One of the most troubling trends of almost every modern consumer product that uses electricity is that the software that controls the product is likely to be proprietary and closed-source, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/universal-power-bank-customized-to-your-liking/)

Make Your Own Point Contact Transistor
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/make-your-own-point-contact-transistor/

Beyond the power variant, it sometimes seems as though we rarely encounter a discrete transistor these days, such has been the advance of integrated electronics. But they have a rich …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/make-your-own-point-contact-transistor/)

Taking a Spirograph Mill for a Spin
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/taking-a-spirograph-mill-for-a-spin/

Spirographs can make some pretty groovy designs on paper, but what if you want to take it a step further? [Uri Tuchman] has used the pantograph on his milling machine …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/taking-a-spirograph-mill-for-a-spin/)

2024 Tiny Games Contest: ATtinyBoy Does It with Tiny Cartridges
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/2024-tiny-games-contest-attinyboy-does-it-with-tiny-cartridges/

What is it about tangible media? There’s just something neat about having an individual thing that represents each game, each album, each whatever. Sure, you can have a little console …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/2024-tiny-games-contest-attinyboy-does-it-with-tiny-cartridges/)

The Trashiest Of Mains Inverters
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/the-trashiest-of-mains-inverters/

Switch-mode technology has made inverters which take a low DC voltage and turn it into a usable mains voltage within the reach of everybody. But still, there might be moments …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/the-trashiest-of-mains-inverters/)

Your Name In Landsat
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/your-name-in-landsat/

We’re guessing most readers can cite things from their youth which gave them an interest in technology, and spurred on something which became a career or had a profound impact …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/your-name-in-landsat/)

CCFL Scanner Bulb Makes a Cool Desk Lamp
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/ccfl-scanner-bulb-makes-a-cool-desk-lamp/

The bulbs inside scanners (before transitioning to LED, anyway) were cold cathode fluorescent tubes that emit a fairly wide bandwidth of light. They were purpose-built to produce a very specific …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/ccfl-scanner-bulb-makes-a-cool-desk-lamp/)

CL-32: The Minimum Possible For a Useful Handheld Computer
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/01/cl-32-the-minimum-possible-for-a-useful-handheld-computer/