Surface mount devices have gotten really small, so small that a poorly timed sneeze can send your 0603 and 0402 parts off to live with the dust motes lurking at …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/04/custom-pcb-is-a-poor-mans-pick-and-place/)

How 3D Printing Helps Bring USS Cod Memorial to Life
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/how-3d-printing-helps-bring-uss-cod-memorial-to-life/

The USS Cod is a Gato-class submarine that saw combat in the Second World War and today operates as a museum ship in Cleveland, Ohio. While many other surviving WWII-era …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/how-3d-printing-helps-bring-uss-cod-memorial-to-life/)

Breaking: USPS Halts Inbound Packages From China and Hong Kong Posts
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/breaking-usps-halts-inbound-packages-from-china-and-hong-kong-posts/

Update: The USPS has now resumed acceptance of inbound packages from China. According to the updated Service Alert, they are currently working with Customs and Border Protection to “implement an …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/breaking-usps-halts-inbound-packages-from-china-and-hong-kong-posts/)

What Happens If You Die In Space?
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/what-happens-if-you-die-in-space/

There are no two ways about it—space will kill you if you give it half a chance. More than land, sea, or air, the space environment is entirely hostile to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/what-happens-if-you-die-in-space/)

Hacking the 22€ BLE SR08 Smart Ring With Built-In Display
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/hacking-the-22e-ble-sr08-smart-ring-with-built-in-display/

In the process of making everything ‘smart’, it would seem that rings have become the next target, and they keep getting new features. The ring that [Aaron Christophel] got his …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/hacking-the-22e-ble-sr08-smart-ring-with-built-in-display/)

Investigating Why Animals Sleep: From Memory Sorting to Waste Disposal
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/investigating-why-animals-sleep-from-memory-sorting-to-waste-disposal/

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alopex_lagopus_IMG_9019.JPG
" data-image-caption="Sleeping arctic fox (Alopex lagopus). (Credit: Rama, Wikimedia)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Alopex_lagopus_IMG_9019.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Alopex_lagopus_IMG_9019.jpg?w=800">What has puzzled researchers and philosophers for many centuries is the ‘why’ of sleep, along with the ‘how’. We human animals know from experience that we need to sleep, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/investigating-why-animals-sleep-from-memory-sorting-to-waste-disposal/)

FLOSS Weekly Episode 819: Session, It’s all Abot the Metadata
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/floss-weekly-episode-819-session-its-all-abot-the-metadata/

This week, Jonathan Bennett talks Session and cryptocurrency skepticism with Kee Jefferys! Why fork Signal? How does Session manage to decentralize? And why the cryptocurrency angle? Listen to find out! …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/floss-weekly-episode-819-session-its-all-abot-the-metadata/)

Good-Looking HAT Does Retro Displays Right
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/good-looking-hat-does-retro-displays-right/