Flickering LED tea lights are a friendly and safe alternative to having flaming little pots of wax situated around your home, but sometimes the flicker scheme leaves something to be …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/11/30/hacked-tea-lights-flicker-just-right/)

Absolutely Everything About the Coleco Adam, 8-bit Home Computer
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/30/absolutely-everything-about-the-coleco-adam-8-bit-home-computer/

[Thom Cherryhomes] shared with us an incredible resource for anyone curious about the Coleco Adam, one of the big might-have-been home computers of the 80s. There’s a monstrous 4-hour deep …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/11/30/absolutely-everything-about-the-coleco-adam-8-bit-home-computer/)

Is Microsoft BASIC Hidden in This Educational Child’s Toy?
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/30/is-microsoft-basic-hidden-in-this-educational-childs-toy/

The VTech PreComputer 1000 is a rather ancient toy computer that was available in the distant misty past of 1988. It featured a keyboard and a variety of simple learning …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/11/30/is-microsoft-basic-hidden-in-this-educational-childs-toy/)

A Few New Car Owners Will Join The 48V Future
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/01/__trashed-10/

Leaving aside all the annoying hype surrounding Tesla’s Cybertruck, there’s a little technical detail which might be of more interest to readers than the automotive behemoth itself. It’s one of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/01/__trashed-10/)

Add Some Blinkenlights to Your Supercon Badge
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/01/add-some-blinkenlights-to-your-supercon-badge/

We’re not sure what is more amazing here: the glow of the blinkenlights themselves, the tedium involved in creating it, or the fact that [makeTVee] soldered 280 microscopic WS2812 LEDs …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/01/add-some-blinkenlights-to-your-supercon-badge/)

This Week in Security: Owncloud, NXP, 0-Days, and Fingerprints
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/01/this-week-in-security-owncloud-nxp-0-days-and-fingerprints/

We’re back! And while the column took a week off for Thanksgiving, the security world didn’t. The most pressing news is an issue in Owncloud, that is already under active …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/01/this-week-in-security-owncloud-nxp-0-days-and-fingerprints/)

Bulked Up MHD Drive Makes Waves While Standing Still
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/01/bulked-up-mhd-drive-makes-waves-while-standing-still/

Looking back through the archives, we actually haven’t seen much in the way of homebrew magnetohydrodynamic drives (MHDs) — which is somewhat surprising, as the core concept isn’t nearly as …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/01/bulked-up-mhd-drive-makes-waves-while-standing-still/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 246: Bypassing Fingerprint Readers is Easy, Killing Memory Chips is Hard, Cell Phones vs Sperm
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/01/hackaday-podcast-episode-246-bypassing-fingerprint-readers-is-easy-killing-memory-chips-is-hard-cell-phones-vs-sperm/