Within the world of CAD there are the well-known and more niche big commercial players and there are projects like FreeCAD that seek to bring a OSS solution to the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/the-end-of-ondsel-and-reflecting-on-the-commercial-prospects-for-freecad/)

Remember the Tri-Format Floppy Disk?
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/remember-the-tri-format-floppy-disk/

These days, the vast majority of portable media users are storing their files on some kind of Microsoft-developed file system. Back in the 1980s and 1990s, though, things were different. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/12/remember-the-tri-format-floppy-disk/)

Intuition about Maxwell’s Equations
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/intuition-about-maxwells-equations/

You don’t have to know how a car engine works to drive a car — but you can bet all the drivers in the Indy 500 have a better than …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/intuition-about-maxwells-equations/)

NASA Announces New Trials for In-Space Laser Welding
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/nasa-announces-new-trials-for-in-space-laser-welding/

Comparing laser beam welding with electron beam welding in space. (Source: E. Choi et al., OSU, NASA)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/laser-beam-vs_electron-beam_welding_in_space_tamir_et_al_1993.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/laser-beam-vs_electron-beam_welding_in_space_tamir_et_al_1993.jpg?w=800" tabindex="0" role="button">In-space manufacturing is a big challenge, even with many of the same manufacturing methods being available as on the ground. These methods include rivets, bolts, but also welding, the latter …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/nasa-announces-new-trials-for-in-space-laser-welding/)

A Teletype by Any Other Name: The Early E-mail and Wordprocessor
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/a-teletype-by-any-other-name-the-early-e-mail-and-wordprocessor/

Some brand names become the de facto name for the generic product. Xerox, for example. Or Velcro. Teletype was a trademark, but it has come to mean just about any …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/a-teletype-by-any-other-name-the-early-e-mail-and-wordprocessor/)

A Vintage Radiator Core, From Scratch
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/a-vintage-radiator-core-from-scratch/

There are sadly few 1914 Dennis fire engines still on the road, so when the one owned by Imperial College in London needs a spare part, it can not be …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/a-vintage-radiator-core-from-scratch/)

Making Sense of Real-Time Operating Systems in 2024
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/making-sense-of-real-time-operating-systems-in-2024/

The best part about real-time OS (RTOS) availability in 2024 is that we developers are positively spoiled for choice, but as a corollary this also makes it a complete pain …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/making-sense-of-real-time-operating-systems-in-2024/)

FLOSS Weekly Episode 809: Pi4J – Stable and Boring on the Raspberry Pi
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/floss-weekly-episode-809-pi4j-stable-and-boring-on-the-raspberry-pi/