This week, Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos met up to discuss the best hacks of the previous week. It’s CES time once again in Las Vegas, and you know …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/hackaday-podcast-episode-252-x1plus-hacks-bambu-scotto-builds-a-katana-keyboard-and-bass-puts-out-fire/)

A Homebrew GPS Correction System for DIY Land Surveying
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/a-homebrew-gps-correction-system-for-diy-land-surveying/

For those of you rushing to the comment section after reading the title to tell [Ben Dauphinee] that his DIY land surveying efforts are for naught because only a licensed …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/a-homebrew-gps-correction-system-for-diy-land-surveying/)

In Praise of Old Meters
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/in-praise-of-old-meters/

We are spoiled with multimeters today. Even the cheapest meter you will get these days is almost surely digital with a tremendous input impedance. But a few decades ago, meters …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/in-praise-of-old-meters/)

All I Want for Mr. Christmas Is Some New Music
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/all-i-want-for-mr-christmas-is-some-new-music/

You, it’s true; you really can find anything (except maybe LEGO) in thrift stores. When [thecowgoesmoo] picked up a Mr. Christmas Symphonium music box one day, they knew they wanted …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/all-i-want-for-mr-christmas-is-some-new-music/)

The Early History Of The Microcontroller: It Came From Texas
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/the-early-history-of-the-microcontroller-it-came-from-texas/

TMS 1000 Microcontroller – By Antonio Martí Campoy – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/tms1000_mcu.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/tms1000_mcu.jpg?w=800">Although for most generations alive today the era of microcontrollers (MCU) feels like it starts somewhere with the Intel 8051 and AVR MCUs, the history of these self-contained computing marvels …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/the-early-history-of-the-microcontroller-it-came-from-texas/)

Wiring Harness? That’s a Wrap!
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/wiring-harness-thats-a-wrap/

[Mr Innovative] likes to keep his wire harnesses tidy, but it is a pain to neatly wrap cables. So, he automated the process using a combination of milled acrylic and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/12/wiring-harness-thats-a-wrap/)

Wiring An SD card To A Handspring PDA’s 68K Bus With Only Three SOT23s
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/13/wiring-an-sd-card-to-a-handspring-pdas-68k-bus-with-only-three-sot23s/

In 1998 the founders of Palm had a bit of a falling out with the wildly successful PDA company’s new owners. They set up a new company called Handspring, which …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/13/wiring-an-sd-card-to-a-handspring-pdas-68k-bus-with-only-three-sot23s/)