Power outages in the face of natural disasters or more mundane grid failures can range from a mild inconvenience to a matter of life or death if you depend on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/14/sneakernet-power-transmission/)

Charging While Driving Now Possible in Michigan
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/14/charging-while-driving-now-possible-in-michigan/

Heavy vehicles like semi trucks pose a bigger challenge in electrifying the transportation fleet than smaller, more aerodynamic passenger cars. Michigan now has the first public in-road charging system in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/14/charging-while-driving-now-possible-in-michigan/)

Laser Cut Zither Instrument Kicks It Old World Style
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/14/laser-cut-zither-instrument-kicks-it-old-world-style/

Man playing custom zither made with a laser cutter.
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LaserCutZither-Header.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LaserCutZither-Header.jpg?w=800">Learning to play an instrument takes a certain level of dedication — and you can add another layer of dedication on top of that when it’s an instrument not found …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/14/laser-cut-zither-instrument-kicks-it-old-world-style/)

It’s a Microphone and a Spring Reverb all in One
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/15/its-a-microphone-and-a-spring-reverb-all-in-one/

We’re so used to reverb effects being simply another software plugin that it’s easy to forget the electromechanical roots of the effect. Decades ago, a reverb would have been a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/15/its-a-microphone-and-a-spring-reverb-all-in-one/)

Building a Solar-Powered, Supercapacitor-Based Speaker
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/15/building-a-solar-powered-supercapacitor-based-speaker/

Inspired by many months of hours-long load shedding in South Africa, [JGJMatt] decided to make a portable speaker that can play tunes for hours on a single charge and even …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/15/building-a-solar-powered-supercapacitor-based-speaker/)

This Week in Security: Traingate, DNS, and JMP Slides
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/15/this-week-in-security-traingate-dns-and-jmp-slides/

Remember Dieselgate, the scandal where certain diesel vehicles would detect an emissions test, and run cleaner for it, “cheating” the test? Traingate may just put that one into perspective. We’ll …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/15/this-week-in-security-traingate-dns-and-jmp-slides/)

Mods Turn Junk UPS into a Long-Endurance Beast
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/15/mods-turn-junk-ups-into-a-long-endurance-beast/

If you’ve got a so-called uninterruptible power supply (UPS) on your system, you’re probably painfully aware that the “uninterruptible” part has some pretty serious limits. Most consumer units are designed …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/15/mods-turn-junk-ups-into-a-long-endurance-beast/)