When your homebrew Yagi antenna only sort-of works, or when your WiFi cantenna seems moody on rainy days, we can assure you: it is not only you. You can stop doubting yourself once and for all after you’ve watched the Tech 101: Antennas webinar by [Dr. Jonathan Chisum]. [Jonathan] breaks it all down in a
Read MoreWhen your homebrew Yagi antenna only sort-of works, or when your WiFi cantenna seems moody on rainy days, we can assure you: it is not only you. You can stop doubting yourself once and for all after you’ve watched the Tech 101: Antennas webinar by [Dr. Jonathan Chisum]. [Jonathan] breaks it all down in a
Read MoreWhen your homebrew Yagi antenna only sort-of works, or when your WiFi cantenna seems moody on rainy days, we can assure you: it is not only you. You can stop doubting yourself once and for all after you’ve watched the Tech 101: Antennas webinar by [Dr. Jonathan Chisum]. [Jonathan] breaks it all down in a
Read MorePhoto-printing kiosks are about as common as payphones these days. However, there was a time when they were everywhere. The idea was that if you didn’t have a good printer at home, you could take your digital files to a kiosk, pay your money, and run off some high-quality images. [Snappiness] snagged one, and if
Read MorePhoto-printing kiosks are about as common as payphones these days. However, there was a time when they were everywhere. The idea was that if you didn’t have a good printer at home, you could take your digital files to a kiosk, pay your money, and run off some high-quality images. [Snappiness] snagged one, and if
Read MorePhoto-printing kiosks are about as common as payphones these days. However, there was a time when they were everywhere. The idea was that if you didn’t have a good printer at home, you could take your digital files to a kiosk, pay your money, and run off some high-quality images. [Snappiness] snagged one, and if
Read More“Why can’t we each have our own AI software that runs locally,” asks long-time Slashdot reader BrendaEM — and that doesn’t steal the work of others. Imagine a powerful-but-locally-hosted LLM that “doesn’t spy… and no one else owns it.” We download it, from souce-code if you like, install it, if we want. And it assists:
Read MoreEver wanted to produce nitrogen fertilizer like they did in the 1900s? In that case, you’re probably looking at the Birkeland-Eyde process, which was the first industrial-scale atmospheric nitrogen fixation process. It was eventually replaced by the Haber-Bosch and Ostwald processes. [Markus Bindhammer] covers the construction of a hobbyist-sized, fully automated reactor in this video.
Read MoreEver wanted to produce nitrogen fertilizer like they did in the 1900s? In that case, you’re probably looking at the Birkeland-Eyde process, which was the first industrial-scale atmospheric nitrogen fixation process. It was eventually replaced by the Haber-Bosch and Ostwald processes. [Markus Bindhammer] covers the construction of a hobbyist-sized, fully automated reactor in this video.
Read MoreThe aircraft will be co-branded with Joby and Virgin Atlantic logos. | Image: Joby Virgin Atlantic announced a partnership with California-based Joby Aviation to launch an air taxi service in the UK, becoming the latest airline to bet on a new class of electric aircraft vying to become taxis in the sky. Joby’s all-electric aircraft
Read MoreApple appears to be expanding its pool of partner companies supplying data for Apple Maps, as it has now released an app especially for firms to contribute updated information. Apple Maps Just as it did with the Apple Vision Pro Demo Fit app — releasing it in the App Store but practically hiding it, Apple
Read MoreCities in Europe “are dramatically scaling back their relationship with the car,” reports the Washington Post: They are removing parking spaces and creating dedicated bike lanes. They are installing cameras at the perimeter of urban centers and either charging the most-polluting vehicles or preventing them from entering. Some are going so far as to put
Read MoreCities in Europe “are dramatically scaling back their relationship with the car,” reports the Washington Post: They are removing parking spaces and creating dedicated bike lanes. They are installing cameras at the perimeter of urban centers and either charging the most-polluting vehicles or preventing them from entering. Some are going so far as to put
Read MoreIn May 2024, Sonos released a completely rebuilt and overhauled mobile app for Android and iOS. The new software was meant to improve performance, make the app feel more customizable, and allow for new features in the future. But customers immediately complained about countless bugs, degraded Sonos speaker system performance, and features that had gone
Read More“Alphabet’s Waymo autonomous vehicles are programmed to follow the rules of the road…” notes the Washington Post. But while the cars obey speed limits and properly use their turn signals — they also “routinely violate parking rules.” Waymo vehicles driving themselves received 589 tickets for parking violations in 2024, according to records from San Francisco’s
Read MoreIf you own an Echo smart speaker, it will soon lose a key privacy feature — and be replaced with cloud processing of all voice commands. Amazon will soon disable users’ ability to process voice requests on-device. Users of Amazon’s Echo smart speaker will soon receive an email from the company detailing changes to the
Read MoreNo one got down on one knee to present the Oura Ring to me — I fell in love with the device all on my own. A subtle, jewelry-inspired fitness tracker without a distracting display and with fantastic battery life? Sold. But while I love my Oura Ring 4 for many reasons, there are a few
Read MoreNo one got down on one knee to present the Oura Ring to me — I fell in love with the device all on my own. A subtle, jewelry-inspired fitness tracker without a distracting display and with fantastic battery life? Sold. But while I love my Oura Ring 4 for many reasons, there are a few
Read MoreWhen I first reviewed Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 6, it surprised me — not because it completely changed the game for flip phones, but because it was good enough overall that it didn’t have to. It won me over with reliable cameras, good enough battery life, and a steadily shrinking display crease. However, the one
Read MoreWhen youâre starting a new sports league, or really a new anything, youâre always praying for your first viral moment. For TGL, a new golf league hoping to reinvent the game for a new era and a new audience, that moment came before the first season ever started. In 2024, Tiger Woods, the golf worldâs
Read MoreAs with most Google products, I’m constantly switching between Gboard and its many alternatives. I spent a good period with the open-source keyboard HeliBoard, which reveled in its simplicity and privacy-forward concept. However, as I’ve recently jumped aboard the Pixel and new Galaxy train, I decided I should probably commit to Google’s keyboard for the
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority What if Google’s next Pixel flagship used Qualcomm’s high-flying Snapdragon 8 Elite rather than Google’s in-house Tensor processor? While obviously entirely hypothetical (Google already has plans for the Pixel 11’s Tensor G6), the hit-and-miss nature of the Pixel’s in-house chip has often left many of us contemplating if the
Read MoreHackaday Europe 2025 is in full swing, and whether you’re experiencing it live in Berlin or following along from home, here’s where you’ll find all the info you need to get the most out of it. Event Page: https://hackaday.io/europe2025 Chat: Hackaday Discord (Channels: europe-2025 / badge-hacking) Talk Streams: https://www.youtube.com/@hackaday/streams
Read MoreQuick Share recently implemented support for sharing via QR code. Right now, you have to tap a button to manually request a QR code before sharing. Google is testing a change to the Quick Share interface that includes the QR code by default. When you’ve got something on your phone that you want to send
Read MoreWith inexpensive microntrollers capable of the most impressive feats of sound synthesis, it’s not so often we see projects that return to an earlier style of electronic music project. The 1-bit synth from [Electroagenda] takes us firmly into that territory, employing that most trusty of circuits, a 555. It’s a time-honored circuit, a 555 provides
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