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/

This week, Jonathan Bennett and David Ruggles chat with Frank Delporte about Pi4J, the friendly Java libraries for the Raspberry Pi, that expose GPIO, SPI, I2C and other IO interfaces. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/floss-weekly-episode-809-pi4j-stable-and-boring-on-the-raspberry-pi/)

Landscape Motif Makes This E-Ink Weather Display Easy to Understand
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/13/landscape-motif-makes-this-e-ink-weather-display-easy-to-understand/