Smartwatches are a battleground these days, with smartphone manufacturers vying to have the prettiest, sleekest, and longest-lasting device on the market. Meanwhile, DIY efforts continue to improve in sophistication as …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/23/arudwatch-design-study-is-compelling-concept-for-diy-smartwatch/)

Retrotechtacular: The $175,000 Laser Printer
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Laser printers today are cheap and readily available. But in 1976, they were the height of printing technology. The IBM 3800 was the $175,000 printer to have in that year. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/23/retrotechtacular-the-175000-laser-printer/)

KaboomBox is a Firecracker of a Music Player
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Ka-chunk. Let’s face it, 8-tracks were not that great. But the players, that’s another story. The Panasonic RQ-830S, aka the dynamite or TNT player is just one of many lovely …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/23/kaboombox-is-a-firecracker-of-a-music-player/)

Using LEDs To Determine a Video Camera’s True Framerate
https://hackaday.com/2023/10/23/using-leds-to-determine-a-video-cameras-true-framerate/

Interpolation and digital cropping are two techniques which are commonly used by marketing folk to embellish the true specifications of a device. Using digital cropping a fictitious zoom level can …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/23/using-leds-to-determine-a-video-cameras-true-framerate/)

DIY Shredder Creates Insulation
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Plenty of us have experience with paper shredders, but there are all kinds of machines designed to completely destroy other materials as well, from metal and plastic, to entire cars. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/23/diy-shredder-creates-insulation/)

The iMac GPU Becomes Upgradeable, With PCIe
https://hackaday.com/2023/10/23/the-imac-gpu-becomes-upgradeable-with-pcie/

Over its long lifetime, the Apple iMac all-in-one computer has morphed from the early CRT models through those odd table-lamp machines into today’s beautiful sleek affairs. They look pretty, but …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/23/the-imac-gpu-becomes-upgradeable-with-pcie/)

Light Guns Aren’t Just for CRTs Anymore
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For how much of a cultural phenomenon light gun games like Duck Hunt were, they didn’t survive the transition from CRT televisions to LCDs particularly well because of all of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/23/light-guns-arent-just-for-crts-anymore/)