In the past week, a few forum and Reddit threads have popped up, with people stating that JLCPCB has emailed them with a notice, saying their accounts are set up …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/19/jlcpcb-locking-accounts-mentions-risky-ip-addresses-activities/)

Decoding a 350 Year Old Coded Message
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/19/decoding-a-350-year-old-coded-message/

Usually, a story about hacking a coded message will have some computer element or, at least, a machine like an Enigma. But [Ruth Selman] recently posted a challenge asking if …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/19/decoding-a-350-year-old-coded-message/)

Filming at the Speed of Light, About One Foot per Nanosecond
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/19/filming-at-the-speed-of-light-about-one-foot-per-nanosecond/

[Brian Haidet] published on his AlphaPhoenix channel a laser beam recorded at 2 billion frames per second. Well, sort of. The catch? It’s only a one pixel by one pixel …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/19/filming-at-the-speed-of-light-about-one-foot-per-nanosecond/)

The MSL10 Mechanosensor Makes Venus Flytrap Plants Touchy
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/19/the-msl10-mechanosensor-makes-venus-flytrap-plants-touchy/

Carnivorous plants are a fascinating part of the natural world, especially species like the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) that rely on what is effectively a spring-loaded trap to ensnare unsuspecting …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/19/the-msl10-mechanosensor-makes-venus-flytrap-plants-touchy/)

2025 Component Abuse Challenge: Conductive Filament Makes a Meltable Fuse
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/19/2025-component-abuse-challenge-conductive-filament-makes-a-meltable-fuse/

Everything is a fuse if you run enough current through it. Or at least [JohnsonFarms.us] seems to think so, which has led him to design 3D-printed fuses made from conductive …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/19/2025-component-abuse-challenge-conductive-filament-makes-a-meltable-fuse/)

Hackaday Links: October 19, 2025
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/19/hackaday-links-october-19-2025/

After a quiet week in the news cycle, surveillance concern Flock jumped right back in with both feet, announcing a strategic partnership with Amazon’s Ring to integrate that company’s network …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/19/hackaday-links-october-19-2025/)

Game of Theseus Gets Graphics Upgrade, Force Feedback 30 Years On
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/19/game-of-theseus-gets-graphics-upgrade-force-feedback-30-years-on/

Indycar Racing 2 was a good game, back in 1995; in some ways, it was the Crysis of the Clinton years, in that most mortals could not run it to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/19/game-of-theseus-gets-graphics-upgrade-force-feedback-30-years-on/)