Iomega’s Zip drives filled an interesting niche back in the 1990s. A magnetic disk that was physically floppy-sized, but much larger in capacity– starting at 100 MB, and reaching 750 …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/17/zip-drive-emulator-puts-big-disks-back-on-lpt/)

How to Grow Large Sugar Crystals
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/17/how-to-grow-large-sugar-crystals/

Many substances display crystallization, allowing them to keep adding to a basic shape to reach pretty humongous proportions. Although we usually tend to think of pretty stones that get fashioned …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/17/how-to-grow-large-sugar-crystals/)

Testing Whether Heated Chambers Help Brittle Filaments
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/17/testing-whether-heated-chambers-help-brittle-filaments/

Some FDM filaments are pretty brittle even if properly dried and stored, especially those which contain carbon fiber (CF) or similar additives like glass fiber (GF). This poses a problem …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/17/testing-whether-heated-chambers-help-brittle-filaments/)

Building an LC Meter with a Franklin Oscillator
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/18/building-an-lc-meter-with-a-franklin-oscillator/

Although it dates back to the early days of the Marconi Company in the 1920s, the Franklin oscillator has remained a relatively obscure circuit, its memory mostly kept alive by …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/18/building-an-lc-meter-with-a-franklin-oscillator/)

CorridorKey is What You Get When Artists Make AI Tools
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/18/corridorkey-is-what-you-get-when-artists-make-ai-tools/

You may not have noticed, but so-called “artificial intelligence” is slightly controversial in the arts world. Illustrators, graphics artists, visual effects (VFX) professionals — anybody who pushes pixels around are …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/18/corridorkey-is-what-you-get-when-artists-make-ai-tools/)

The Rise and Fall of Free Dial Up Internet
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/18/the-rise-and-fall-of-free-dial-up-internet/

In the early days of the Internet, having a high-speed IP connection in your home or even a small business was, if not impossible, certainly a rarity. Connecting to a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/18/the-rise-and-fall-of-free-dial-up-internet/)

Forgetfulino Puts Back Up of Source Inside the Binary
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/18/forgetfulino-puts-back-up-of-source-inside-the-binary/

How often have you pulled out old MCU-based project that still works fine, but you have no idea where the original source code has gone? Having the binary image and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/18/forgetfulino-puts-back-up-of-source-inside-the-binary/)