In the bustling world of bees, swarming is the ultimate game of real estate shuffle. When a hive gets too crowded or craves a change of scenery, colonies scout out …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/2023-hackaday-prize-two-bee-or-more-bee-swarm-detection/)

An Effects Pedal for Keyboards (and Mice)
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/an-effects-pedal-for-keyboards-and-mice/

Effects pedals for musical instruments like electric guitars can really expand a musician’s range with the instrument. Adding things like distortion, echo, and reverb at the push of a button …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/an-effects-pedal-for-keyboards-and-mice/)

A Mainframe Computer for the Modern Age
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/a-mainframe-computer-for-the-modern-age/

The era of mainframe computers and directly programming machines with switches is long past, but plenty of us look back on that era with a certain nostalgia. Getting that close …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/a-mainframe-computer-for-the-modern-age/)

Looking Back On 30 Years of Debian
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/looking-back-on-30-years-of-debian/

Debian Buzz (1.1) running under Bochs. (Credit: Thomas Stewart)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/debianbuzz.jpeg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/debianbuzz.jpeg?w=800">The early history of Linux is a rather murky period to most, long before the era of glitzy marketing and proclamations of ‘the Linux desktop’ being the next hot thing. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/looking-back-on-30-years-of-debian/)

Where Did Your PCB Go Wrong? KiRI knows
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/where-did-your-pcb-go-wrong-kiri-knows/

When working on a PCB design in KiCad, it’s helpful that the files are all text and can easily be checked into Git or other source control. However, stepping back …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/where-did-your-pcb-go-wrong-kiri-knows/)

Random Access Memory From a Rotating Drum in a Bendix G15
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/22/random-access-memory-from-a-rotating-drum-in-a-bendix-g15/

When it’s the 1950s and you are tasked to design a computer system that features not only CPU registers but also a certain amount of RAM, you do not have …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/22/random-access-memory-from-a-rotating-drum-in-a-bendix-g15/)

Liberté, égalité, fraternité: France Loses Its Marbles On Internet Censorship
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/22/liberte-egalite-fraternite-france-loses-its-marbles-on-internet-censorship/

Over the years we’ve covered a lot of attempts by relatively clueless governments and politicians to enact think-of-the-children internet censorship or surveillance legislation, but there’s a law from France in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/22/liberte-egalite-fraternite-france-loses-its-marbles-on-internet-censorship/)

Decompiling Sonic Runners
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/22/decompiling-sonic-runners/