Your QuickTake Camera And Your Modern PC
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by Jenny List
2h ago
An object of desire back in the mid-1990s might have been Apple’s QuickTake camera. In a form factor not unlike a monocular it packed a 640×480 digital camera, the images …read more ..read more
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Electromagnetic Actuator Mimics Muscle
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by Lewin Day
5h ago
Most electromagnetic actuators are rotating motors, or some variation on the theme, like servos. However, it’s possible to do linear actuation with electomagnetics, too. [Adrian Perez] demonstrates this with Linette, …read more ..read more
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Ask Hackaday: Is Shortwave on Life Support?
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by Al Williams
9h ago
Between World War II and Y2K, shortwave listening was quite an education. With a simple receiver, you could listen to the world. Some of it, of course, was entertainment, and …read more ..read more
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Hackaday Podcast Episode 281: Metal Clay, Desiccants, Silica Gel, and Keeping Filament Dry
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by Kristina Panos
9h ago
This week on the Podcast, it’s Kristina’s turn to bloviate alongside Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams. First up in the news: our fresh new contest has drawn three entries already! That’s right, …read more ..read more
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You Can Program AVRs From The Commodore 64
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by Lewin Day
10h ago
These days, most of our microcontroller boards come with bootloaders so you can squirt hex into them straight over USB. However, you don’t need to do things this way. If you’re …read more ..read more
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This Week in Security: EvilVideo, Crowdstrike, and InSecure Boot
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by Jonathan Bennett
12h ago
First up this week is the story of EvilVideo, a clever telegram exploit that disguises an APK as a video file. The earliest record we have of this exploit is …read more ..read more
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Can Cats Solve Puzzles?
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by Jenny List
17h ago
Cats, to those of us who appreciate their company, are fascinating creatures, with their infinite curiosity and playfulness. [Makers Muse] has a pair of half-grown-up kittens, and set out to …read more ..read more
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Car Becomes a Massive Bubble Machine
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by Lewin Day
20h ago
You’ve probably seen street performers or family members making giant bubbles at some point in your life. But what if you could go ever bigger…even approaching a bubble of infinite …read more ..read more
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A Robot Face with Human Skin
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by Navarre Bartz
20h ago
Many scifi robots have taken the form of their creators. In the increasingly blurry space between the biological and the mechanical, researchers have found a way to affix human skin …read more ..read more
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Cutting An IoT Fan Free Of The Cloud
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by Lewin Day
20h ago
The cloud is supposed to make everything better. You can control things remotely, with the aid of a benevolent corporation and their totally friendly servers. However, you might not like those servers, …read more ..read more
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