Like the lead paint and asbestos of decades past, microplastics are the new awful contaminant that we really ought to do something about. They’re particularly abundant in the aquatic environment, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/how-do-we-deal-with-microplastics-in-the-ocean/)

Lorentz Cannon Fires Lightning
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/lorentz-cannon-fires-lightning/

[Editor’s note: This video disappeared, but there’s another version here at the moment. We’re leaving the links as-were in case they come back up soon.] The aptly named [LightingOnDemand] has …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/lorentz-cannon-fires-lightning/)

A Great Use for AI: Wasting Scammers Time!
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/a-great-use-for-ai-wasting-scammers-time/

We may have found the killer app for AI. Well, actually, British telecom provider O2 has. As The Guardian reports, they have an AI chatbot that acts like a 78-year-old …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/a-great-use-for-ai-wasting-scammers-time/)

Running Doom on an Apple Lightning to HDMI Adapter
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/running-doom-on-an-apple-lightning-to-hdmi-adapter/

As a general rule of thumb, anything that has some kind of display output and a processor more beefy than an early 90s budget PC can run Doom just fine. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/running-doom-on-an-apple-lightning-to-hdmi-adapter/)

T1 is a RISC-V Cray
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/t1-is-a-risc-v-cray/

The crux of most supercomputers is the ability to operate on many pieces of data at once — something video cards are good at, too. Enter T1 (short for Torrent-1), …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/t1-is-a-risc-v-cray/)

Solid Tips for Designing Assistive Technology (Or Anything Else, Really)
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/solid-tips-for-designing-assistive-technology-or-anything-else-really/

Do you make things, and have you got almost ten minutes to spare? If not, make the time because this video by [PrintLab] is chock-full of healthy and practical design tips. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/solid-tips-for-designing-assistive-technology-or-anything-else-really/)

RC Cars With First Person Video, All With An ESP32
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/rc-cars-with-first-person-video-all-with-an-esp32/

Those little ESP32-CAM boards which mate the WiFi-enabled microcontroller with a small parallel-interface camera module have been with us for years, and while they are undeniably cool to play with, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/rc-cars-with-first-person-video-all-with-an-esp32/)