[Hope This Works] wants to someday build a tiny factory line in the garage, with the intent of producing some simple widget down the line. But what is a tiny …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/05/designing-a-toy-conveyor-belt-for-fun-and-profit/)

Ptychography for High Resolution Microscopy
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/05/ptychography-for-high-resolution-microscopy/

Nowadays, if you have a microscope, you probably have a camera of some sort attached. [Applied Science] shows how you can add an array of tiny LEDs and some compute …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/05/ptychography-for-high-resolution-microscopy/)

A TV With Contrast You Haven’t Seen For Years
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/05/a-tv-with-contrast-you-havent-seen-for-years/

It’s something of a surprise, should you own a CRT TV to go with your retrocomputers, when you use it to view a film or a TV show. The resolution …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/05/a-tv-with-contrast-you-havent-seen-for-years/)

Rackmount all the Things, Hi-Fi Edition
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/06/rackmount-all-the-things-hi-fi-edition/

For those who love systems and structure, owning a 19-inch rack with just one slot filled is just not it. But what if the rest of your gear isn’t 19-inch? …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/06/rackmount-all-the-things-hi-fi-edition/)

The Future We Never Got, Running a Future We Got
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/06/the-future-we-never-got-running-a-future-we-got/

If you’re familiar with Java here in 2025, the programming language you know is a world away from what Sun Microsystems planned for it in the mid-1990s. Back then it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/06/the-future-we-never-got-running-a-future-we-got/)

Why 56k Modems Relied On Digital Phone Lines You Didn’t Know We Had
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/06/why-56k-modems-relied-on-digital-phone-lines-you-didnt-know-we-had/

If you came of age in the 1990s, you’ll remember the unmistakable auditory handshake of an analog modem negotiating its connection via the plain old telephone system. That cacophony of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/06/why-56k-modems-relied-on-digital-phone-lines-you-didnt-know-we-had/)

Hacking Digital Calipers for Automated Measurements and Sorta-Micron Accuracy
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/06/hacking-digital-calipers-for-automated-measurements-and-sorta-micron-accuracy/

We’ll take a guess that most readers have a set of digital calipers somewhere close to hand right now. The cheapest ones tend to be a little unsatisfying in the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/06/hacking-digital-calipers-for-automated-measurements-and-sorta-micron-accuracy/)

Hackaday Europe 2025 Welcomes David Cuartielles, Announces Friday Night Bring-a-Hack
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/06/hackaday-europe-2025-welcomes-david-cuartielles-announces-friday-night-bring-a-hack/

If you’re coming to Hackaday Europe 2025, you’ve got just over a week to get your bags packed and head on out to Berlin. Of course you have tickets already, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/06/hackaday-europe-2025-welcomes-david-cuartielles-announces-friday-night-bring-a-hack/)

Custom Touchpad PCBs Without The Pain
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/06/custom-touchpad-pcbs-without-the-pain/