FLOSS Weekly Episode 794: Release Them All with JReleaser
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/31/floss-weekly-episode-794-release-them-all-with-jreleaser/

This week Jonathan Bennett and Katherine Druckman chat with Andres Almiray about JReleaser, the Java release automation tool that’s for more than just Java, and more than just releases. What …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/31/floss-weekly-episode-794-release-them-all-with-jreleaser/)

LightBurn Turns Back the Clock, Bails on Linux Users
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/31/lightburn-turns-back-the-clock-bails-on-linux-users/

Angry Birds, flash mobs, Russell Brand, fidget spinners. All of these were virtually unavoidable in the previous decade, and yet, like so many popular trends, have now largely faded into …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/31/lightburn-turns-back-the-clock-bails-on-linux-users/)

DIY Off Grid Battery Pack from EV Battery
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/31/diy-off-grid-battery-pack-from-ev-battery/

Car camping gets you out in the great outdoors, but sometimes it’s nice to bring a few comforts from home. [Ed’s Garage] has taken a module from a salvaged EV …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/31/diy-off-grid-battery-pack-from-ev-battery/)

A New Era for US Passenger Rail?
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/31/a-new-era-for-us-passenger-rail/

Here in the United States, we’re lagging behind the rest of the world when it comes to shiny new passenger rail, despite being leaders in previous centuries. The Federal Railroad …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/31/a-new-era-for-us-passenger-rail/)

Spin Your Own Passive Cooling Fibres
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/31/spin-your-own-passive-cooling-fibres/

When the temperature climbs, it’s an eternal problem: how to stay cool. An exciting field of materials science lies in radiative cooling materials, things which reflect so much incoming heat …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/31/spin-your-own-passive-cooling-fibres/)

Secret Messages On Plastic, Just Add Tesla Coil
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/01/secret-messages-on-plastic-just-add-tesla-coil/

Here’s a short research paper from 2013 that explains how to create “hydroglyphics”, or writing with selecting surface wetting. In it, an apparently normal-looking petri dish is treated so as …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/01/secret-messages-on-plastic-just-add-tesla-coil/)

Programming Tiny Blinkenlight Projects with Light
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/01/programming-tiny-blinkenlight-projects-with-light/