FLOSS Weekly Episode 851: Buckets of Money - This week Jonathan talks to James Cole about Firefly III, the personal finance manager! This one itches James’ own itch, but brings great visualization and management tools for your personal …read more
Scientists Discover “Meal Memory” Neurons That Control When and How Much We Eat - Researchers have discovered “meal memory” neurons in laboratory rats that may explain why forgetting lunch can lead to overeating. Scientists have identified a unique population of brain cells responsible for forming memories of meals, capturing both what was eaten and when it occurred. The research,...
More Than 100 Sub-Circuit Designs from Texas Instruments - We were recently tipped off to quite a resource — on the Texas Instruments website, there’s a page where you can view and download a compendium of analog sub-circuits. Individual …read more
Can smoother surfaces prevent hydrogen embrittlement? - Hydrogen is a promising fuel for developing sustainable industrial processes, but its use is hindered by hydrogen embrittlement—a phenomenon that weakens metals and can cause sudden failure. Now, researchers from Japan ...
Apple Brings iPhone Air To China - iPhone Air comes to China next week as all three major telecoms operators receive regulatory approval for eSIM services
Scientists Uncover the Brain’s Hidden Pain Switch - Researchers have found a set of brainstem neurons that can dial down chronic pain. These Y1 receptor neurons balance pain with other vital needs like hunger and fear, showing that the brain can override suffering when survival is at stake. The discovery could transform how chronic pain is understood and...
Scientists Extend Lifespan by over 70% in Elderly Male Mice with New Treatment - These findings demonstrate that OT+A5i has a significant ability to extend health span and highlight the sex-specific differences in aging and in responses to longevity treatments. A new study featured in the journal Aging has found that combining oxytocin with an Alk5 inhibitor (OT+A5i) can greatly improve...
Making the Tiny Air65 Quadcopter Even Smaller - The 22 mm FPV drone in all its glory, next to a 65 mm Air65. (Credit: Hoarder Sam) " data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/small_fpv_drone_on_hand_hoarder_sam_youtube.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/small_fpv_drone_on_hand_hoarder_sam_youtube.jpg?w=800"...
Bird Flu Found Lurking in Raw Milk Cheese, New Study Warns - Cornell scientists found H5N1 virus can persist in raw milk cheese for months. More acidic cheeses appear to prevent the virus from surviving. Raw milk cheeses made from contaminated milk were found to contain active avian influenza virus, posing potential health concerns for consumers, according to new...
Building the LEM’s Legs - If you built a car in, say, Germany, for use in Canada, you could assume that the roads will be more or less the same. Gravity will work the same. …read more
Windows 10 Is Dead. Your PC Doesn’t Have To Be - As autumn sweeps in, we’re excited to see International Repair Day just around the corner. It’s a good time to review this year’s repair harvest. The EU’s new rules on…
Empowering Humanoid Robots with Ferri Embedded Storage Solutions - Humanoid Robotics in the Context of Industry 5.0 Humanoid robots can offer important benefits in environments that demand more than automation. Bringing autonomy and adaptability, they have the added potential to interact physically with humans in a natural way, provided safety can be assured. Factories...
Scientists Sound Alarm: Earth Has Surpassed Its First Climate Tipping Point - The 2025 Global Tipping Points Report warns that preventing the widespread die-off of coral reefs will now require immense effort. In a new report released on October 13, 2025, a team of international climate scientists warns that saving tropical coral reefs from destruction caused by rising ocean temperatures...
C Project Turns Into Full-Fledged OS - While some of us may have learned C in order to interact with embedded electronics or deep with computing hardware of some sort, others learn C for the challenge alone. …read more
Chipmaker Nexperia says banned from exporting from China - Chipmaker Nexperia said Tuesday the Chinese government had banned it from exporting goods from China, after Dutch authorities seized control of the Netherlands-based firm citing management concerns.
BASICODE: A Bit Like Java, But From The 1980s - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASICODE " data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Basicode2-featured.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Basicode2-featured.png?w=800" / Those of us ancient enough to remember the time,...
[News] NVIDIA Expands AI Networking Push as Oracle and Meta Adopt Spectrum-X and OCP Technologies - According to Mydrivers, NVIDIA announced that Meta and Oracle will upgrade their AI data center networks using NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet adapters and switches. Meta will integrate the Spectrum-X Ethernet switch into its Facebook Open Switching System (FBOSS) network infrastructure—a software plat......
Scientists Discover the Secret to This Bizarre Creature’s Extraordinarily Long Life - A few tiny molecular tweaks may explain why naked mole-rats live nearly ten times longer than similar species. Researchers believe the key to the naked mole-rat’s remarkable lifespan may come down to small but significant differences in just four amino acids. A recent study found that evolutionary changes...
Waverider: Scanning Spectra One Pixel at a Time - Hyperspectral cameras aren’t commonplace items; they capture spectral data for each of their pixels. While commercial hyperspectral cameras often start in the tens of thousands of dollars, [anfractuosity] decided to …read more
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