NextSilicon’s Maverick-2: the Future of High-Performance Computing? Maya Posch | usagoldmines.com
A few months back, Sandia National Laboratories announced they had acquired a new supercomputer. It...
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Cheap Writing Deck Eschews Distractions Lewin Day | usagoldmines.com
A modern computer can be a great productivity tool. It can also be a great...
The Joy of Making Handheld Tetris From Scratch Donald Papp | usagoldmines.com
As anyone who’s made a thing knows, a lot of work goes into bringing something...
Microsoft Uses Plagiarized AI Slop Flowchart to Explain How Git Works Maya Posch | usagoldmines.com
It’s becoming somewhat of a theme that machine-generated content – whether it’s code, text or...
626,540 Americans at Risk After Hackers Hit Healthcare Firm, Access Trove of Sensitive Data Rhodilee Jean Dolor | usagoldmines.com
A US healthcare firm says a whopping 626,540 Americans are affected by a cyberattack and...
Thermoforming Printed Parts with Hot Water Maya Posch | usagoldmines.com
Thermoforming is the process of softening a material enough so that it can be tweaked...
The History of the View-Master Al Williams | usagoldmines.com
We are going to bet that as a kid, you had a View-Master. This toy...
Fixing a Destroyed XBox 360 Development Kit Maya Posch | usagoldmines.com
As common as the Xbox 360 was, the development kits (XDKs) for these consoles are...
RP2040 Powers A MIDI-Controlled Soundboard Lewin Day | usagoldmines.com
When you’re livestreaming, it can be tempting to fire off all kinds of wacky sound...
Poking at the ESP32-P4 and -C6 Dies in an ESP32-P4-M3 Module Maya Posch | usagoldmines.com
The RF section of the ESP32-C6 die. (Credit: electronupdate, YouTube) With the ESP32-P4 not having...
The Requirements of AI Al Williams | usagoldmines.com
The media is full of breathless reports that AI can now code and human programmers...
New Tool Makes 3D Printed PCBs, Fast Lewin Day | usagoldmines.com
Getting PCBs made is often the key step in taking a dodgy lab experiment and...
Mag-Lev Lemming Refuses To Fall Tyler August | usagoldmines.com
Are you ready to feel old? Lemmings just turned thirty-five. The famous puzzle game first came out...
Diamond Age-Inspired Pocket Watch Has ESP32 Inside Tyler August | usagoldmines.com
A lot of hacks get inspired by science fiction. When that inspiration is taken from...
Taking Photos With Scotch Tape Instead Of A Lens Lewin Day | usagoldmines.com
Typically, when we want to take images, we use an image sensor paired with some...
Inside a Dutch Street Organ: The Art of Mechanical Music-Making Donald Papp | usagoldmines.com
’ Mechanical Organ of Dutch origin has been around longer than he has, but thanks...
Creating the World’s Most Efficient Quadcopter Drone Maya Posch | usagoldmines.com
Keeping an eye on remaining battery charge. (credit: Luke Maximo Bell, YouTube) Although not a...
Sliderule Simulator Teaches You How To Do Calculations The Old Fashioned Way Lewin Day | usagoldmines.com
Ever wanted to know how engineers made their calculations before digital calculators were on every...
2026 Hackaday Europe Call for Participation: We Want You! Elliot Williams | usagoldmines.com
Here’s the Hackaday Europe 2026 announcement that you’ve all been waiting for. But wait! This...
Crypto Flows To Human Traffickers Reaches ‘Hundreds of Millions of Dollars,’ Surging 85% in One Year: Chainalysis Rhodilee Jean Dolor | usagoldmines.com
The number of crypto payments for human trafficking transactions surged in 2025, according to new...