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The Machine That Says No: 1-Bit Music on the ZX Spectrum (emf2026)
How do you make music with a computer that barely wants to make sound at all? The 1982 ZX Spectrum has no sound chip, no DAC, and only a single on/of…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The restoration and running of a Foden 1928 6 ton steam wagon (emf2026)
Eastnor site owner James Hervey-Bathurst will be bringing his Foden steam wagon to EMF on Saturday 11am–1pm. Come hear him talk about the restoration…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Menopause.exe:running_with_limited_resources "Hacking the Hormonal System Update" (emf2026)
Menopause is a hormone system update you didn’t ask for: no consent, no user manual, and no warning label. Once installed, it triggers a ripple effec…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Mehr als nur ein Spiel: Eine historische Analyse der Evolution von CTFs (hackover2026)
Die erste Erwähnungen von CTFs sind fast 200 Jahre alt, aber wir denken bei der Abkürzung weniger ans schnelle Rennen um eine physische Fahne zu steh…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
A Window into the Capsule: EVE Online's Politics of Betrayal (emf2026)
EVE Online is a 23-year-old space MMORPG famous for espionage, betrayal, million-dollar virtual battles, and being the galaxy's most elaborate Excel …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Ship in a Bottle: Printing a Hermetically Sealed Sea Scooter in One Go (emf2026)
What happens when you combine 3D printing with the high-stakes world of marine engineering? You get a sea scooter that is born, not assembled. In thi…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
You Are Part Virus: How Biological Viruses Hack Cells (emf2026)
Molecular biology is cool,* and often the most interesting way to study a system is to see where it fails or how it gets hacked. Viruses enter, subve…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Teaching alt.ctrl and Learning playfulness (emf2026)
The field of Alternative Controllers offers a unique way of experiencing video-games. Although all the major console manufacturers have made ventures…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Astronaut Protocol (emf2026)
Astronauts experience cognitive impairment, bone loss, muscle deterioration, depression, and continence challenges. Nobody calls it failure. Space st…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Classifying Tactile Paving Crimes Using D&D Alignment (emf2026)
Tactile paving (those bobbly bits of pavements you find around crossings) has been with us since the 90s and is now ubiquitous, but it's not working …
2 months, 3 weeks ago