilians all over the planet started using it. By the …read more

  • University Of Utah’s TRIGA Research Reactor Set To Produce Electricity

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    By Maya Posch | May 7, 2026

    Research reactors come in many forms and sizes, with the TRIGA class being commonly found at universities. The TRIGA reactor at the University of Utah was installed in 1975, and …read more

  • This Az-El Mount Is Worth Following

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    By Jenny List | May 7, 2026

    Communication with satellites often involves the use of high-gain directional antennas coupled with careful positioning to find and track the target. With a geostationary satellite the mount is either fixed …read more

  • How To Better Enjoy VR On Linux

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    By Donald Papp | May 6, 2026

    Linux folks are used to having to roll many of their own solutions, and better Linux desktop usability is a goal of the WayVR project, which aims to provide desktop …read more

  • Learn Programming Without A Computer

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    By Al Williams | May 6, 2026

    Presumably aimed at children, NHK World’s Texico program teaches the main ideas about programming without actually using a computer. Instead, it uses items like a toy train, playing cards, and …read more

  • A 1947 Radio Gets A Face Lift

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    By Al Williams | May 6, 2026

    We’ve all done it. We spy an old radio at a garage sale or resale shop. We know someone should bring it back to life, but it looks like a …read more

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