The blimp, the airship, the dirigible. Whatever you call them, you probably don’t find yourself thinking about them too often. They were an easy way to get airborne, predating the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/23/could-solar-powered-airships-offer-cleaner-travel/)

Testing Your C Knowledge With This One Simple Quiz
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One of the most exciting aspects of the C programming language — as effectively high-level assembly — is that although it’s a bit friendlier for the developer, it also adds …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/23/testing-your-c-knowledge-with-this-one-simple-quiz/)

Autofeeding CNC Lathe Cranks Out Parts All By Itself
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/23/autofeeding-cnc-lathe-cranks-out-parts-all-by-itself/

The trouble with building a business around selling low-margin widgets is that you have to find a way to make a lot of them to make it worth your while. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/23/autofeeding-cnc-lathe-cranks-out-parts-all-by-itself/)

Reverse Engineering The Apple Touch Bar Screen
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/23/reverse-engineering-the-apple-touch-bar-screen/

The Apple Touch Bar was an oddity on a fairly small number of Apple laptops which replaced the function key row with a touch display. Yet what is special about …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/23/reverse-engineering-the-apple-touch-bar-screen/)

A Live Map Display In A 1960s Airliner
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/23/a-live-map-display-in-a-1960s-airliner/

We tend take GPS navigation for granted these days, so it’s easy to forget that it became only available in the last few decades. Aviation navigation used to be significantly …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/23/a-live-map-display-in-a-1960s-airliner/)

Crusty: The Story of the Mac SE that Could
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/23/crusty-the-story-of-the-mac-se-that-could/

Retrocomputing often involves careful restorations, rare components, and white gloves.  This story involves none of those. This is the story of two people who sought to answer one of the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/23/crusty-the-story-of-the-mac-se-that-could/)

Massive Water Rocket Is Impressive But Accessible
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/24/massive-water-rocket-is-impressive-but-accessible/

Water rockets are one of those projects that never get old, and bumping the size just adds to the challenge. In the video after the break, [ARRO Rockets] takes us …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/24/massive-water-rocket-is-impressive-but-accessible/)

This Unique Flip-Flop Uses Chemistry and Lasers
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