Mesmerizing Patterns from Simple Rules
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Nature is known for its intense beauty from its patterns and bright colors; however, this requires going outside. Who has time for that insanity!?!? [Bleuje] provides the perfect solution with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/07/mesmerizing-patterns-from-simple-rules/)

Tips for C Programming from Nic Barker
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/07/tips-for-c-programming-from-nic-barker/

If you’re going to be a hacker, learning C is a rite of passage. If you don’t have much experience with C, or if your experience is out of date, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/07/tips-for-c-programming-from-nic-barker/)

Building the DVD Logo Screensaver with LEGO
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/08/building-the-dvd-logo-screensaver-with-lego/

Just a simple Lego bouncy DVD logo screensaver mechanism. (Credit: Grant Davis, YouTube)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/lego_dvd_screensaver_complete_grant_davis_youtube.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/lego_dvd_screensaver_complete_grant_davis_youtube.jpg?w=800">There’s something extremely calming and pleasing about watching a screensaver that merely bounces some kind of image around, with the DVD logo screensaver of a DVD player being a good …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/08/building-the-dvd-logo-screensaver-with-lego/)

Homebrew Dam Control System Includes all the Bells and Whistles
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Over on brushless.zone, we’ve come across an interesting write-up that details the construction of a dam control system. This is actually the second part, in the first, we learn that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/08/homebrew-dam-control-system-includes-all-the-bells-and-whistles/)

Reshaping Eyeballs With Electricity, No Lasers Or Cutting Required
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/08/reshaping-eyeballs-with-electricity-no-lasers-or-cutting-required/

Glasses are perhaps the most non-invasive method of vision correction, followed by contact lenses. Each have their drawbacks though, and some seek more permanent solutions in the form of laser …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/08/reshaping-eyeballs-with-electricity-no-lasers-or-cutting-required/)

A Minicomputer Tape Drive Receives Some Love
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Taking on a refrigerator-sized minicomputer  is not for the faint-hearted, but [Usagi Electric] has done it with a DEC PDP-11/44. He’s not doing it in half measures either, for his …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/08/a-minicomputer-tape-drive-receives-some-love/)

Ask Hackaday: Why is TTL 5 Volts?
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The familiar five volts standard from back in the TTL days always struck me as odd. Back when I was just a poor kid trying to cobble together my first …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/08/ask-hackaday-why-is-ttl-5-volts/)