Cheap 10x10cm Hotplate Punches Above Its Weight
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/cheap-10x10cm-hotplate-punches-above-its-weight/

For less than $30 USD, you can get a 10×10 centimeter hotplate with 350 Watts of power. Sounds mighty fine to us, so surely there must be a catch? Maybe …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/cheap-10x10cm-hotplate-punches-above-its-weight/)

Why LLMs are Less Intelligent than Crows
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/why-llms-are-less-intelligent-than-crows/

The basic concept of human intelligence entails self-awareness alongside the ability to reason and apply logic to one’s actions and daily life. Despite the very fuzzy definition of ‘human intelligence‘, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/why-llms-are-less-intelligent-than-crows/)

FLOSS Weekly Episode 858: YottaDB: Sometimes the Solution is Bigger Servers
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/floss-weekly-episode-858-yottadb-sometimes-the-solution-is-bigger-servers/

This week Jonathan chats with K. S. Bhaskar about YottaDB. This very high performance database has some unique tricks! How does YottaDB run across multiple processes without a daemon? Why …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/floss-weekly-episode-858-yottadb-sometimes-the-solution-is-bigger-servers/)

Production KiCad Template Covers All Your Bases
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/production-kicad-template-covers-all-your-bases/

Ever think about all the moving parts involving a big KiCad project going into production? You need to provide manufacturer documentation, assembly instructions and renders for them to reference, every …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/production-kicad-template-covers-all-your-bases/)

Volumetric Display With Lasers and Bubbly Glass
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/volumetric-display-with-lasers-and-bubbly-glass/

There’s a type of dust-collector that’s been popular since the 1990s, where a cube of acrylic or glass is laser-etched in a three-dimensional pattern. Some people call them bubblegrams. While …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/volumetric-display-with-lasers-and-bubbly-glass/)

Your Supercomputer Arrives in the Cloud
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/your-supercomputer-arrives-in-the-cloud/

For as long as there have been supercomputers, people like us have seen the announcements and said, “Boy! I’d love to get some time on that computer.” But now that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/your-supercomputer-arrives-in-the-cloud/)

Building Rust Apps For Cheap Hackable Handheld Console
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/11/building-rust-apps-for-cheap-hackable-handheld-console/

The age of cheap and powerful devices is upon us. How about a 20 EUR handheld game console intended for retro game emulation, that runs Linux under the hood? [Luiz …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/11/building-rust-apps-for-cheap-hackable-handheld-console/)