In another regular installment of politicians making ridiculous statements about technology, Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, [François-Philippe Champagne], suggested banning Flipper Zero and similar devices from sale in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/15/why-stealing-a-car-with-flipper-zero-is-a-silly-idea/)

You Could Be Relatively Cooler In Diamond-Coated Clothing
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/15/you-could-be-relatively-cooler-in-diamond-coated-clothing/

We vaguely remember what we believe was a DuPont commercial in the late ’80s or early ’90s touting that one day, they would make clothing that could cool you. And …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/15/you-could-be-relatively-cooler-in-diamond-coated-clothing/)

How Intel Gave Us The PCI Bus While Burying VESA’s VL-Bus
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/15/how-intel-gave-us-the-pci-bus-while-burying-vesas-vl-bus/

PC AT mainboard with both 16-bit ISA and 32-bit PCI slots. (Credit: htomari, Flickr)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/16446782191_86f82e413d_c.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/16446782191_86f82e413d_c.jpg?w=800">The early days of home computing were quite a jungle of different standards and convoluted solutions to make one piece of hardware work on as many different platforms as possible. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/15/how-intel-gave-us-the-pci-bus-while-burying-vesas-vl-bus/)

All-Sky Camera Checks for Aurora
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/all-sky-camera-checks-for-aurora/

The aurora borealis (and its southern equivalent, the aurora australis) is a fleeting and somewhat rare phenomenon that produces vivid curtains of color in the sky at extreme latitudes. It’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/all-sky-camera-checks-for-aurora/)

The Latest Windows 11 Release Might Not Work On Your Oldest Machines
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/the-latest-windows-11-release-might-not-work-on-your-oldest-machines/

Everybody knows you can’t install Windows XP on a 386, or Windows 95 on an original IBM PC. But for Windows 11, the goalposts seem to be changing with newer …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/the-latest-windows-11-release-might-not-work-on-your-oldest-machines/)

This Week in Security: Filename Not Sanitized, MonikerLink, and Snap Attack!
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/this-week-in-security-filename-not-sanitized-monikerlink-and-snap-attack/

Reading through a vulnerability report about ClamAV, I came across a phrase that filled me with dread: “The file name is not sanitized”. It’s a feature, VirusEvent, that can be …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/this-week-in-security-filename-not-sanitized-monikerlink-and-snap-attack/)

Compact Cycloidal Drive Lives Inside This Custom Brushless Motor
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/compact-cycloidal-drive-lives-inside-this-custom-brushless-motor/

With the popularity of robot dogs, many people have gotten on the bandwagon and tried building DIY versions. Most of them end up attaching a gearbox to an off-the-shelf brushless …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/16/compact-cycloidal-drive-lives-inside-this-custom-brushless-motor/)