Owing to the wave nature of light there are many ways that such different waves can interact with each other, but also with materials. Everyone knows about reflecting light with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/creating-temporal-light-reflections-with-metamaterials/)

LED Wall Clock Gets Raspberry Pi Pico Upgrade
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/led-wall-clock-gets-raspberry-pi-pico-upgrade/

When [Rodrigo Feliciano] realized that the reason his seven-segment LED wall clock wasn’t working was because the original TG1508D5V5 controller was fried, he had a decision to make. He could …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/led-wall-clock-gets-raspberry-pi-pico-upgrade/)

2024 Brought Even More Customization to Boxes.py
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/2024-brought-even-more-customization-to-boxes-py/

If you have access to a laser cutter, we sincerely hope you’re aware of boxes.py. As the name implies, it started life as a Python tool for generating parametric boxes …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/2024-brought-even-more-customization-to-boxes-py/)

FLOSS Weekly Episode 814: The Banksy Situation
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/floss-weekly-episode-814-the-banksy-situation/

This week, Jonathan Bennett and Rob Campbell talk with Alistair Woodman about FRRouting, the Internet routing suite that helps make all this possible. But also business, and how an open …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/floss-weekly-episode-814-the-banksy-situation/)

38C3: Taking Down the Power Grid Over Radio
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/38c3-taking-down-the-power-grid-over-radio/

You know how you can fall down a rabbit hole when you start on a project? [Fabian Bräunlein] and [Luca Melette] were looking at a box on a broken streetlamp …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/38c3-taking-down-the-power-grid-over-radio/)

Protect Your Site with a DOOM Captcha
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/protect-your-site-with-a-doom-captcha/

We all know that “Can it run DOOM?” is the first question of a hardware hacker. The 1993 first person shooter from id Software defined an entire genre of games, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/protect-your-site-with-a-doom-captcha/)

Broken USB Lamp Saved with a Bit of Woodworking
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/broken-usb-lamp-saved-with-a-bit-of-woodworking/

For many of us, when we think of creating a custom enclosure, our minds immediately go towards our 3D printer. A bit of time in your CAD program of choice, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/01/broken-usb-lamp-saved-with-a-bit-of-woodworking/)

Light Brite Turned Sci-Fi Console on the Cheap
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/02/light-brite-turned-sci-fi-console-on-the-cheap/