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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….

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…