These days, even hobbyist multi-rotor aircraft are capable of carrying considerable payloads. For example, the test rig that [Brian Brocken] recently put together should be able to loft more than …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/06/full-scale-flying-delorean-gets-closer-to-liftoff/)

British Trains To (Maybe) Make Way For Steam Once More
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/06/british-trains-to-maybe-make-way-for-steam-once-more/

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/06/british-trains-to-maybe-make-way-for-steam-once-more/)

Repeatable “One-Click” Fusion, From Your Cellphone
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/06/repeatable-one-click-fusion-from-your-cellphone/

Sometimes you spend so much time building and operating your nuclear fusor that you neglect the creature comforts, like a simple fusion control profile or a cellphone app to remote …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/06/repeatable-one-click-fusion-from-your-cellphone/)

Hacking a Brother Label Maker: Is your CUPS half empty or half full?
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/hacking-a-brother-label-maker-is-your-cups-half-empty-or-half-full/

On the one hand, we were impressed that a tiny Brother label maker actually uses CUPS to support printing. Like [Sdomi], we were less than impressed at how old a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/hacking-a-brother-label-maker-is-your-cups-half-empty-or-half-full/)

2024 Business Card Challenge: Magnetic Fidget Card
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/2024-business-card-challenge-magnetic-fidget-card/

If you want someone to keep your business card around, you should probably make it really cool-looking, or have it do something useful. It’s kind of the whole point of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/2024-business-card-challenge-magnetic-fidget-card/)

Custom Microcode Compiler, Made in Google Sheets
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/custom-microcode-compiler-made-in-google-sheets/

When homebrewing a CPU, one has to deal with microcode. Microcode is the low-level nuts and bolts of how, precisely, a CPU executes instructions (like opcodes) and performs functions such …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/custom-microcode-compiler-made-in-google-sheets/)

C Compiler Exists Entirely in Vim
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/c-compiler-exists-entirely-in-vim/

8cc.vim is a C compiler that exists as pure Vimscript. Is it small? It sure is! How about fast? Absolutely not! Efficient? Also no. But does it work and is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/c-compiler-exists-entirely-in-vim/)

New Battery Has no Anode
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/new-battery-has-no-anode/