Fireplace Logs, Winter Heat (https://www.flickr.com/photos/8398907@N02/4210789243) by moonjazz, CC BY-SA 2.0
' data-image-caption='Fireplace Logs, Winter Heat (https://www.flickr.com/photos/8398907@N02/4210789243) by moonjazz, CC BY-SA 2.0
' data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/wood_fire.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/wood_fire.png?w=800">Researchers at UCLA recently developed what they are calling a thermal transistor: a solid-state device able to control the flow of heat with an electric field. This opens the door …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/20/a-transistor-but-for-heat-instead-of-electrons/)

Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With All the LEGO
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/20/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-all-the-lego/

It seems like mechanical keyboard enthusiasts are more spoiled for choice with each passing day. But as broad as the open source pool has become, there’s still no perfect keyboard …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/20/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-all-the-lego/)

Retrotechtacular: 1960s Doc Calls Computers The Universal Machine
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/20/retrotechtacular-1960s-doc-calls-computers-the-universal-machine/

Animated gif of large 1950s computer spitting out a sheet of paper.
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Universal-Machine-Rectangular.gif?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Universal-Machine-Rectangular.gif?w=780">It’s weird to think that an abacus would have still been used sixty years ago, or so posits the documentary series The Computer and the Mind of Man. This six …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/20/retrotechtacular-1960s-doc-calls-computers-the-universal-machine/)

Slab Casting – A New Way to Combine 3D Printing and Ceramics
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/20/slab-casting-a-new-way-to-combine-3d-printing-and-ceramics/

Slip casting can be messy both in processing and in making the original plaster mold. What if there was a better way, thanks to 3D printing? [Allie Katz] has developed …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/20/slab-casting-a-new-way-to-combine-3d-printing-and-ceramics/)

FLOSS Weekly Episode 762: Spilling the Tea
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/20/floss-weekly-episode-762-spilling-the-tea/

Editor’s Note: We’re excited to announce that Hackaday is the new home of FLOSS Weekly! The TWiT network hosted the podcast for an incredible seventeen years, but due to some …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/20/floss-weekly-episode-762-spilling-the-tea/)

Multi-View Wire Art Meets Generative AI
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/20/multi-view-wire-art-meets-generative-ai/

DreamWire is a system for generating multi-view wire art using machine learning techniques to help generate the patterns required. What’s wire art? It’s a three-dimensional twisted mass of lines which, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/20/multi-view-wire-art-meets-generative-ai/)

Homebrew Gel Fuel Keeps the Steam Coming, Legally
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/20/homebrew-gel-fuel-keeps-the-steam-coming-legally/

All it takes is one knucklehead to go and do something stupid to screw things up for everyone. We’re not exactly sure who the knucklehead is behind the recent ban …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/20/homebrew-gel-fuel-keeps-the-steam-coming-legally/)

Arduino Measures Remaining Battery Power With Zero Components, No I/O Pin
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/21/arduino-measures-remaining-battery-power-with-zero-components-no-i-o-pin/