Rare earth elements are used to produce magnets with very high strength that also strongly resist demagnetization, their performance is key to modern motors such as those in electric vehicles …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/09/making-ev-motors-and-breaking-up-with-rare-earth-elements/)

Samsung Killed The Online Service, This 20 Dollar Dongle Brings It Back
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/09/samsung-killed-the-online-service-this-20-dollar-dongle-brings-it-back/

Around 2010 or so, Samsung cameras came with an online service: Social Network Services. It enabled pictures to be unloaded wirelessly to social media with minimum hassle, which back then …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/09/samsung-killed-the-online-service-this-20-dollar-dongle-brings-it-back/)

Solar Dynamics Observatory: Our Solar Early Warning System
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/09/solar-dynamics-observatory-our-solar-early-warning-system/

Ever since the beginning of the Space Age, the inner planets and the Earth-Moon system have received the lion’s share of attention. That makes sense; it’s a whole lot easier …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/09/solar-dynamics-observatory-our-solar-early-warning-system/)

Keep Your Lungs Clean and Happy with a DIY Supplied-Air Respirator
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/09/keep-your-lungs-clean-and-happy-with-a-diy-supplied-air-respirator/

The smell of resin SLA printing is like the weather — everybody complains about it, but nobody does anything about it. At least until now, as [Aris Alder] tackles the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/09/keep-your-lungs-clean-and-happy-with-a-diy-supplied-air-respirator/)

Supercon Call For Proposals Extended: July 16th
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/09/supercon-call-for-proposals-extended-july-16th/

Ever since the first Supercon, people have submitted talk proposals at the very last minute, and some even in the minutes after the last minute. We know how it is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/09/supercon-call-for-proposals-extended-july-16th/)

Hackable Ham Radio Gives Up Its Mechanical Secrets
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/09/hackable-ham-radio-gives-up-its-mechanical-secrets/

Reverse-engineered schematics are de rigeur around these parts, largely because they’re often the key to very cool hardware hacks. We don’t get to see many mechanical reverse-engineering efforts, though, which …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/09/hackable-ham-radio-gives-up-its-mechanical-secrets/)

Building A Cassette Deck Controller To Save a Locked Out Car Stereo
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/09/building-a-cassette-deck-controller-to-save-a-locked-out-car-stereo/

Cars have had DRM-like measures for longer than you might think. Go back to the 1990s, and coded cassette decks were a common way to stop thieves being able to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/09/building-a-cassette-deck-controller-to-save-a-locked-out-car-stereo/)