Everybody knows you can’t install Windows XP on a 386, or Windows 95 on an original IBM PC. But for Windows 11, the goalposts seem to be changing with newer …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/the-latest-windows-11-release-might-not-work-on-your-oldest-machines/)

This Week in Security: Filename Not Sanitized, MonikerLink, and Snap Attack!
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/this-week-in-security-filename-not-sanitized-monikerlink-and-snap-attack/

Reading through a vulnerability report about ClamAV, I came across a phrase that filled me with dread: “The file name is not sanitized”. It’s a feature, VirusEvent, that can be …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/this-week-in-security-filename-not-sanitized-monikerlink-and-snap-attack/)

Compact Cycloidal Drive Lives Inside This Custom Brushless Motor
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/compact-cycloidal-drive-lives-inside-this-custom-brushless-motor/

With the popularity of robot dogs, many people have gotten on the bandwagon and tried building DIY versions. Most of them end up attaching a gearbox to an off-the-shelf brushless …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/compact-cycloidal-drive-lives-inside-this-custom-brushless-motor/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 258: So Much Unix, Flipper Flip-out, and the Bus Pirate 5
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/hackaday-podcast-episode-258-so-much-unix-flipper-flip-out-and-the-bus-pirate-5/

Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi discuss all the week’s best and most interesting hacks and stories, starting with Canada’s misguided ban on the Flipper Zero for being too …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/hackaday-podcast-episode-258-so-much-unix-flipper-flip-out-and-the-bus-pirate-5/)

Slime Mold-Powered Smart Watches See Humans Fall In Love With The Goo
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/slime-mold-powered-smart-watches-see-humans-fall-in-love-with-the-goo/

Humans are very good at anthropomorphising things. That is, giving them human characteristics, like ourselves. We do it with animals—see just about any cartoon—and we even do it with our …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/slime-mold-powered-smart-watches-see-humans-fall-in-love-with-the-goo/)

Change The Jingle In Your Makita Charger Because You Can
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/change-the-jingle-in-your-makita-charger-because-you-can/

Lots of things beep these days. Washing machines, microwaves, fridge — even drill battery chargers. If you’re on Team Makita, it turns out you can actually change the melody of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/change-the-jingle-in-your-makita-charger-because-you-can/)

Sonolithography With The Raspberry Pi Pico
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/sonolithography-with-the-raspberry-pi-pico/

You can do some wild things with sound waves, such as annoy your neighbours or convince other road users to move out of your way. Or, if you get into …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/sonolithography-with-the-raspberry-pi-pico/)

Deadblow Axe Splits Wood with Minimal Rebound
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/deadblow-axe-splits-wood-with-minimal-rebound/