The 802.11ah WiFi (HaLow) standard is fairly new, having only been introduced in 2017. It’s supposed to fall somewhere between standard WiFi used in domiciles and offices and the longer …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/802-11ah-wi-fi-halow-the-1-kilometer-wifi-standard/)

Remote-Control Kinetic Sand Table Uses a Single Arduino
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/remote-control-kinetic-sand-table-uses-a-single-arduino/

There’s nothing fun about a Sisyphean task unless you’re watching one being carried out by someone or something else. In that case, it can be mesmerizing like this Arduino-driven kinetic …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/remote-control-kinetic-sand-table-uses-a-single-arduino/)

Recreating the Jupiter ACE
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/recreating-the-jupiter-ace/

What looks like a Sinclair ZX81 but runs Forth? If you said a Jupiter ACE, you get a gold star. These are rare because ordinary people in 1982 didn’t want …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/recreating-the-jupiter-ace/)

Using Sound Waves As A Fire Extinguisher
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/using-sound-waves-as-a-fire-extinguisher/

In order for a fire to sustain itself, it needs three things: fuel, heat, and oxygen, with the disruption of just one of those causing the fire to extinguish. Water, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/using-sound-waves-as-a-fire-extinguisher/)

Hackaday Links: January 7, 2024
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/hackaday-links-january-7-2024/

Oh, perfect — now our cars can BSOD. At least that’s how it looks from a forum post showing a Blue Screen of Death on a Ford Mustang Mach E, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/hackaday-links-january-7-2024/)

World’s First Precision Lathe: Indispensable When Constructing The Antikythera Mechanism
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/worlds-first-precision-lathe-indispensable-when-constructing-the-antikythera-mechanism/

We commonly tend to associate lathes with the Industrial Revolution, when metalworking shifted largely from blacksmiths to machinists, but the use of lathes is much older than that. As [Chris] …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/worlds-first-precision-lathe-indispensable-when-constructing-the-antikythera-mechanism/)

Discovery Dish Lets You Pick Up the Final Frontier
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/discovery-dish-lets-you-pick-up-the-final-frontier/

These days, affordable software defined radios (SDRs) have made huge swaths of the spectrum available to hobbyists. Whether you’re looking to sniff the data from that 433 MHz thermometer you’ve …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/07/discovery-dish-lets-you-pick-up-the-final-frontier/)