Although DIY PCB making has made great strides since the early days of chemical etching, there’s one fly in the ointment: vias. These connect individual layers of the board with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/31/electroplating-diy-pcb-vias-at-home-without-chemical-baths/)

A New Case and Keyboard For The Timex Sinclair 1000
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/31/a-new-case-and-keyboard-for-the-timex-sinclair-1000/

The Timex Sinclair 1000 was a sleek and compact machine, and the US counterpart to the more well-known Spectrum ZX-81. Timex may not have come to dominate the computer market, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/31/a-new-case-and-keyboard-for-the-timex-sinclair-1000/)

Antique-Style GPS Looks Like Steampunky Fun
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/01/antique-style-gps-looks-like-steampunky-fun/

These days, turn-by-turn GPS navigation isn’t considered special anymore. It’s in every smartphone and most cheap rental cars, and thus everybody expects you to figure out where you’re going. If …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/01/antique-style-gps-looks-like-steampunky-fun/)

Casio Calculator Gets New Keyboard
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/01/casio-calculator-gets-new-keyboard/

What do you do with a circa 1985 Casio FX-451 calculator with a bad keyboard? Well, if you are [Poking Technology], you transplant the inside of the calculator to a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/01/casio-calculator-gets-new-keyboard/)

Time vs Money, 3D Printer Style
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/01/time-vs-money-3d-printer-style/

A few months ago, Hackaday’s own Al Williams convinced me to buy a couple of untested, returned-to-manufacturer 3D printers. Or rather, he convinced me to buy one, and the incredible …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/01/time-vs-money-3d-printer-style/)

RedBox In The 80s: Meet The VHS Vending Behemoth
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/01/redbox-in-the-80s-meet-the-vhs-vending-behemoth/

Redbox was a company with a moderately interesting business model—it let you rent DVDs from automated kiosks. It’s an idea so simple it’s almost surprising it didn’t appear sooner. Only, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/01/redbox-in-the-80s-meet-the-vhs-vending-behemoth/)

Taking A $15 Casio F91W 5,000 Meters Underwater
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/01/taking-a-15-casio-f91w-5000-meters-underwater/

When considering our favorite spy movies and kin that involve deep-sea diving, we’d generally expect to see some high-end watch that costs thousands of dollars and is specially engineered to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/01/taking-a-15-casio-f91w-5000-meters-underwater/)