A Compass That Looks to the Stars
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/a-compass-that-looks-to-the-stars/

Although a lot of tools have been digitized and consolidated into our smartphones, from cameras, music players, calendars, alarm clocks, flashlights, and of course phones, perhaps none are as useful …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/a-compass-that-looks-to-the-stars/)

PCB Motor Holds Fast, Even After 1.6 Billion Spins
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/pcb-motor-holds-fast-even-after-1-6-billion-spins/

If you aren’t up to date with [Carl Bugeja]’s work with tiny brushless PCB motors, his summary video of his latest design and all the challenges it involved is an …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/pcb-motor-holds-fast-even-after-1-6-billion-spins/)

The World Morse Code Championship
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/the-world-morse-code-championship/

If you were in Tunisia in October, you might have caught some of the Morse Code championships this year. If you didn’t make it, you could catch the BBC’s documentary …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/the-world-morse-code-championship/)

Pulling Backward to Go Forward: The Brennan Torpedo Explained
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/pulling-backward-to-go-forward-the-brennan-torpedo-explained/

The Brennan torpedo, invented in 1877 by Louis Brennan, was one of the first (if not the first) guided torpedoes of a practical design. Amazingly, it had no internal power …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/pulling-backward-to-go-forward-the-brennan-torpedo-explained/)

Learning About The Flume Water Monitor
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/18/learning-about-the-flume-water-monitor/

The itch to investigate lurks within all us hackers. Sometimes, you just have to pull something apart to learn how it works. [Stephen Crosby] found himself doing just that when …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/18/learning-about-the-flume-water-monitor/)

Catching the View from the Edge of Space
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/18/catching-the-view-from-the-edge-of-space/

Does “Pix or it didn’t happen” apply to traveling to the edge of space on a balloon-lofted solar observatory? Yes, it absolutely does. The breathtaking views on this page come …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/18/catching-the-view-from-the-edge-of-space/)

Why Did Early CD-ROM Drives Rely On Awkward Plastic Caddies?
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/18/why-did-early-cd-rom-drives-rely-on-awkward-plastic-caddies/