Windsurfing has experienced a major decline in popularity in the last few decades as the sport’s culture failed to cater to beginners at the same time that experienced riders largely …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/13/old-windsurfers-become-new-electric-surfboards/)
When Electricity Doesn’t Take the Shortest Path
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/13/when-electricity-doesnt-take-the-shortest-path/
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/13/when-electricity-doesnt-take-the-shortest-path/
Everyone knows that the path of least resistance is the path that will always be taken, be it by water, electricity or the feet of humans. This is where the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/13/when-electricity-doesnt-take-the-shortest-path/)
Atari Brings the Computer Age Home
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/13/atari-brings-the-computer-age-home/
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/13/atari-brings-the-computer-age-home/
[The 8-Bit Guy] tells us how 8-bit Atari computers work. The first Atari came out in 1977, it was originally called the Atari Video Computer System. It was followed two …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/13/atari-brings-the-computer-age-home/)
An Open Source Electromagnetic Resonance Tablet
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/an-open-source-electromagnetic-resonance-tablet/
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/an-open-source-electromagnetic-resonance-tablet/
Drawing tablets have been a favorite computer peripheral of artists since its inception in the 1980s. If you have ever used a drawing tablet of this nature, you may have …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/an-open-source-electromagnetic-resonance-tablet/)
Pushing China’s EAST Tokamak Past the Greenwald Density Limit
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/pushing-chinas-east-tokamak-past-the-greenwald-density-limit/
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/pushing-chinas-east-tokamak-past-the-greenwald-density-limit/
Getting a significant energy return from tokamak-based nuclear fusion reactors depends for a large part on plasma density, but increasing said density is tricky, as beyond a certain point the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/pushing-chinas-east-tokamak-past-the-greenwald-density-limit/)
If you search the Internet for “Clone Wars,” you’ll get a lot of Star Wars-related pages. But the original Clone Wars took place a long time ago in a galaxy …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/clone-wars-ibm-edition/)
ESP32-P4 Powers Retro Handheld after a Transplant
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/esp32-p4-powers-retro-handheld-after-a-transplant/
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/esp32-p4-powers-retro-handheld-after-a-transplant/
The ESP32-P4 is the new hotness on the microcontroller market. With RISC-V architecture and two cores running 400 MHz, to ears of a certain vintage it sounds more like the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/esp32-p4-powers-retro-handheld-after-a-transplant/)