This article was prompted by a friend of mine asking for help on a board with an ESP32 heart. The board outputs 2.1 V instead of 3.3 V, and it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/18/design-review-switching-regulator-edition/)

The Guinness Brewery Invented One of Science’s Most Important Statistical Tools
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/18/the-guinness-brewery-invented-one-of-sciences-most-important-statistical-tools/

The Guinness brewery has a long history of innovation, but did you know that it was the birthplace of the t-test? A t-test is usually what underpins a declaration of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/18/the-guinness-brewery-invented-one-of-sciences-most-important-statistical-tools/)

Recovering An Agilent 2000a/3000a Oscilloscope With Corrupt Firmware NAND Flash
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/18/recovering-an-agilent-2000a-3000a-oscilloscope-with-corrupt-firmware-nand-flash/

Everyone knows that you can never purchase enough projects off EBay, lest boredom might inadvertently strike. That’s why [Anthony Kouttron] got his mitts on an Agilent DSO-X 2014A digital oscilloscope that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/18/recovering-an-agilent-2000a-3000a-oscilloscope-with-corrupt-firmware-nand-flash/)

Astroscale’s ADRAS-J Satellite Takes Up-Close Photo of Discarded Rocket Stage
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/18/astroscales-adras-j-satellite-takes-up-close-photo-of-discarded-rocket-stage/

Although there is a lot of space in Earth orbit, there are also some seriously big man-made objects in those orbits, some of which have been there for decades. As …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/18/astroscales-adras-j-satellite-takes-up-close-photo-of-discarded-rocket-stage/)

Programming Robots is Hard, Figuring out How to Make it Easier is Harder
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/18/programming-robots-is-hard-figuring-out-how-to-make-it-easier-is-harder/

[Benjie Holson] is an experienced roboticist and wrote an interesting article published on IEEE Spectrum about how the idea most people have of non-roboticists is a myth, and efforts to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/18/programming-robots-is-hard-figuring-out-how-to-make-it-easier-is-harder/)

Lindroid Promises True Linux on Android
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/18/lindroid-promises-true-linux-on-android/

Since Android uses Linux, you’d think it would be easier to run Linux apps on your Android phone or tablet. There are some solutions out there, but the experience is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/18/lindroid-promises-true-linux-on-android/)

Human Brains Can Tell Deepfake Voices from Real Ones
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/18/human-brains-can-tell-deepfake-voices-from-real-ones/

Although it’s generally accepted that synthesized voices which mimic real people’s voices (so-called ‘deepfakes’) can be pretty convincing, what does our brain really think of these mimicry attempts? To answer …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/18/human-brains-can-tell-deepfake-voices-from-real-ones/)

Bent Shaft Isn’t a Bad Thing for This Pericyclic Gearbox
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/19/bent-shaft-isnt-a-bad-thing-for-this-pericyclic-gearbox/