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Hackaday<p>“Man and Machine” vs “Man vs Machine”</p><p>Every time we end up talking about 3D printers, Al Williams starts off on how bad he is in a machine shop. I’m absolutely sure that he’s exaggerating, but the …read more<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projects</span></a><br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/man-and-machine-vs-man-vs-machine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/10/man-an</span><span class="invisible">d-machine-vs-man-vs-machine/</span></a></p>
Inautilo<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Approaches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Approaches</span></a><br>Strategies for naming your side project · A starting point for finding the perfect project name <a href="https://ilo.im/163ks9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ilo.im/163ks9</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>_____<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Naming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Naming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SideProjects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SideProjects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Projects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Creativity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Design</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProductDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProductDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebDev</span></a></p>
Hackaday<p>PoE-powered GPIB Adapter with Ethernet and USB-C Support</p><p>In the world of (expensive) lab test equipment the GPIB (general purpose interface bus) connection is hard to avoid if you want any kind of automation, but nobody likes wrangling …read more<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projects</span></a><br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/poe-powered-gpib-adapter-with-ethernet-and-usb-c-support/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/10/poe-po</span><span class="invisible">wered-gpib-adapter-with-ethernet-and-usb-c-support/</span></a></p>
Hackaday<p>Web Dashboard and OTA Updates for the ESP32</p><p>Today we are happy to present a web-based GUI for making a web-based GUI! If you’re a programmer then web front-end development might not be your bag. But a web-based …read more<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projects</span></a><br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/web-dashboard-and-ota-updates-for-the-esp32/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/10/web-da</span><span class="invisible">shboard-and-ota-updates-for-the-esp32/</span></a></p>
Hackaday<p>The Apple II MouseCard IRQ is Synced to Vertical Blanking After All</p><p>Recently [Colin Leroy-Mira] found himself slipping into a bit of a rabbit hole while investigating why only under Apple II MAME emulation there was a lot of flickering when using …read more<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projects</span></a><br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/09/the-apple-ii-mousecard-irq-is-synced-to-vertical-blanking-after-all/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/09/the-ap</span><span class="invisible">ple-ii-mousecard-irq-is-synced-to-vertical-blanking-after-all/</span></a></p>
Hackaday<p>The Nuclear War You Didn’t Notice</p><p>We always enjoy [The History Guy], and we wish he’d do more history of science and technology. But when he does, he always delivers! His latest video, which you can …read more<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projects</span></a><br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/09/the-nuclear-war-you-didnt-notice/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/09/the-nu</span><span class="invisible">clear-war-you-didnt-notice/</span></a></p>
Hackaday<p>Antique Mill Satisfies Food Cravings</p><p>Everyone knows what its like to get a hankering for a specific food. In [Attoparsec]’s case, he wanted waffles. Not any waffles would do, though; he needed waffles in the …read more<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projects</span></a><br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/09/antique-mill-satisfies-food-cravings/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/09/antiqu</span><span class="invisible">e-mill-satisfies-food-cravings/</span></a></p>
Hackaday<p>Inside a Selective Voltmeter</p><p>[Martin Lorton] has a vintage Harmon 4200B selective voltmeter that needed repair. He picked it up on eBay, and he knew it wasn’t working, but it was in good condition, …read more<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projects</span></a><br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/09/inside-a-selective-voltmeter/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/09/inside</span><span class="invisible">-a-selective-voltmeter/</span></a></p>
Hackaday<p>A Single Chip Computer For The 8051 Generation</p><p>The Intel 8051 series of 8-bit microcontrollers is long-discontinued by its original manufacturer, but lives on as a core included in all manner of more recent chips. It’s easy to …read more<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projects</span></a><br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/09/a-single-chip-computer-for-the-8051-generation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/09/a-sing</span><span class="invisible">le-chip-computer-for-the-8051-generation/</span></a></p>
