It hasn’t been that long since humans figured out how to create power grids that integrated multiple generators and consumers. Ever since AC won the battle of the currents, grid …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/power-grid-stability-from-generators-to-reactive-power/)

USB-C-ing All The Things
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/usb-c-ing-all-the-things/

Wall warts. Plug mounted power supplies that turn mains voltage into low voltage DC on a barrel jack to power a piece of equipment. We’ve all got a load of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/usb-c-ing-all-the-things/)

The Epochalypse: It’s Y2K, But 38 Years Later
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/the-epochalypse-y2k-but-38-years-later/

Picture this: it’s January 19th, 2038, at exactly 03:14:07 UTC. Somewhere in a data center, a Unix system quietly ticks over its internal clock counter one more time. But instead …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/the-epochalypse-y2k-but-38-years-later/)

2025 One-Hertz Challenge: Pokémon Alarm Clock Tells You It’s Time to Build the Very Best
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/2025-one-hertz-challenge-pokemon-alarm-clock-tells-you-its-time-to-build-the-very-best/

We’ve all felt the frustration of cheap consumer electronics — especially when they aren’t actually cheap. How many of us have said “Who designed this crap? I could do better …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/2025-one-hertz-challenge-pokemon-alarm-clock-tells-you-its-time-to-build-the-very-best/)

2025 One Hertz Challenge: A 555, but not as we know it
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/2025-one-hertz-challenge-a-555-but-not-as-we-know-it/

We did explicitly ask for projects that use a 555 timer for the One Hertz Challenge, but we weren’t expecting the 555 to be the project. Yet, here we are, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/2025-one-hertz-challenge-a-555-but-not-as-we-know-it/)

Video Tape Hides Video Player
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/video-tape-hides-video-player/

While it might not be accurate to say VHS is dead, it’s certainly not a lively format. It continues on in undeath thanks to dedicated collectors and hobbyists, some of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/video-tape-hides-video-player/)

The Hall-Héroult Process on a Home Scale
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/the-hall-heroult-process-on-a-home-scale/

Although Charles Hall conducted his first successful run of the Hall-Héroult aluminium smelting process in the woodshed behind his house, it has ever since remained mostly out of reach of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/the-hall-heroult-process-on-a-home-scale/)

Nylon-Like TPU Filament: Testing CC3D’s 72D TPU
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/nylon-like-tpu-filament-testing-cc3ds-72d-tpu/