Driving a Laser at 200 Volts for Nanoseconds
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/driving-a-laser-at-200-volts-for-nanoseconds/

If there’s one lesson to be learned from [Aled Cuda]’s pulsed laser driver, it’s that you can treat the current limits on electronic components as a suggestion if the current …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/driving-a-laser-at-200-volts-for-nanoseconds/)

Ask Hackaday: What’s the Top Programming Language of 2025
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/ask-hackaday-whats-the-top-programming-language-of-2025/

We did an informal poll around the Hackaday bunker and decided that, for most of us, our favorite programming language is solder. However, [Stephen Cass] over at IEEE Spectrum released …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/ask-hackaday-whats-the-top-programming-language-of-2025/)

A Cut Above: Surgery in Space, Now and In the Future
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/a-cut-above-surgery-in-space-now-and-in-the-future/

In case you hadn’t noticed, we live in a dangerous world. While our soft, fleshy selves are remarkably good at absorbing kinetic energy and healing the damage that results, there …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/a-cut-above-surgery-in-space-now-and-in-the-future/)

A Trail Camera Built With Raspberry Pi
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/a-trail-camera-built-with-raspberry-pi/

You can get all kinds of great wildlife footage if you trek out into the woods with a camera, but it can be tough to stay awake all night. However, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/a-trail-camera-built-with-raspberry-pi/)

2025 Hackaday Speakers, Round One! And Spoilers
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/2025-hackaday-speakers-round-one-and-spoilers/

Supercon is the Ultimate Hardware Conference and you need to be there! Just check out this roster of talks that will be going down. We’ve got something for everyone out …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/2025-hackaday-speakers-round-one-and-spoilers/)

LLM Dialogue In Animal Crossing Actually Works Very Well
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/llm-dialogue-in-animal-crossing-actually-works-very-well/

In the original Animal Crossing from 2001, players are able to interact with a huge cast of quirky characters, all with different interests and personalities. But after you’ve played the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/llm-dialogue-in-animal-crossing-actually-works-very-well/)

Hard Hat Becomes Bluetooth Direction Finder
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/hard-hat-becomes-bluetooth-direction-finder/