Not too long ago, I was searching for ideas for the next installment of the “Big Chemistry” series when I found an article ...

Cryptographic messaging has been in the news a lot recently. Like the formal audit of WhatsApp (the actual PDF). And the ...

In these days of everything-streaming, it’s great to see an old school radio build. It’s even better when it’s not old-school ...

The 1970s saw a veritable goldrush to corner the home computer market, with Tandy’s Z80-powered TRS-80 probably one of the most (in)famous entries. Designed from the ground up to be as cheap ...

Hackaday’s Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos met up across the universe to bring you the latest news, mystery sound, and of course, a big bunch of hacks from the previous week.

The Intel 8051 series of 8-bit microcontrollers is long-discontinued by its original manufacturer, but lives on as a core ...

With the ability to independently adjust the thrust of each of their four motors, quadcopters are exceptionally agile compared to more traditional aircraft. But in an effort to create an even more ...

Every year lightning strikes cause a lot of damage — with the high-voltage discharges being a major risk to buildings, ...

You think of op amps as amplifiers because, no kidding, it is right in the name. But just like some people say, “you could do ...

We don’t often consider using do-it-yourself projects as a hedge against the apocalypse. But [The Thought Emporium] thinks we ...

Researchers from the USA and India have proposed that Floquet Majorana fermions may improve quantum computing by controlling ...

No, see, it’s what’s inside that counts. Believe it or not, [nobutternoparm] retrofitted this innocent, adorable little ...