To a casual observer of public discourse here in 2024 it seem extremely odd that the issue of replacing coal fired power stations with wind turbines is a matter of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/14/nebraskan-farmers-were-using-wind-turbines-before-environmentalism-was-invented/)

Retro Calculator Build Proves the Space Age Isn’t What It Used to Be
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/14/retro-calculator-build-proves-the-space-age-isnt-what-it-used-to-be/

The common wisdom these days is that even if we wanted to get back to the Moon the way we did in the 1960s, we’d never be able to do …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/14/retro-calculator-build-proves-the-space-age-isnt-what-it-used-to-be/)

Desert Island Acetylene from Seashells and Driftwood
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/15/desert-island-acetylene-from-seashells-and-driftwood/

[MacGyver] would be proud of [Hyperspace Pirate]’s rough and ready method of producing acetylene gas from seashells and driftwood. Acetylene, made by decomposing calcium carbide with water, is a vitally …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/15/desert-island-acetylene-from-seashells-and-driftwood/)

Homebrew pH Meter Uses Antimony Electrode
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/15/homebrew-ph-meter-uses-antimony-electrode/

Understanding the nature of pH has bedeviled beginning (and not-so-beginning) chemistry students for nearly as long as chemistry has had students. It all seems so arbitrary, being the base-10 log …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/15/homebrew-ph-meter-uses-antimony-electrode/)

This Week in Security: Hardware Attacks, IoT Security, and More
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/15/this-week-in-security-hardware-attacks-iot-security-and-more/

This week starts off with examinations of a couple hardware attacks that you might have considered impractical. Take a Ball Grid Array (BGA) NAND removal attack, for instance. The idea …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/15/this-week-in-security-hardware-attacks-iot-security-and-more/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 296: Supercon Wrapup with Tom and Al, The 3DP Brick Layering Controversy, and How To Weld in Space
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/15/hackaday-podcast-episode-296-supercon-wrapup-with-tom-and-al-the-3dp-brick-layering-controversy-and-how-to-weld-in-space/

In this episode you’ll get to hear not one, not two, but three Hackaday Editors! Now that the dust has mostly settled from the 2024 Hackaday Supercon, Al Williams joins …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/15/hackaday-podcast-episode-296-supercon-wrapup-with-tom-and-al-the-3dp-brick-layering-controversy-and-how-to-weld-in-space/)

I Want To Believe: How To Make Technology Value Judgements
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/15/i-want-to-believe-how-to-make-technology-value-judgements/

In the iconic 1990s TV series The X Files, David Duchovny’s FBI agent-paranormal investigator Fox Mulder has a poster on his office wall. It shows a flying saucer in flight, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/15/i-want-to-believe-how-to-make-technology-value-judgements/)

Bypassing Airpods Hearing Aid Georestriction With a Faraday Cage
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/15/bypassing-airpods-hearing-aid-georestriction-with-a-faraday-cage/