Hackaday

14 Nov 2024 14:22

If you think of Apple today, you probably think of an iPhone or a Mac. But the original Apple I was a simple PC board and required a little effort …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/14/building-a-reproduction-apple-i/)

Hackaday

14 Nov 2024 08:40

You might think that visualizing music with lasers would be a complicated and difficult affair. In fact, it’s remarkably simple if you want it to be, and [byte_thrasher] shows us …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/laser-sound-visualizations-are-not-hard-to-make/)

Hackaday

14 Nov 2024 06:26

We’re all pretty familiar with AI’s ability to create realistic-looking images of people that don’t exist, but here’s an unusual implementation of using that technology for a different purpose: masking …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/ai-face-anonymizer-masks-human-identity-in-images/)

Hackaday

14 Nov 2024 04:01

Much of the world’s medical equipment is made by a handful of monopolistic megacorps, but [Milos Rasic] built an open cardiography signal measuring device for his master’s thesis. Using a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/open-cardiography-signal-measuring-device/)

Hackaday

14 Nov 2024 04:00

True weather geeks will disagree, but there might be a better way to know how to dress for the day than divining what the weather will likely be from the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/landscape-motif-makes-this-e-ink-weather-display-easy-to-understand/)

Hackaday

14 Nov 2024 03:59

This week, Jonathan Bennett and David Ruggles chat with Frank Delporte about Pi4J, the friendly Java libraries for the Raspberry Pi, that expose GPIO, SPI, I2C and other IO interfaces. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/floss-weekly-episode-809-pi4j-stable-and-boring-on-the-raspberry-pi/)

Hackaday

13 Nov 2024 20:48

The best part about real-time OS (RTOS) availability in 2024 is that we developers are positively spoiled for choice, but as a corollary this also makes it a complete pain …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/making-sense-of-real-time-operating-systems-in-2024/)

Hackaday

13 Nov 2024 20:47

There are sadly few 1914 Dennis fire engines still on the road, so when the one owned by Imperial College in London needs a spare part, it can not be …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/a-vintage-radiator-core-from-scratch/)

Hackaday

13 Nov 2024 17:29

Some brand names become the de facto name for the generic product. Xerox, for example. Or Velcro. Teletype was a trademark, but it has come to mean just about any …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/a-teletype-by-any-other-name-the-early-e-mail-and-wordprocessor/)

Hackaday

13 Nov 2024 17:28

Comparing laser beam welding with electron beam welding in space. (Source: E. Choi et al., OSU, NASA)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/laser-beam-vs_electron-beam_welding_in_space_tamir_et_al_1993.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/laser-beam-vs_electron-beam_welding_in_space_tamir_et_al_1993.jpg?w=800" tabindex="0" role="button">In-space manufacturing is a big challenge, even with many of the same manufacturing methods being available as on the ground. These methods include rivets, bolts, but also welding, the latter …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/nasa-announces-new-trials-for-in-space-laser-welding/)

Hackaday

13 Nov 2024 11:13

You don’t have to know how a car engine works to drive a car — but you can bet all the drivers in the Indy 500 have a better than …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/intuition-about-maxwells-equations/)

Hackaday

13 Nov 2024 08:35

These days, the vast majority of portable media users are storing their files on some kind of Microsoft-developed file system. Back in the 1980s and 1990s, though, things were different. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/remember-the-tri-format-floppy-disk/)

Hackaday

13 Nov 2024 08:34

Within the world of CAD there are the well-known and more niche big commercial players and there are projects like FreeCAD that seek to bring a OSS solution to the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/the-end-of-ondsel-and-reflecting-on-the-commercial-prospects-for-freecad/)

Hackaday

13 Nov 2024 04:13

Once upon a time, computers didn’t really have enough resources to play back high-quality audio. It took too much RAM and too many CPU cycles and it was just altogether …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/wav2vgm-plays-audio-via-opl3-synthesis/)

Hackaday

13 Nov 2024 00:56

If you ask someone who grew up in the late 1970s or early 1980s what taught them a lot about programming, they’d probably tell you that typing in programs from …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/teaching-computers-to-read-sort-of/)

Hackaday

14 Nov 2024 14:22

Building a Reproduction Apple I
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/14/building-a-reproduction-apple-i/

Hackaday

14 Nov 2024 08:40

Laser Sound Visualizations Are Not Hard To Make
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/laser-sound-visualizations-are-not-hard-to-make/

Hackaday

14 Nov 2024 06:26

AI Face Anonymizer Masks Human Identity in Images
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/ai-face-anonymizer-masks-human-identity-in-images/

Hackaday

14 Nov 2024 04:01

Open Cardiography Signal Measuring Device
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/open-cardiography-signal-measuring-device/

Hackaday

14 Nov 2024 04:00

Landscape Motif Makes This E-Ink Weather Display Easy to Understand
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/landscape-motif-makes-this-e-ink-weather-display-easy-to-understand/

Hackaday

14 Nov 2024 03:59

FLOSS Weekly Episode 809: Pi4J – Stable and Boring on the Raspberry Pi
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/floss-weekly-episode-809-pi4j-stable-and-boring-on-the-raspberry-pi/

Hackaday

13 Nov 2024 20:48

Making Sense of Real-Time Operating Systems in 2024
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/making-sense-of-real-time-operating-systems-in-2024/

Hackaday

13 Nov 2024 20:47

A Vintage Radiator Core, From Scratch
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/a-vintage-radiator-core-from-scratch/

Hackaday

13 Nov 2024 17:29

A Teletype by Any Other Name: The Early E-mail and Wordprocessor
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/a-teletype-by-any-other-name-the-early-e-mail-and-wordprocessor/

Hackaday

13 Nov 2024 17:28

NASA Announces New Trials for In-Space Laser Welding
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/nasa-announces-new-trials-for-in-space-laser-welding/

Hackaday

13 Nov 2024 11:13

Intuition about Maxwell’s Equations
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/intuition-about-maxwells-equations/

Hackaday

13 Nov 2024 08:35

Remember the Tri-Format Floppy Disk?
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/remember-the-tri-format-floppy-disk/

Hackaday

13 Nov 2024 08:34

The End of Ondsel and Reflecting on the Commercial Prospects for FreeCAD
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/the-end-of-ondsel-and-reflecting-on-the-commercial-prospects-for-freecad/

Hackaday

13 Nov 2024 04:13

WAV2VGM Plays Audio Via OPL3 Synthesis
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/wav2vgm-plays-audio-via-opl3-synthesis/

Hackaday

13 Nov 2024 00:56

Teaching Computers to Read — Sort Of
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/teaching-computers-to-read-sort-of/