The Allen key turns 115 this year. It’s strange to believe that in all that time, no one has come up with an adjustable version, but apparently true. Luckily [Chronova …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/18/adjustable-allen-key-after-all-these-years/)
We’re all used to emulating older computers here, and we’ve seen plenty of projects that take a cheap microcontroller and use it to emulate a classic home computer or gaming …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/18/the-pc-in-your-pico/)
Silent Speak and Spell Gets Its Voice Back
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/18/silent-speak-and-spell-gets-its-voice-back/
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/18/silent-speak-and-spell-gets-its-voice-back/
While talking computers are old hat today, in 1978, a talking toy like the Speak and Spell was the height of novel tech. [Kevin] found a vintage one, but it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/18/silent-speak-and-spell-gets-its-voice-back/)
Antiviral PPE for the Next Pandemic
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/19/antiviral-ppe-for-the-next-pandemic/
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/19/antiviral-ppe-for-the-next-pandemic/
In what sounds like the plot from a sci-fi movie, scientists have isolated an incredibly rare immune mutation to create a universal antiviral treatment. Only present in a few dozen …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/19/antiviral-ppe-for-the-next-pandemic/)
Volkswagen Joins the Car-As-A-Service Movement With Its ID.3 BEV
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/19/volkswagen-joins-the-car-as-a-service-movement-with-its-id-3-bev/
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/19/volkswagen-joins-the-car-as-a-service-movement-with-its-id-3-bev/
More and more car manufacturers these days are becoming interested in the recurring revenue model, with Volkswagen’s ID.3 BEV being the latest to have an optional ‘motor power upgrade’ that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/19/volkswagen-joins-the-car-as-a-service-movement-with-its-id-3-bev/)
A Solderless, Soluble Circuit Board
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/19/a-solderless-soluble-circuit-board/
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/19/a-solderless-soluble-circuit-board/
Anyone who’s spent significant amounts of time salvaging old electronics has probably wished there were a way to take apart a circuit board without desoldering it. [Zeyu Yan] et al …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/19/a-solderless-soluble-circuit-board/)
Lisp in 99 Lines of C With TinyLisp
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/19/lisp-in-99-lines-of-c-with-tinylisp/
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/19/lisp-in-99-lines-of-c-with-tinylisp/
As one of the oldest programming languages still in common use today, and essential for the first wave of Artificial Intelligence research during the 1950s and 60s, Lisp is often …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/19/lisp-in-99-lines-of-c-with-tinylisp/)