We’ve often said that some technological advancements seemed like alien technology for their time. Sometimes we look back and think something would be easy until we realize they didn’t have …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/18/the-miracle-of-color-tv/)

Windmill Desk Lamp Is Beautifully Soothing
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Typically, lamps provide a stationary source of light to illuminate a given area and help us see what we’re doing. However, they can also be a little more artistic and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/windmill-desk-lamp-is-beautifully-soothing/)

Surplus Industrial Robot Becomes two-ton 3D Printer
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As the saying goes — when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. When life gives you a two-ton surplus industrial robot arm, if you’re [Brian Brocken], you apparently make …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/surplus-industrial-robot-becomes-two-ton-3d-printer/)

This Week in Security: PostHog, Project Zero Refresh, and Thanks For All the Fish
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/this-week-in-security-posthog-project-zero-refresh-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/

There’s something immensely satisfying about taking a series of low impact CVEs, and stringing them together into a full exploit. That’s the story we have from [Mehmet Ince] of Prodraft, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/this-week-in-security-posthog-project-zero-refresh-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/)

Attach a Full Size Lens to a Tiny Camera
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The Kodak Charmera is a tiny keychain camera produced by licencing out the name of the famous film manufacturer, and it’s the current must-have cool trinket among photo nerds. Inside …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/attach-a-full-size-lens-to-a-tiny-camera/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 350: Damnation for Spreadsheets, Praise for Haiku, and Admiration for the Hacks In Between
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/hackaday-podcast-episode-350-damnation-for-spreadsheets-praise-for-haiku-and-admiration-for-the-hacks-in-between/

This week’s Hackaday Podcast sees Elliot Williams joined by Jenny List for an all-European take on the week, and have we got some hacks for you! In the news this …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/hackaday-podcast-episode-350-damnation-for-spreadsheets-praise-for-haiku-and-admiration-for-the-hacks-in-between/)

Decapsulating a PIC12F683 to Examine Its CMOS Implementation
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In a recent video, [Andrew Zonenberg] takes us through the process of decapsulating a PIC12F683 to take a peak at its CMOS implementation. This is a multipart series with five …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/decapsulating-a-pic12f683-to-examine-its-cmos-implementation/)