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/

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/)

Clone Wars: IBM Edition
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/clone-wars-ibm-edition/

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/

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/)

Genetic Therapy Aims To Bring Hearing To Those Born Deaf
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/genetic-therapy-aims-to-bring-hearing-to-those-born-deaf/

For those born with certain types of congenital deafness, the cochlear implant has been a positive and enabling technology. It uses electronics to step in as a replacement for the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/genetic-therapy-aims-to-bring-hearing-to-those-born-deaf/)

FLOSS Weekly Episode 860: Elixir Origin Story
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/floss-weekly-episode-860-elixir-origin-story/

This week Jonathan and Randal chat with Jose Valim about Elixir! What led Jose to create this unique programming language? What do we mean that it’s a functional language with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/floss-weekly-episode-860-elixir-origin-story/)

A New Life For An Old Amplifier
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/a-new-life-for-an-old-amplifier/

An audio amplifier was once a fairly simple analogue device, but in recent decades a typical home entertainment amplifier will have expanded to include many digital functions. When these break …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/a-new-life-for-an-old-amplifier/)

Dad Makes Kid’s Balance Bike Into Electric Snow Trike Like a Boss
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/dad-makes-kids-balance-bike-into-electric-snow-trike-like-a-boss/