Make Your Own Point Contact Transistor
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/make-your-own-point-contact-transistor/

Beyond the power variant, it sometimes seems as though we rarely encounter a discrete transistor these days, such has been the advance of integrated electronics. But they have a rich …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/make-your-own-point-contact-transistor/)

Taking a Spirograph Mill for a Spin
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/taking-a-spirograph-mill-for-a-spin/

Spirographs can make some pretty groovy designs on paper, but what if you want to take it a step further? [Uri Tuchman] has used the pantograph on his milling machine …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/taking-a-spirograph-mill-for-a-spin/)

2024 Tiny Games Contest: ATtinyBoy Does It with Tiny Cartridges
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/2024-tiny-games-contest-attinyboy-does-it-with-tiny-cartridges/

What is it about tangible media? There’s just something neat about having an individual thing that represents each game, each album, each whatever. Sure, you can have a little console …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/2024-tiny-games-contest-attinyboy-does-it-with-tiny-cartridges/)

The Trashiest Of Mains Inverters
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/the-trashiest-of-mains-inverters/

Switch-mode technology has made inverters which take a low DC voltage and turn it into a usable mains voltage within the reach of everybody. But still, there might be moments …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/the-trashiest-of-mains-inverters/)

Your Name In Landsat
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/your-name-in-landsat/

We’re guessing most readers can cite things from their youth which gave them an interest in technology, and spurred on something which became a career or had a profound impact …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/your-name-in-landsat/)

CCFL Scanner Bulb Makes a Cool Desk Lamp
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/ccfl-scanner-bulb-makes-a-cool-desk-lamp/

The bulbs inside scanners (before transitioning to LED, anyway) were cold cathode fluorescent tubes that emit a fairly wide bandwidth of light. They were purpose-built to produce a very specific …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/ccfl-scanner-bulb-makes-a-cool-desk-lamp/)

CL-32: The Minimum Possible For a Useful Handheld Computer
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/01/cl-32-the-minimum-possible-for-a-useful-handheld-computer/

For almost as long as there have been microcomputers, there have been attempts with varying success to make tiny handheld microcomputers. Sometimes these have been very good, and other times …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/09/01/cl-32-the-minimum-possible-for-a-useful-handheld-computer/)