This week in the Podcast, Elliot Williams is off at Chaos Communication Congress, hearing tales of incredible reverse engineering that got locomotives back up and running, while Al Williams is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/29/hackaday-podcast-episode-250-trains-rc-planes-and-eeproms-in-flames/)

This Baby ‘Scope Is Within Your Reach
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The modern oscilloscope is truly a marvelous instrument, being a computer with a high-speed analogue front end which can deliver the function of an oscilloscope alongside that of a voltmeter …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/29/this-baby-scope-is-within-your-reach/)

Gentoo Linux, Now A Bit Less For The 1337
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Among users of Linux distributions there’s a curious one-upmanship, depending on how esoteric or hardcore  your distro is. Ubuntu users have little shame, while at the other end if you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/29/gentoo-linux-now-a-bit-less-for-the-1337/)

Flashlight Door Lock Is a Bright Idea
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There are many ways to lock a door. You could use a keypad, an RFID card, a fingerprint or retina scan, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, the list goes on. You could even …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/29/flashlight-door-lock-is-a-bright-idea/)

How US Steel Changed From World-Leading To Industry-Trailing
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/29/how-us-steel-changed-from-world-leading-to-industry-trailing/

Edgar Thomson Steel Works in the mid-1990s (Credit: David Rochberg – Own work, CC BY 2.5)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Edgar_Thomson.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Edgar_Thomson.jpg?w=800">It was recently announced that US Steel will be acquired by Tokyo-based Nippon Steel for a measly $14.1 billion , ending the former’s 122 year history as a former US …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/29/how-us-steel-changed-from-world-leading-to-industry-trailing/)

Sound-Reactive Light Saber Flips Allegiance Via Vowel Sounds
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/29/sound-reactive-light-saber-flips-allegiance-via-vowel-sounds/

Students [Berk Gokmen] and [Justin Green] developed an RP2040-based LED-illuminated lightsaber as a final project with a bit of a twist. It has two unusual sound-reactive modes: disco mode, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/29/sound-reactive-light-saber-flips-allegiance-via-vowel-sounds/)

Peltier Mini Fridge for Class by Class
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/30/peltier-mini-fridge-for-class-by-class/

How do you keep a few sodas in your classroom cool? Well, if you are teacher [Ethan Hunt], you have your students design and build a solid-state mini refrigerator that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/30/peltier-mini-fridge-for-class-by-class/)

How to Build a Small Solar Power System
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/30/how-to-build-a-small-solar-power-system/