In the “don’t try this at home” category, [Joe Smith] builds a spark gap transmitter with a twist. The twist is that the drive power is from a signal generator …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/11/modern-spark-gap-transmitter-uses-a-rotary-gap/)

Tech In Plain Sight: Superglue
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/11/tech-in-plain-sight-superglue/

Many inventions happen not by design but through failure. They don’t happen through the failure directly, but because someone was paying attention and remembered the how and why of the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/11/tech-in-plain-sight-superglue/)

Bunnie Huang’s Shenzhen Guide Gets A New Edition – Written By Naomi Wu
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/11/bunnie-huangs-shenzhen-guide-gets-a-new-edition-written-by-naomi-wu/

If there’s one city which can truly claim to be the powerhouse of high-tech manufacturing here in the 21st century, it’s the Chinese city of Shenzhen. It’s likely that few …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/11/bunnie-huangs-shenzhen-guide-gets-a-new-edition-written-by-naomi-wu/)

Make Carbon Fiber Tubes With An Open Source Filament Winder
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/11/make-carbon-fiber-tubes-with-an-open-source-filament-winder/

Carbon fiber (CF) is an amazing material that provides a lot of strength for very little weight, making it very useful for a lot of applications, ranging from rods in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/11/make-carbon-fiber-tubes-with-an-open-source-filament-winder/)

Wireless Bike Brakes
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/11/wireless-bike-brakes/

Bicycles are the most efficient machines for moving a person around, and wireless drivetrains have been heralded as a way to make shifting more consistent and require less maintenance. [Blake …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/11/wireless-bike-brakes/)

Terminal-Based Image Viewer, and Multi-OS Binary, and under 100kb
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/11/terminal-based-image-viewer-and-multi-os-binary-and-under-100kb/

[Justine Tunney]’s printimage.com is a program capable of splatting full-color images to text mode terminal sessions, but that’s not even its neatest trick. It’s also a small binary executable capable …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/11/terminal-based-image-viewer-and-multi-os-binary-and-under-100kb/)

Raspberry Pi Changes HATs
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/11/raspberry-pi-changes-hats/

Following on the heels of their Raspberry Pi 5 launch and some specifications for their RP1 all-in-one peripheral chip, the Raspberry Pi folks have now released an update to the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/11/raspberry-pi-changes-hats/)

Homemade Raman Laser is Shaken, Not Stirred
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/12/homemade-raman-laser-is-shaken-not-stirred/