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/)

Automating The Process Of Drawing With Chalk
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/31/automating-the-process-of-drawing-with-chalk/

Chalk is fun to draw with, and some people even get really good at using it to make art on the sidewalk. If you don’t like tediously developing such skills, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/31/automating-the-process-of-drawing-with-chalk/)

Electroplating DIY PCB Vias At Home Without Chemical Baths
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/31/electroplating-diy-pcb-vias-at-home-without-chemical-baths/