Until recently, hobby-grade digital oscilloscopes were mostly, at most, 8-bit sampling. However, newer devices offer 12-bit conversion. Does it matter? Depends. [Kiss Analog] shows where a 12-bit scope may outperform …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/two-bits-four-bits-a-twelve-bit-oscilloscope/)
Using a Videocard as a Computer Enclosure
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/using-a-videocard-as-a-computer-enclosure/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/using-a-videocard-as-a-computer-enclosure/
In the olden days of the 1990s and early 2000s, PCs were big and videocards were small-ish add-in boards that blended in with other ISA, PCI and AGP cards. These …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/using-a-videocard-as-a-computer-enclosure/)
What Marie Curie Left Behind
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/what-marie-curie-left-behind/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/what-marie-curie-left-behind/
It is a good bet that if most scientists and engineers were honest, they would most like to leave something behind that future generations would remember. While Marie Curie met …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/what-marie-curie-left-behind/)
Back to the Future Lunchbox Cyberdeck
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/back-to-the-future-lunchbox-cyberdeck/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/back-to-the-future-lunchbox-cyberdeck/
Our hacker [Valve Child] wrote in to let us know about his Back to the Future lunchbox cyberdeck. Great Scott! This is so awesome. We’re not sure what we should …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/10/back-to-the-future-lunchbox-cyberdeck/)
Threaded Insert Press is 100% 3D Printed
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/11/threaded-insert-press-is-100-3d-printed/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/11/threaded-insert-press-is-100-3d-printed/
Sometimes, when making a 3D printed object, plastic just isn’t enough. Probably the most common addition to our prints is the ubiquitous brass threaded inset, which has proven its worth …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/11/threaded-insert-press-is-100-3d-printed/)
Bipolar Uranium Extraction from Seawater with Ultra-Low Cell Voltage
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/11/bipolar-uranium-extraction-from-seawater-with-ultra-low-cell-voltage/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/11/bipolar-uranium-extraction-from-seawater-with-ultra-low-cell-voltage/
As common as uranium is in the ground around us, the world’s oceans contain a thousand times more uranium (~4.5 billion tons) than can be mined today. This makes extracting …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/11/bipolar-uranium-extraction-from-seawater-with-ultra-low-cell-voltage/)
Reconductoring: Building Tomorrow’s Grid Today
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/11/reconductoring-building-tomorrows-grid-today/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/11/reconductoring-building-tomorrows-grid-today/
What happens when you build the largest machine in the world, but it’s still not big enough? That’s the situation the North American transmission system, the grid that connects power …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/11/reconductoring-building-tomorrows-grid-today/)
This Relay Computer Has Magnetic Tape Storage
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/11/this-relay-computer-has-magnetic-tape-storage/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/11/this-relay-computer-has-magnetic-tape-storage/