Look around you. Chances are, there’s a BiC Cristal ballpoint pen among your odds and ends. Since 1950, it has far outsold the Rubik’s Cube and even the iPhone, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/29/this-is-how-a-pen-changed-the-world/)

Sound and Water Make Weird Vibes in Microgravity
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/29/sound-and-water-make-weird-vibes-in-microgravity/

NASA astronaut [Don Pettit] shared a short video from an experiment he performed on the ISS back in 2012, demonstrating the effects of sound waves on water in space. Specifically, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/29/sound-and-water-make-weird-vibes-in-microgravity/)

You Can Use Visual Studio Code To Write Commodore 64 Assembly
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/29/you-can-use-visual-studio-code-to-write-commodore-64-assembly/

Once upon a time, you might have developed for the Commodore 64 using the very machine itself. You’d use the chunky old keyboard, a tape drive, or the 1541 disk …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/29/you-can-use-visual-studio-code-to-write-commodore-64-assembly/)

Squeeze Another Drive into a Full-Up NAS
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/30/squeeze-another-drive-into-a-full-up-nas/

A network-attached storage (NAS) device is a frequent peripheral in home and office networks alike, yet so often these devices come pre-installed with a proprietary OS which does not lend …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/30/squeeze-another-drive-into-a-full-up-nas/)

Turn Your Qualcomm Phone Or Modem Into Cellular Sniffer
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/30/turn-your-qualcomm-phone-or-modem-into-cellular-sniffer/

If your thought repurposing DVB-T dongles for generic software defined radio (SDR) use was cool, wait until you see QCSuper, a project that re-purposes phones and modems to capture raw …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/30/turn-your-qualcomm-phone-or-modem-into-cellular-sniffer/)

2024 Home Sweet Home Automation: The Winners Are In
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/30/2024-home-sweet-home-automation-the-winners-are-in/

Home automation is huge right now in consumer electronics, but despite the wide availability of products on the market, hackers and makers are still spinning up their own solutions. It …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/30/2024-home-sweet-home-automation-the-winners-are-in/)

Singleboard: Alpha is a Very Stylish Computer on a Single PCB
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/30/singleboard-alpha-is-a-very-stylish-computer-on-a-single-pcb/

When we think single-board computers, we normally envision things like the Raspberry Pi. But Arduboy creator [Kevin Bates] has recently come up with his own take on the SBC that’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/30/singleboard-alpha-is-a-very-stylish-computer-on-a-single-pcb/)

Possibly The Cheapest Way To Film In Bullet Time
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/30/possibly-the-cheapest-way-to-film-in-bullet-time/