Popular Science Experiments in Sound During the 19th-Century
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/popular-science-experiments-in-sound-during-the-19th-century/

Check one, two; check one, two; is this thing on? Over on The Public Domain Review [Lucas Thompson] takes us for a spin through sound, as it was in Britain …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/popular-science-experiments-in-sound-during-the-19th-century/)

Hands On WIth The Raspberry Pi Compute Module Zero
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/hands-on-with-the-raspberry-pi-compute-module-zero/

We are all familiar enough by now with the succession of boards that have come from Raspberry Pi in Cambridge over the years, and when a new one comes out …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/hands-on-with-the-raspberry-pi-compute-module-zero/)

Commodore Disk Drive Becomes General Purpose Computer
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/commodore-disk-drive-becomes-general-purpose-computer/

The Commodore 1541 was built to do one job—to save and load data from 5.25″ diskettes. [Commodore History] decided to see whether the drive could be put to other purposes, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/commodore-disk-drive-becomes-general-purpose-computer/)

Putting the M in a UNI-T MSO
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/putting-the-m-in-a-uni-t-mso/

[Kerry Wong] points out that the Uni-T MSO oscilloscopes have a logic analyzer built in — that’s the MSO, or Mixed Signal Oscilloscope, part — but you have to add …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/putting-the-m-in-a-uni-t-mso/)

Tying up Loose Ends on a Rope-based Robot Actuator
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/tying-up-loose-ends-on-a-rope-based-robot-actuator/

One of the perennial challenges of building robots is minimizing the size and weight of drive systems while preserving power. One established way to do this, at least on robots …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/tying-up-loose-ends-on-a-rope-based-robot-actuator/)

Close-Up Look Reveals that Raindrops Are More Erosive than Assumed
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/close-up-look-reveals-that-raindrops-are-more-erosive-than-assumed/

Whenever it rains, people generally don’t look too closely at what the drops do exactly when they hit a surface. We generally assume that stuff will get wet and depending …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/close-up-look-reveals-that-raindrops-are-more-erosive-than-assumed/)

Messing With JPEGs in a Text Editor is Fun and Glitchy
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/messing-with-jpegs-in-a-text-editor-is-fun-and-glitchy/