Hackaday<p>Supercon 2024: An Immersive Motion Rehabilitation Device</p><p>When you’ve had some kind of injury, rehabilitation can be challenging. You often need to be careful about how you’re using the affected parts of your body, as well as …read more<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projects</span></a><br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/09/supercon-2024-an-immersive-motion-rehabilitation-device/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/09/superc</span><span class="invisible">on-2024-an-immersive-motion-rehabilitation-device/</span></a></p>
Hackaday<p>Hackaday Podcast Episode 320: A Lot of Cool 3D Printing, DIY Penicillin, and an Optical Twofer</p><p>This week, 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 …read more<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projects</span></a><br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/09/hackaday-podcast-episode-320-a-lot-of-cool-3d-printing-diy-penicillin-and-an-optical-twofer/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/09/hackad</span><span class="invisible">ay-podcast-episode-320-a-lot-of-cool-3d-printing-diy-penicillin-and-an-optical-twofer/</span></a></p>
Hackaday<p>Oscilloscope Digital Storage, 1990s Style</p><p>You’re designing an oscilloscope with modest storage — only 15,000 samples per channel. However, the sample rate is at 5 Gs/s, and you have to store all four channels at …read more<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projects</span></a><br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/09/oscilloscope-digital-storage-1990s-style/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/09/oscill</span><span class="invisible">oscope-digital-storage-1990s-style/</span></a></p>
Hackaday<p>This Week in Security: Encrypted Messaging, NSO’s Judgement, and AI CVE DDoS</p><p>Cryptographic messaging has been in the news a lot recently. Like the formal audit of WhatsApp (the actual PDF). And the results are good. There are some minor potential problems …read more<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projects</span></a><br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/09/this-week-in-security-encrypted-messaging-nsos-judgement-and-ai-cve-ddos/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/09/this-w</span><span class="invisible">eek-in-security-encrypted-messaging-nsos-judgement-and-ai-cve-ddos/</span></a></p>
Architecture News<p>Abitare : Selldorf at the National Gallery <a href="https://www.abitare.it/en/architecture/projects/2025/05/09/annabelle-selldorf-new-atrium-national-gallery-london/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abitare.it/en/architecture/pro</span><span class="invisible">jects/2025/05/09/annabelle-selldorf-new-atrium-national-gallery-london/</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Projects</span></a></p>
Hackaday<p>Triggering Lightning and Safely Guiding It Using a Drone</p><p>Every year lightning strikes cause a lot of damage — with the high-voltage discharges being a major risk to buildings, infrastructure, and the continued existence of squishy bags of mostly …read more<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projects</span></a><br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/09/triggering-lightning-and-safely-guiding-it-using-a-drone/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/09/trigge</span><span class="invisible">ring-lightning-and-safely-guiding-it-using-a-drone/</span></a></p>
Hackaday<p>Scan Your Caliper for Physical Part Copies</p><p>We’ve certainly seen people take a photo of a part, bring it into CAD, and then scale it until some dimension on the screen is the same as a known …read more<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projects</span></a><br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/09/scan-your-caliper-for-physical-part-copies/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/09/scan-y</span><span class="invisible">our-caliper-for-physical-part-copies/</span></a></p>
Hackaday<p>Hacky Shack? The TRS-80 Model I Story</p><p>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 …read more<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projects</span></a><br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/08/hacky-shack-the-trs-80-model-i-story/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/08/hacky-</span><span class="invisible">shack-the-trs-80-model-i-story/</span></a></p>
Hackaday<p>Understanding Linear Regression</p><p>Although [Vitor Fróis] is explaining linear regression because it relates to machine learning, the post and, indeed, the topic have wide applications in many things that we do with electronics …read more<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projects</span></a><br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/08/understanding-linear-regression/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/08/unders</span><span class="invisible">tanding-linear-regression/</span></a></p>
Hackaday<p>DIY Driving Simulator Pedals</p><p>In the driving simulator community, setups can quickly grow ever more complicated and expensive, all in the quest for fidelity. For [CNCDan], rather than buy pedals off the shelf, he …read more<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projects</span></a><br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/08/diy-driving-simulator-pedals/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/08/diy-dr</span><span class="invisible">iving-simulator-pedals/</span></a></p>
Hackaday<p>Edison Phonograph Plays the Cylinders</p><p>You might be old enough to remember record platters, but you probably aren’t old enough to remember when records were cylinders. The Edison Blue Amberol records came out in 1912 …read more<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projects</span></a><br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/08/edison-phonograph-plays-the-cylinders/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/08/edison</span><span class="invisible">-phonograph-plays-the-cylinders/</span></a></p>