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For the cautious, a good piece of advice is to always wait to buy a new product until after the first model year, whether its ...

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You might have heard of electrets being used in microphones, but do you know what it is? Electrets produce a semi-permanent ...

Many Hackaday readers have an interest in retro technology, but we are not the only group who scour the flea markets.

We really love when makers make their construction techniques evident in an aesthetically-pleasing way, and [Laura Kampf] has ...

Taildraggers remain a popular configuration for small aircraft, but they come with a significant risk during ground handling: ground loops. If the tail gets too far off course, it can swing around ...

Although largely relegated to retrocomputing enthusiasts and embedded systems or microcontrollers now, there was a time when ...

Apple’s in-house chips have some impressive specs, but user serviceability is something Apple left behind for consumer ...

It might come as a surprise to some that IEEE, the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, does more than send ...