For those times when you could really use a quick 3D model, this metric screw generator will do the trick for screws between M2 and M16 with matching nuts and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/31/handy-online-metric-screw-nut-and-washer-generator/)

A History of Copper Pours
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/31/a-history-of-copper-pours/

If you compare a modern PCB with a typical 1980s PCB, you might notice — like [lcamtuf] did — that newer boards tend to have large areas of copper known …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/31/a-history-of-copper-pours/)

This Week in Security: DeepSeek’s Oopsie, AI Tarpits, And Apple’s Leaks
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/31/this-week-in-security-deepseeks-oopsie-ai-tarpits-and-apples-leaks/

DeepSeek has captured the world’s attention this week, with an unexpected release of the more-open AI model from China, for a reported mere $5 million training cost. While there’s lots …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/31/this-week-in-security-deepseeks-oopsie-ai-tarpits-and-apples-leaks/)

Ancient Pocket Computer Gets a USB-C Upgrade
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/31/ancient-pocket-computer-gets-a-usb-c-upgrade/

Remember the ZEOS Pocket PC? Perhaps you knew it as the Tidalwave PS-1000. Either way, it was a small clamshell computing device that was first released all the way back …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/31/ancient-pocket-computer-gets-a-usb-c-upgrade/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 306: Bambu Hacks, AI Strikes Back, John Deere Gets Sued, and All About Capacitors
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/31/hackaday-podcast-episode-306-bambu-hacks-ai-strikes-back-john-deere-gets-sued-and-all-about-capacitors/

It was Dan and Elliot behind the microphones today for a transatlantic look at the week in hacks. There was a bucket of news about AI, kicked off by Deepseek …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/31/hackaday-podcast-episode-306-bambu-hacks-ai-strikes-back-john-deere-gets-sued-and-all-about-capacitors/)

Winter-Proof (And Improve) Your Resin 3D Printing
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/31/winter-proof-and-improve-your-resin-3d-printing/

Was your 3D printer working fine over the summer, and now it’s not? With colder temperatures comes an overall surge in print failure reports — particularly with resin-based printers that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/31/winter-proof-and-improve-your-resin-3d-printing/)

Why Not Build Your Quadcopter Around An Evaluation Board?
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/31/why-not-build-your-quadcopter-around-an-evaluation-board/

Quadcopters are flying machines. Traditionally, that would mean you’d optimize the design for lightweight and minimum drag, and you’d do everything in a neat and tidy fashion. The thing is, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/31/why-not-build-your-quadcopter-around-an-evaluation-board/)