Let’s say you want to build a Nixie clock. You could go out and find some tubes, source a good power supply design, start whipping up a PCB, and working …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/07/2025-one-hertz-challenge-the-easy-way-to-make-a-nixie-tube-clock/)

A Repeater for WWVB
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/07/a-repeater-for-wwvb/

For those living in the continental US who, for whatever reason, don’t have access to an NTP server or a GPS device, the next best way to make sure the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/07/a-repeater-for-wwvb/)

Teardown of a Persil Smartwash Smart Laundry Detergent Ball
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/07/teardown-of-a-persil-smartwash-smart-laundry-detergent-ball/

Ever since the invention of washing machines, the process of doing laundry has become rather straightforward. Simply toss the dirty laundry into the machine, fill up the detergent, and let …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/07/teardown-of-a-persil-smartwash-smart-laundry-detergent-ball/)

Microsoft’s New Agentic Web Protocol Stumbles With Path Traversal Exploit
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/07/microsofts-new-agentic-web-protocol-stumbles-with-path-traversal-exploit/

If the term ‘NLWeb’ first brought to mind an image of a Dutch internet service provider, you’re probably not alone. What it actually is – or tries to become – …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/07/microsofts-new-agentic-web-protocol-stumbles-with-path-traversal-exploit/)

Light Transport and Constructing Images From a Projector’s Point of View
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/07/light-transport-and-constructing-images-from-a-projectors-point-of-view/

Imagine you have a projector pointing at a scene, which you’re photographing with a camera aimed from a different point. Using the techniques of modelling light transport, [okooptics] has shown …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/07/light-transport-and-constructing-images-from-a-projectors-point-of-view/)

Exploring the TRS-80’s Color BASIC’s Random Number Function
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/08/exploring-the-trs-80s-color-basics-random-number-function/

Although these days we get to tap into many sources of entropy to give a pretty good illusion of randomness, home computers back in the 1980s weren’t so lucky. Despite …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/08/exploring-the-trs-80s-color-basics-random-number-function/)

Is It Time To Retire the TP4056?
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/08/is-it-time-to-retire-the-tp4056/

The Texas Instruments TP4056 is the default charge-controller chip for any maker or hacker working with lithium batteries. And why not? You can get perfectly-functional knockoffs on handy breakout boards …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/08/is-it-time-to-retire-the-tp4056/)

This Week in Security: Perplexity v Cloudflare, GreedyBear, and HashiCorp
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/08/this-week-in-security-perplexity-v-cloudflare-greedybear-and-hashicorp/