How Simple Can A Superhet Be
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/how-simple-can-a-superhet-be/

If you cultivate an interest in building radios it’s likely that you’ll at some point make a simple receiver. Perhaps a regenerative receiver, or maybe a direct conversion design, it’ll …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/how-simple-can-a-superhet-be/)

Why Sodium-Ion Batteries are Terrible for Solar Storage
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/why-sodium-ion-batteries-are-terrible-for-solar-storage/

These days just about any battery storage solution connected to PV solar or similar uses LiFePO4 (LFP) batteries. The reason for this is obvious: they got a very practical charge …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/why-sodium-ion-batteries-are-terrible-for-solar-storage/)

Self-Driving Cars and the Fight Over the Necessity of Lidar
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/self-driving-cars-and-the-fight-over-the-necessity-of-lidar/

If you haven’t lived underneath a rock for the past decade or so, you will have seen a lot of arguing in the media by prominent figures and their respective …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/self-driving-cars-and-the-fight-over-the-necessity-of-lidar/)

Why You Shouldn’t Trade Walter Cronkite for an LLM
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/why-you-shouldnt-trade-walter-cronkite-for-an-llm/

Has anyone noticed that news stories have gotten shorter and pithier over the past few decades, sometimes seeming like summaries of what you used to peruse? In spite of that, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/why-you-shouldnt-trade-walter-cronkite-for-an-llm/)

The Time Of Year For Things That Go Bump In The Night
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/the-time-of-year-for-things-that-go-bump-in-the-night/

Each year around the end of October we feature plenty of Halloween-related projects, usually involving plastic skeletons and LED lights, or other fun tech for decorations to amuse kids. It’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/the-time-of-year-for-things-that-go-bump-in-the-night/)

Build Your Own Force-Feedback Joystick
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/build-your-own-force-feedback-joystick/

Force feedback joysticks are prized for creating a more realistic experience when used with software like flight sims. Sadly, you can’t say the same thing about using them with mech …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/build-your-own-force-feedback-joystick/)

Iconic Xbox Prototype Brought to Life
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