Getting a robot to stand on two wheels without tipping over involves a challenging dance with the laws of physics. Self-balancing robots are a great way to get into control …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/09/taming-the-wobble-an-arduino-self-balancing-bot/)

Old Chromebooks Get Second Life as Video Wall
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/09/old-chromebooks-get-second-life-as-video-wall/

What would you do with dozens and dozens of outdated Chromebooks that are no longer getting updates from the Google Mothership? It’s a situation that plenty of schools will have …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/09/old-chromebooks-get-second-life-as-video-wall/)

Deep Drawing with Ultrasonics
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/09/deep-drawing-with-ultrasonics/

Small cylindrical parts are often formed through deep drawing — a process by which a punch forms the finished piece from a flat sheet of metal using a forming die. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/09/deep-drawing-with-ultrasonics/)

Hackaday Links: March 9, 2025
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/09/hackaday-links-march-9-2025/

It’s been a busy week in space news, and very little of it was good. We’ll start with the one winner of the week, Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, which …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/09/hackaday-links-march-9-2025/)

Clock Mechanism Goes Crazy for Arduino
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/09/clock-mechanism-goes-crazy-for-arduino/

You’ve doubtless seen those ubiquitous clock modules, especially when setting clocks for daylight savings time. You know the ones: a single AA battery, a wheel to set the time, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/09/clock-mechanism-goes-crazy-for-arduino/)

IPV4, IPV6… Hey! What Happened to IPV5?
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/09/ipv4-ipv6-hey-what-happened-to-ipv5/

If you’ve ever been configuring a router or other network device and noticed that you can set up IPv4 and IPv6, you might have wondered what happened to IPv5. Well, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/09/ipv4-ipv6-hey-what-happened-to-ipv5/)

ZX Spectrum, Soviet Style: A 44-IC Clone You Can Build
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/10/zx-spectrum-soviet-style-a-44-ic-clone-you-can-build/

If you’ve ever fancied building a ZX Spectrum clone without hunting down ancient ULAs or soldering your way through 60+ chips, [Alex J. Lowry] has just dropped an exciting build. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/10/zx-spectrum-soviet-style-a-44-ic-clone-you-can-build/)

You Are Already Traveling at the Speed of Light
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/10/you-are-already-traveling-at-the-speed-of-light/

Science fiction authors and readers dream of travelling at the speed of light, but Einstein tells us we can’t. You might think that’s an arbitrary rule, but [FloatHeadPhysics] shows a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/10/you-are-already-traveling-at-the-speed-of-light/)

Inexpensive Repairable Laptops, With Apple Style
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/10/inexpensive-repairable-laptops-with-apple-style/