There’s no shortage of cheap & cheerful power supplies which you can obtain from a range of online retailers, but with no listed certification worth anything on them calling them …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/21/reviewing-a-very-dodgy-bsk-602-adjustable-power-supply/)

Hacking Flux Paths: The Surprising Magnetic Bypass
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/21/hacking-flux-paths-the-surprising-magnetic-bypass/

If you think shorting a transformer’s winding means big sparks and fried wires: think again. In this educational video, titled The Magnetic Bypass, [Sam Ben-Yaakov] flips this assumption. By cleverly …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/21/hacking-flux-paths-the-surprising-magnetic-bypass/)

Genetic Algorithm Runs on Atari 800 XL
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/21/genetic-algorithm-runs-on-atari-800-xl/

For the last few years or so, the story in the artificial intelligence that was accepted without question was that all of the big names in the field needed more …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/21/genetic-algorithm-runs-on-atari-800-xl/)

Retrotectacular: Ham Radio As It Was
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/21/retrotectacular-ham-radio-as-it-was/

We hear a lot about how ham radio isn’t what it used to be. But what was it like? Well, the ARRL’s film “The Ham’s Wide World” shows a snapshot …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/21/retrotectacular-ham-radio-as-it-was/)

Tricked Out Miter Fence Has All the Features
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/22/tricked-out-miter-fence-has-all-the-features/

“World’s best” is a mighty ambitious claim, regardless of what you’ve built. But from the look of [Marius Hornberger]’s tricked-out miter fence, it seems like a pretty reasonable claim. For …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/22/tricked-out-miter-fence-has-all-the-features/)

The Perfect Pi Pico Portable Computer
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/22/the-perfect-pi-pico-portable-computer/

[Abe] wanted the perfect portable computer. He has a DevTerm, but it didn’t quite fit his needs. This is Hackaday after all, so he loaded up his favorite CAD software …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/22/the-perfect-pi-pico-portable-computer/)

Multitasker or Many Monotaskers?
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/22/multitasker-or-many-monotaskers/

In Al Williams’s marvelous rant he points out a number of the problems with speaking to computers. Obvious problems with voice control include things like multiple people talking over each …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/22/multitasker-or-many-monotaskers/)

A Web-Based Graphics Editor For Tiny Screens
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/22/a-web-based-graphics-editor-for-tiny-screens/