You may have heard some scary news about RISC-V CPUs. There’s good news, and bad news, and the whole thing is a bit of a cautionary tale. GhostWrite is a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/09/this-week-in-security-ghostwrite-localhost-and-more/)

Custom Pneumatic Cylinders Lock This Monitor Arm in Place
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/09/custom-pneumatic-cylinders-lock-this-monitor-arm-in-place/

Few consumer-grade PCs are what you’d categorize as built to last. Most office-grade machines are as likely as not to give up the ghost after ingesting a few too many …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/09/custom-pneumatic-cylinders-lock-this-monitor-arm-in-place/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 283: Blinding Lasers, LEDs, and ETs
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/09/hackaday-podcast-episode-283-blinding-lasers-leds-and-ets/

Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams reflect on the fact that, as humans, we have–at most–two eyes and no warp drives. While hacking might not be the world’s most …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/09/hackaday-podcast-episode-283-blinding-lasers-leds-and-ets/)

500cc Of 4-Wheel Off-Road Fun
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/09/500cc-of-4-wheel-off-road-fun/

Who among us hasn’t at some point thought of building a little vehicle, and better still, a little off-road vehicle for a few high-octane rough-terrain adventures. [Made in Poland] has, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/09/500cc-of-4-wheel-off-road-fun/)

The First Fitbit: Engineering and Industrial Design Lessons
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/09/the-first-fitbit-engineering-and-industrial-design-lessons/

It could happen to anyone of us: suddenly you got this inkling of an idea for a product that you think might just be pretty useful or even cool. Some …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/09/the-first-fitbit-engineering-and-industrial-design-lessons/)

The Waveguide Explanation You Wish You’d Had At School
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/09/the-waveguide-explanation-you-wish-youd-had-at-school/

Anyone who has done an electronic engineering qualification will at some point have had to get to grips with transmission lines, and then if they are really lucky, waveguides. Perhaps …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/09/the-waveguide-explanation-you-wish-youd-had-at-school/)

Laser Fault Injection on the Cheap
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/09/laser-fault-injection-on-the-cheap/

One can only imagine the wonders held within the crypto labs of organizations like the CIA or NSA. Therein must be machines of such sophistication that no electronic device could …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/09/laser-fault-injection-on-the-cheap/)