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CircuitPython Goes Turbo With Precompiled Functions
15+ hour, 54+ min ago (40+ words) It would not be at all original to declare that Python is the new BASIC. Like BASIC, it has been the first programming language for a whole generation of coders, and its main advantage is that it's qu......
Rugs
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (351+ words) Dramatically Increasing Usable Closet Space Hackaday As any science YouTuber or first-year physics student is quick to point out, the universe is mostly empty space. Not just space itself, but the amount of “empty” space between nuclei and their electrons…...
Re-creating NASA’s Heat Shield Problem
17+ hour, 5+ min ago (37+ words) After the Orion capsule of the Artemis I lunar mission returned to Earth, it was found that massive chunks of its heatshield had been ripped off, posing a serious risk to any future missions. In a rec......
Tiny386
16+ hour, 36+ min ago (228+ words) A 386 PC For Your RP2350 hackaday.com We’re at a fortunate moment: microcontrollers available at modest prices are edging into the capability level previously reserved for full-fat systems and can, through emulation, run software beyond classic 8-bit home computers, consoles, or…...
A 386 PC For Your RP2350
20+ hour, 14+ min ago (31+ words) We're at a fortunate moment: microcontrollers available at modest prices are edging into the capability level previously reserved for full-fat systems and can, through emulation, run software beyond c......
2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: 16-Bit Homebrew Relay Computer
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (33+ words) You want Retro? We did, when we started our retrocomputing challenge. [Peter] decided that transistors weren't retro enough, and sent us this lovely homebrew relay computer, complete with 16- bit CPU,......
This Mac Is Open Source Hardware
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (39+ words) Apple hardware has always been proprietary, sometimes to an extreme. But that's not to say that it's impossible to make something that does the same job, which is what [DosFox1] appears to have done w......
The Heavy Disco-Ball Satellite Designed To Do… Nothing
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (32+ words) Launched in 1976, LAGEOS-1 (LAser GEOdynamic Satellite) is unusual in that it contains no instrumentation, no electronics, no power supply, and no means of propulsion. It's spherical, weighs just unde......
All The Best Computers Boot To… Python?
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (35+ words) Among all the machines of the 8-bit home computer era which booted straight to a BASIC prompt, there were a very few that went their own way with another language. The Jupiter Ace springs immediately......
How To Fold Curved Lines In Metal Without Fancy Tools
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (37+ words) Folding a sheet of metal in a straight line is one thing, but how does one fold multiple curved lines into a sheet of aluminum without fancy machines? [John] demonstrates how to do exactly that with l......