Calm technologies that excite me via @abnv https://lobste.rs/s/fmyrgy #hardware
https://abhi.now/blog/calm-technologies/
hardware
OpenNMC is an open replacement for expensive APC management cards https://lobste.rs/s/yj9kx4 #hardware
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/opennmc-apc-ups-replacement-card/
Solving Advent Of Code on FPGAs with Haskell Clash https://lobste.rs/s/uuo1wt #hardware #haskell
https://midirus.com/blog/advent-of-fpga
Augmental MouthPad is a tongue-controlled touchpad/trackpad https://lobste.rs/s/nktzxp #hardware
https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/23/augmental-mouthpad-tongue-controlled-touchpad-trackpad/
Cynthion, open-source USB test instrument https://lobste.rs/s/ankuvk #debugging #hardware #testing
https://greatscottgadgets.com/cynthion/
SystemIO conflicts are not firmware bugs https://lobste.rs/s/jz8fmz #hardware #osdev
https://codon.org.uk/~mjg59/blog/p/systemio-conflicts-are-not-firmware-bugs/
Scanwheel: a drum style mechanical television you can build yourself via @fanf https://lobste.rs/s/asgpfk #video #hardware
https://github.com/AncientJames/Scanwheel/
Adopting Memory-Safety and Fine-Grained Compartmentalisation with CHERI via @fanf https://lobste.rs/s/lt89di #transcript #video #hardware #security
https://www.infoq.com/presentations/cheri-memory-safety-compartmentalization/
Ploopy A+ (external trackball) https://lobste.rs/s/vpmzvx #hardware
https://blog.ploopy.co/the-aplus-is-finally-here-499
Using ThinkPad T480 as a mobile phone https://lobste.rs/s/xoxury #hardware
https://grego.site/blog/thinkphone
Apple's new desktop computers are designed specifically for local AI development https://lobste.rs/s/iwsopp #ai #hardware #mac
https://arstechnica.com/apple/2026/08/with-new-mac-studio-and-mac-mini-apple-leans-hard-into-local-ai-inference/
Decrypting Flume Water Monitor Traffic via @hibachrach https://lobste.rs/s/g94aro #hardware #security
https://lithostech.com/2026/08/decrypting-flume-water-monitor-traffic/
The Pad-O-Matic prints one-time pads at the press of a button https://lobste.rs/s/k0fp6p #cryptography #hardware
https://spectrum.ieee.org/diy-one-time-pad-machine
One Ring to Rule Them All: Wiring Radios to Laptops the Hard Way https://lobste.rs/s/db0m6j #audio #hardware
https://www.lysk.ai/post/wiring-radios-to-laptops-the-hard-way
SB116 Programmers Calculator https://lobste.rs/s/odurle #hardware
https://unimplementedtrap.com/sb116-programmers-calculator/
I Designed A Custom PCB To Avoid Pressing A Button Three Times https://lobste.rs/s/49nob7 #c #hardware #reversing
https://blog.tymscar.com/posts/opensourcedimmer/
PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct — public TV channel sues Iron Mountain data center, which hosts archival materials, to ensure preservation
Public broadcaster Nine PBS is in trouble after its cloud storage provider went out of business and it now can't access more than 50TB of archival data. The data center hosting the files can't simply turn over the files, as it'…
#hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/cloud-storage/nine-pbs-loses-access-to-70-years-of-data-after-contracted-cloud-storage-vendor-goes-defunct-public-tv-channel-sues-iron-mountain-data-center-which-hosts-archival-materials-to-ensure-preservation
Sovereignty is a substrate via @fazalmajid https://lobste.rs/s/7pjq5g #hardware
https://negroniventurestudios.com/2026/07/28/sovereignty-is-a-substrate/
How my e-reader lost its stripes https://lobste.rs/s/w6aktj #graphics #hardware
https://www.serpentine.com/posts/2026/x3-stripes/
My review on GNU/Linux of the drawing-tablet XpPen Artist Pro 27 Gen2 is now published!
- On Youtube: https://youtu.be/Vq0hs7LeZtg
- On Peertube: https://peertube.touhoppai.moe/w/i7Y5kjRZZzJ1HCUeqRUvGt
- Companion blog post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1161/xppen-artist-pro-27-gen2-review-on-gnulinux
deskhop: Fast Desktop Switching Device https://lobste.rs/s/zk0qqe #hardware
https://github.com/hrvach/deskhop
How CHERIoT Provides Strong and Usable Isolation Without an MMU https://lobste.rs/s/gtvx0w #hardware #osdev #security
https://queue.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3831361
Making a VGA Driver in SystemVerilog https://lobste.rs/s/mngelc #graphics #hardware
https://lukaswerner.com/post/2026-10-20@bottom-up-vga