The ESP32-P4 is the new hotness on the microcontroller market. With RISC-V architecture and two cores running 400 MHz, to ears of a certain vintage it sounds more like the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/esp32-p4-powers-retro-handheld-after-a-transplant/)

Genetic Therapy Aims To Bring Hearing To Those Born Deaf
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/genetic-therapy-aims-to-bring-hearing-to-those-born-deaf/

For those born with certain types of congenital deafness, the cochlear implant has been a positive and enabling technology. It uses electronics to step in as a replacement for the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/genetic-therapy-aims-to-bring-hearing-to-those-born-deaf/)

FLOSS Weekly Episode 860: Elixir Origin Story
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/floss-weekly-episode-860-elixir-origin-story/

This week Jonathan and Randal chat with Jose Valim about Elixir! What led Jose to create this unique programming language? What do we mean that it’s a functional language with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/floss-weekly-episode-860-elixir-origin-story/)

A New Life For An Old Amplifier
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/a-new-life-for-an-old-amplifier/

An audio amplifier was once a fairly simple analogue device, but in recent decades a typical home entertainment amplifier will have expanded to include many digital functions. When these break …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/a-new-life-for-an-old-amplifier/)

Dad Makes Kid’s Balance Bike Into Electric Snow Trike Like a Boss
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/dad-makes-kids-balance-bike-into-electric-snow-trike-like-a-boss/

The balance bikes toddlers are rocking these days look like great fun, but not so great in the snow. Rather than see his kid’s favourite toy relegated to shed until …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/dad-makes-kids-balance-bike-into-electric-snow-trike-like-a-boss/)

Making Code a Hundred Times Slower With False Sharing
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/making-code-a-hundred-times-slower-with-false-sharing/

Writing good, performant code depends strongly on an understanding of the underlying hardware. This is especially the case in scenarios like those involving embarrassingly parallel processing, which at first glance …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/making-code-a-hundred-times-slower-with-false-sharing/)

Philips Kid’s Kit Revisited
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/philips-kids-kit-revisited/

[Anthony Francis-Jones], like us, has a soft spot for the educational electronic kits from days gone by. In a recent video you can see below, he shows the insides of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/14/philips-kids-kit-revisited/)