https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm Recent Topics en-us Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:19:30 UTC 5 forum.admin@aus-city.com (AUS-CITY Message Forums) UBB.threads https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/images/general/default/rss_icon.gif https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/854437#Post854437 Doubling Thermal Printer Resolution by Wiggling

Thermal printers are still extremely common today, using small heating elements in combination with temperature-sensitive paper to create a dot matrix-like effect without messing with ink ribbons and complex mechanisms. …read more
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/02/doubling-thermal-printer-resolution-by-wiggling/

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As fun as mucking about with simulated environments in a laboratory is, at some point you have to do those field tests to demonstrate that your prototype actually works in …read more
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/02/harvesting-namib-desert-fog-with-high-voltage/

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This week Jonathan chats with Benjamin Samuels of Trail of Bits! The conversation focuses on Patch the Planet, a new initiative to help Open Source projects deal with the fallout …read more
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/02/floss-weekly-episode-880-the-two-wolves/

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Sir Clive Sinclair and his company were notorious for pushing the limits of electronic parts in search of a low price, and his ZX series 8-bit computers were fine examples …read more
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/02/how-a-1981-ram-expansion-worked/

]]> Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:30:46 +0000 Webmaster https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/854440#Post854440 https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/854441#Post854441 “I’m Not Dead Yet!” Reverse Polish Notation Calculators You Can Still Buy

If you used a scientific calculator in the 1970s or 1980s, there was a fair chance that it worked differently from almost every calculator you see today. Instead of typing: …read more
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/02/im-not-dead-yet-reverse-polish-notation-calculators-you-can-still-buy/

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[Scott Baker] bought a TRS-80 Color Computer off eBay some five years ago. He’d always intended to add a CoCoVGA or CoCoDV upgrade to hook it up to a monitor, …read more
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/02/hdmi-for-the-color-computer-2/

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Despite the wide variety of fabrics used for our clothing, they all share the property of not being living tissues. This could be due to them never having been part …read more
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/02/creating-the-greenest-possible-clothing-with-living-fungi/

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When it comes to building real-world flying vehicles, testing can be arduous and expensive. You have to find somewhere to fly, then you have to contend with environmental conditions and …read more
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/31/simulating-uavs-in-unreal-engine/

]]> Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:30:12 +0000 Webmaster https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/853095#Post853095 https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/853096#Post853096 Defeating Bacteria In Hot Water Systems With A Heat Exchanger

The average hot water is a relatively simple appliance to understand. It uses gas or electricity to dump energy into water in the form of heat, keeping it at a …read more
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/31/defeating-bacteria-in-hot-water-systems-with-a-heat-exchanger/

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In the modern world USB has become a truly universal connector, with its inclusion on almost every major piece of consumer electronics. It has even expanded well beyond things that …read more
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/31/usb-c-adapted-for-legacy-sprinkler-systems/

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