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2025 One Hertz Challenge: An Ancient Transistor Counts The Seconds
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2025 One Hertz Challenge: An Ancient Transistor Counts The Seconds

If you’ve worked with germanium transistors, you’ll know that many of them have a disappointingly low maximum frequency of operation….

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Playing Snake with Digital Microfluidics
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Playing Snake with Digital Microfluidics

Display technology has come a long way since the advent of the CRT in the late 1800s (yes, really!). Since…

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The Cantareel is Hurdy-Guitar Turned Inside Out
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The Cantareel is Hurdy-Guitar Turned Inside Out

Sometimes, all you need to make something work is to come at it from a different angle from anyone else…

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Trickle Down: When Doing Something Silly Actually Makes Sense
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Trickle Down: When Doing Something Silly Actually Makes Sense

One of the tropes of the space race back in the 1960s, which helped justify the spending for the part…

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Wire Like a Pro: Peeking into Wire Harness Mastery
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Wire Like a Pro: Peeking into Wire Harness Mastery

There are many ways to learn, but few to none of them compare to that of spending time standing over…

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Designing a CPU with only Memory Chips
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Designing a CPU with only Memory Chips

Building a simple 8-bit computer is a great way to understand computing fundamentals, but there’s only so much you can…

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DIY X-Rays Made Easy
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DIY X-Rays Made Easy

Who doesn’t want an X-ray machine? But you need a special tube and super high voltage, right? [Project 326] says…

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Hackaday Podcast Episode 328: Benchies, Beanies, and Back to the Future
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Hackaday Podcast Episode 328: Benchies, Beanies, and Back to the Future

This week, Hackaday’s Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos joined forces to bring you the latest news, mystery sound, and of…

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Dearest C++, Let Me Count the Ways I Love/Hate Thee
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Dearest C++, Let Me Count the Ways I Love/Hate Thee

My first encounter with C++ was way back in the 1990s, when it was one of the Real Programming Languages…

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An Induction Lamp Made on the Same Principle as Ordinary Fluorescent Lamp
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An Induction Lamp Made on the Same Principle as Ordinary Fluorescent Lamp

Over on YouTube, [Technology Connections] has a new video: Induction lamps: fluorescent lighting’s final form. This video is about a…

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