Hackaday [Unofficial]2d ago

Does Your Terminal Speak Morse? This One Does

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/06/02/does-your-terminal-speak-morse-this-one-does/

132d ago
Does Your Terminal Speak Morse? This One Does https://hackaday.com/2026/06/02/does-your-terminal-speak-morse-this-one-does/
#Classichacks #Llama #LuckFoxLyra #Morsecode #SBC
Does Your Terminal Speak Morse? This One Does

There are a lot of single board computers on the market these days, so you can be forgiven if you missed the LuckFox Lyra. Its main claim to fame seems to be that it shares the Pi Pico’s 51 m…

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Hackaday [Unofficial]4d ago

A Camera Viewfinder Makes A Great TV

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/31/a-camera-viewfinder-makes-a-great-tv/

134d ago
A Camera Viewfinder Makes A Great TV https://hackaday.com/2026/05/31/a-camera-viewfinder-makes-a-great-tv/
#Classichacks #Retrocomputing #Crt #CRTviewfinder #Display
A Camera Viewfinder Makes A Great TV

When we think of CRT camera viewfinders, most of us probably imagine the tiny CRTs you’d find in a 1980s camcorder. They’re super cute and a load of fun to play with, but they’re …

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Hackaday [Unofficial]May 16

21st Century Punch Cards are 3D Printed and Read By OpenCV

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/16/21st-century-punch-cards-are-3d-printed-and-read-by-opencv/

21st Century Punch Cards Are 3D Printed And Read By OpenCV

While a punch card is perhaps the lowest-density storage medium available, it has some distinct advantages. As [Bitroller] points out in the write-up of his punch card project, if he was using stai…

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13May 16
21st Century Punch Cards are 3D Printed and Read By OpenCV https://hackaday.com/2026/05/16/21st-century-punch-cards-are-3d-printed-and-read-by-opencv/
#Classichacks #Computerhacks #3dprint #Computervision #Opencv #Punchcard
21st Century Punch Cards Are 3D Printed And Read By OpenCV

While a punch card is perhaps the lowest-density storage medium available, it has some distinct advantages. As [Bitroller] points out in the write-up of his punch card project, if he was using stai…

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Hackaday [Unofficial]May 13

Measure the Earth’s Rotation Victorian Style

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/13/measure-the-earths-rotation-victorian-style/

Measure The Earth’s Rotation Victorian Style

You’ve probably seen a Foucault pendulum in a museum. This Victorian-era science demonstration is named after physicist Léon Foucault and shows how the Earth rotates compared to a pendulum mo…

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13May 13
Measure the Earth’s Rotation Victorian Style https://hackaday.com/2026/05/13/measure-the-earths-rotation-victorian-style/
#Classichacks #Science #Foucaultpendulum #Pendulum
Measure The Earth’s Rotation Victorian Style

You’ve probably seen a Foucault pendulum in a museum. This Victorian-era science demonstration is named after physicist Léon Foucault and shows how the Earth rotates compared to a pendulum mo…

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Hackaday [Unofficial]May 12

This (Pseudo) Random Number Generator Does It With Neon

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/12/this-pseudo-random-number-generator-does-it-with-neon/

13May 12
This (Pseudo) Random Number Generator Does It With Neon https://hackaday.com/2026/05/12/this-pseudo-random-number-generator-does-it-with-neon/
#Classichacks #Parts #Neonlamp #Prng #Random #Rng #Sha256
This (Pseudo) Random Number Generator Does It With Neon

The quest for true randomness has roots in cryptography and is a rabbit hole that gets surprisingly deep with alarmingly rapidity. Still, the generation of random-enough numbers is a popular hacker…

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