Hackaday21h ago

Soviet CDs And CD Players Existed, And They Were Strange

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/soviet-cds-and-cd-players-existed-and-they-were-strange/

1319h ago
Soviet CDs And CD Players Existed, And They Were Strange https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/soviet-cds-and-cd-players-existed-and-they-were-strange/
#History #Teardown #Cdplayer #Soviet #Sovietelectronics
Soviet CDs And CD Players Existed, And They Were Strange

Until the fall of the Soviet Union around 1990 you’d be forgiven as a proud Soviet citizen for thinking that the USSR’s technology was on par with the decadent West. After the Iron Curt…

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MassivelyOP4d ago
Boomer shooter Nightmare Reaper and voxel sandbox Teardown have added proper multiplayer support
🔗 https://massivelyop.com/2026/03/25/boomer-shooter-nightmare-reaper-and-voxel-sandbox-teardown-have-added-proper-multiplayer-support
#NightmareReaper #Teardown #Multiplayer
HackadayMar 22

How a Belkin USB Charger Pulls off a 3 Milliwatt Standby Usage

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/22/how-a-belkin-usb-charger-pulls-off-a-3-milliwatt-standby-usage/

13Mar 22
How a Belkin USB Charger Pulls off a 3 Milliwatt Standby Usage https://hackaday.com/2026/03/22/how-a-belkin-usb-charger-pulls-off-a-3-milliwatt-standby-usage/
#ReverseEngineering #Teardown #Powerusage #Standby #Usbcharger
How A Belkin USB Charger Pulls Off A 3 Milliwatt Standby Usage

A well-known property of wall warts like power bricks and USB chargers is that they always consume some amount of power even when there’s no connected device drawing power from them. This fee…

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Nick KMar 21

If you're a weirdo like me, I just posted (unlisted) the full, unedited stream of me doing a #teardown and #repair of my Zen Vision M (partially inspired by the slightly lacking guide on @iFixit)

https://youtu.be/WU7h_DlbwR8

A good 150 minutes of me mumbling to myself and unscrewing things.

Unedited Zen Fixing Stream || Build Stream (2026 03 04)

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blog.TOMar 20
A former Toronto teardown is now a $5.5M ultra-modern mega-home
Tucked into the leafy streets of North York, this newly built mega-home is bringing serious "tech billionaire starter pack" energy.Designed by Ron Heydari and built by PMP Design-Build Group, 8 Cadmus Rd. spans more than 10,400 square feet of living space.And while the size alone is impressive, it's the design details that make it clear this is an ultra-m...
https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2026/03/8-cadmus-road-toronto/
13Mar 20
Studying a Battle Born LFP Battery’s Death Under Controlled Conditions https://hackaday.com/2026/03/19/studying-a-battle-born-lfp-batterys-death-under-controlled-conditions/
#Teardown #LiFePO4 #PSA
Studying A Battle Born LFP Battery’s Death Under Controlled Conditions

There has been quite a bit of news recently about the  Battle Born LiFePO4 (LFP) batteries and how they are dying in droves if not outright melting their plastic enclosures. Although the subsequent…

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HackadayMar 19

Teardown of a 2026 LEGO SMART Brick

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/18/teardown-of-a-2026-lego-smart-brick/

13Mar 19
Teardown of a 2026 LEGO SMART Brick https://hackaday.com/2026/03/18/teardown-of-a-2026-lego-smart-brick/
#Teardown #ToyHacks #Lego #Smartbrick
Teardown Of A 2026 LEGO SMART Brick

At the beginning of March this year LEGO released their new SMART brick, which looks like a 2×4 stud brick and is filled to the brim with sensors, LEDs, NFC and Bluetooth functionality, as wel…

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