One of the biggest downsides of installing solar panels on a rooftop is that maintenance of the actual roof structure becomes much more difficult with solar panels in the way. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/11/multi-use-roof-eliminates-roof/)
The legendary 6502 microprocessor recently turned 50 years old, and to celebrate this venerable chip which brought affordable computing and video gaming to the masses [AndersBNielsen] decided to put one …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/11/6502-puts-on-an-sdr-hat/)
Analog Optical Computer for Inference and Combinatorial Optimization
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/11/analog-optical-computer-for-inference-and-combinatorial-optimization/
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/11/analog-optical-computer-for-inference-and-combinatorial-optimization/
Although computers are overwhelmingly digital today, there’s a good point to be made that analog computers are the more efficient approach for specific applications. The authors behind a recent paper …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/11/analog-optical-computer-for-inference-and-combinatorial-optimization/)
How the TI-99/4A Home Computer Worked
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/11/how-the-ti-99-4a-home-computer-worked/
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/11/how-the-ti-99-4a-home-computer-worked/
Over on YouTube [The 8-Bit Guy] shows us how the TI-99/4A home computer worked. [The 8-Bit Guy] runs us through this odd 16-bit home computer from back in the 1980s, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/11/how-the-ti-99-4a-home-computer-worked/)
How Strong of a Redbull Can You Make?
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/12/how-strong-of-a-redbull-can-you-make/
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/12/how-strong-of-a-redbull-can-you-make/
Energy drinks are a staple of those who want to get awake and energetic in a hurry. But what if said energy is not in enough of a hurry for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/12/how-strong-of-a-redbull-can-you-make/)
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Manhattan Project (But Were Afraid to Ask)
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/12/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-the-manhattan-project-but-were-afraid-to-ask/
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/12/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-the-manhattan-project-but-were-afraid-to-ask/
There have been plenty of books and movies about how the Manhattan Project brought together scientists and engineers to create the nuclear bomb. Most of them don’t have a lot …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/12/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-the-manhattan-project-but-were-afraid-to-ask/)
This Week in Security: NPM, Kerbroasting, and The Rest of the Story
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/12/this-week-in-security-npm-kerbroasting-and-the-rest-of-the-story/
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/12/this-week-in-security-npm-kerbroasting-and-the-rest-of-the-story/
Two billion downloads per week. That’s the download totals for the NPM packages compromised in a supply-chain attack this week. Ninety-nine percent of the cloud depends on one of the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/12/this-week-in-security-npm-kerbroasting-and-the-rest-of-the-story/)
Hackaday Podcast Episode 337: Homebrew Inductors, Teletypes in the Bedroom, and Action!
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/12/hackaday-podcast-episode-337-homebrew-inductors-teletypes-in-the-bedroom-and-action/
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/12/hackaday-podcast-episode-337-homebrew-inductors-teletypes-in-the-bedroom-and-action/