Is Fire Conductive Enough To Power a Lamp?
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/02/is-fire-conductive-enough-to-power-a-lamp/

Is fire conductive? As ridiculous that may sound at first glance, from a physics perspective the rapid oxidation process we call ‘fire’ produces a lot of substances that can reduce …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/02/is-fire-conductive-enough-to-power-a-lamp/)

Hackaday Links: February 2, 2025
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/02/hackaday-links-february-2-2025/

All things considered, it was a very bad week for aviation here in the United States. Three separate crashes, two of which involved US military aircraft, have left over 70 …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/02/hackaday-links-february-2-2025/)

How the Main Frame Became the Mainframe: an Etymological Dissertation
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/02/how-the-main-frame-became-the-mainframe-an-etymological-dissertation/

In his most recent article, [Ken Shirriff] takes a break from putting ASICs under a microscope, and instead does the same in a proverbial manner with the word ‘mainframe’. Although …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/02/how-the-main-frame-became-the-mainframe-an-etymological-dissertation/)

Do, Dare or Don’t? Getting Inked by a 3D Printer
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/02/do-dare-or-dont-getting-inked-by-a-3d-printer/

This unusual tattoo hack by [Emily The Engineer] is not for the weak of heart, but let’s be frank: we kind of know her for that. And she gives out …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/02/do-dare-or-dont-getting-inked-by-a-3d-printer/)

Stepper Motor Operating Principle and Microstepping Explained
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/03/stepper-motor-operating-principle-and-microstepping-explained/

The [Denki Otaku] YouTube channel took a look recently at some stepper motors, or ‘stepping motors’ as they’re called in Japanese. Using a 2-phase stepper motor as an example, the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/03/stepper-motor-operating-principle-and-microstepping-explained/)

BLE Rain Gauge Sips Water and Batteries
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/03/ble-rain-gauge-sips-water-and-batteries/

It isn’t that hard to make an electronic rain gauge if you have a steady source of power or you don’t mind changing batteries often. But [Matthew Ford] offers a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/03/ble-rain-gauge-sips-water-and-batteries/)

USB Hub-A-Dub-Dub: Weird Edge Cases Are My Ruin
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/03/usb-hub-a-dub-dub-weird-edge-cases-are-my-ruin/