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Nobody likes spam messages, but some of them contain rather fascinating scams. Case in point, [Ben Tasker] recently got a few romance scam emails that made him decide to take …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/15/my-scammer-girlfriend-baiting-a-romance-fraudster/)
Ever pried apart an LCD? If so, you’ve likely stumbled at the unassuming zebra strip — the pliable connector that makes bridging PCB pads to glass traces look effortless. [Chuck] …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/15/putting-conductive-tpu-to-the-test/)
We talk about quantum states — that is, something can be at one of several discrete values but not in between. For example, a binary digit can be a 1 …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/15/you-too-can-do-the-franck-hertz-experiment/)
The WebUSB standard is certainly controversial. Many consider it a security risk, and, to date,  only Chromium-based browsers support it. But there is a workaround that is, ironically, supposed to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/15/add-webusb-support-to-firefox-with-a-special-usb-device/)
Ever wanted to produce nitrogen fertilizer like they did in the 1900s? In that case, you’re probably looking at the Birkeland-Eyde process, which was the first industrial-scale atmospheric nitrogen fixation …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/15/building-a-fully-automatic-birkeland-eyde-reactor/)
Photo-printing kiosks are about as common as payphones these days. However, there was a time when they were everywhere. The idea was that if you didn’t have a good printer …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/15/repairing-a-kodak-picture-maker-kiosk/)
When your homebrew Yagi antenna only sort-of works, or when your WiFi cantenna seems moody on rainy days, we can assure you: it is not only you. You can stop …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/16/a-hackers-approach-to-all-things-antenna/)