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Using an Unmodded GBA as a Music Synth
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/using-an-unmodded-gba-as-a-music-synth/
Published: October 24, 2026 05:00
The style and sound of older video games is unique enough that they’re still copied in relatively modern games like Undertale, Celeste, or Shovel Knight. There’s also a vibrant chiptune community making music …read more
RepRapMicron Uses Fibre Optics To Print Tiny Benchy in Resin
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/reprapmicron-uses-fibre-optics-to-print-tiny-benchy-in-resin/
Published: October 24, 2026 02:00
The RepRapMicron (also µRepRap) is pretty much the microscopic take on what RepRap did for more macroscale manufacturing, with the most recent innovation being a UV print head, called the …read more
Automatic Coil Winder Takes the Tedium out of Actuators
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/automatic-coil-winder-takes-the-tedium-out-of-actuators/
Published: October 23, 2026 23:00
Anyone who’s ever built their own motors knows how tedious winding the coils soon becomes; in [Larry]’s case, the issue was even worse. He’s building his own flip-dot matrix display, …read more
Reconstructing the Ancient Chinese Storm of Crows Weapon
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/reconstructing-the-ancient-chinese-storm-of-crows-weapon/
Published: October 23, 2026 20:00
The Chinese had been using large crossbows – akin to Greek and Roman ballistae – for warfare for many of the same reasons that European armies loved them. Their single, …read more
Running a Philips CD-i Off USB-C
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/running-a-philips-cd-i-off-usb-c/
Published: October 23, 2026 18:30
The Philips CD-i is a console with many shortcomings, and those include the power supply. For whatever reason, the engineering team decided it should use an 8P8C connector just like …read more
Hackaday Podcast Episode 392: Microscopes, Drones, and Other DIY Things
Published: October 23, 2026 16:00
Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams met to review the week in Hackaday. Turns out, it was a week for tiny things, cybersecurity, nostalgia, and projects that would have …read more
The MSX Gets A New Sound Expansion Cartridge
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/the-msx-gets-a-new-sound-expansion-cartridge/
Published: October 23, 2026 15:30
If we’re honest, there aren’t a whole lot of accessories coming out for the MSX computer line this holiday period. There is, however, a new sound expansion cartridge for the …read more
This Week in Security: Record Patch Tuesday, PHP’s Bad Time, The Oldest Vuln, AI Armies, and More
Published: October 23, 2026 14:00
It’s no longer a proper month without Microsoft breaking its own record for security fixes, and October’s Patch Tuesday was no exception. Brian Krebs brings the roundup: more than 1,400 …read more
When You Can’t Pick Between Electric and Jet Power, This Buggy Has You Covered
Published: October 23, 2026 11:00
Technically, what [Macona] built with a surplus Solar T-62 turbine is not a dune buggy, but a sand rail, but it does have the delightfully rare combination of electric and …read more
DOOM Ported to a $30 Clamp Meter
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/doom-ported-to-a-30-clamp-meter/
Published: October 23, 2026 08:00
DOOM. Boil it, mash it, stick it in a stew, it’s the game that runs on anything and everything. Now, the classic shooter is running on a rather unlikely target—a …read more
Restoring a Soviet ES-4001 Mainframe Control Panel
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/restoring-a-soviet-es-4001-mainframe-control-panel/
Published: October 23, 2026 05:00
Recently the [Chornobyl Family] got their hands on an ES-4001 control panel for a 1970s-era Soviet mainframe, with the intention to restore it to full working order. Not just because …read more
NASA Batteries Survive Extreme Cold and Heat
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/nasa-batteries-survive-extreme-cold-and-heat/
Published: October 23, 2026 02:00
One of the major limits of mass-produced batteries is the electrolyte. From lead-acid to lithium ion, there’s some temperature where the electrolyte will freeze and cause all sorts of problems, …read more
Car’s Camera Footage Backed up to NAS
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/cars-camera-footage-backed-up-to-nas/
Published: October 22, 2026 23:00
For as many sensors, cameras, and computers as there are on modern cars, they ought to be a dream to poke around in and customize to one’s liking. Unfortunately they’re …read more
An Open Source Linear Capacitive Encoder
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/an-open-source-linear-capacitive-encoder/
Published: October 22, 2026 20:00
If you’ve ever pulled apart a set of digital calipers, you’ve probably marvelled at the capacitive encoder that does all the measuring work. There’s nothing stopping you from using the …read more
Keeping Old Wi-Fi Radios Alive With Stream Conversion
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/keeping-old-wi-fi-radios-alive-with-stream-conversion/
Published: October 22, 2026 18:30
There are plenty of Wi-Fi radios out there that were built over the last two decades or so. However, many older models are now becoming less useful because many internet …read more
KiCad… In The Browser?
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/kicad-in-the-browser/
Published: October 22, 2026 15:30
KiCad is a useful tool for designing printed circuit boards, but it’s of no use to you if you can’t install it on the computer you’re on. To get around …read more
Japan Launches Mission to Study Martian Moon
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/japan-launches-mission-to-study-martian-moon/
Published: October 22, 2026 14:00
Humanity has been sending robotic explorers to Mars since the 1970s, and for our efforts we’ve been rewarded with not only incredible imagery of the Red Planet’s magnificent desolation, but …read more
Floating-Point Addition and Subtraction on Intel’s 8087
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/floating-point-addition-and-subtraction-on-intels-8087/
Published: October 22, 2026 11:00
Although you can do basic floating point format operations like addition and subtraction just fine on any CPU, having specialized hardware for it can provide a significant speed boost. Here …read more
Trying to Get Linux Running on a Nokia E6
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/trying-to-get-linux-running-on-a-nokia-e6/
Published: October 22, 2026 08:00
The Nokia E6 is a smartphone from back in the old days when Symbian was a thing. [fluffleswaffled] has been doing the work to get the ancient handset running Linux …read more
Reading QR Codes by Hand
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/reading-qr-codes-by-hand/
Published: October 22, 2026 05:00
QR codes can be a handy way to send a link or contact details without all that tedious mucking about with typing in a link, but they aren’t very useful …read more
Making a Five-Segment Display with Platinum-Titanium Cathodes
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/making-a-five-segment-display-with-platinum-titanium-cathodes/
Published: October 22, 2026 02:00
Before the advent of effective semiconductor LEDs many display types existed to display things like numbers and other characters. The Nixie tube is a well-known one, along with VFDs and …read more
Every Type of Current Sensor Explained
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/every-type-of-current-sensor-explained/
Published: October 21, 2026 23:00
Measuring electric currents is an essential element of many electrical systems, but doing so in a way that is as nonintrusive as possible is not an easy problem to solve. …read more
Sega Genesis Controllers on the Philips CD-i
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/sega-genesis-controllers-on-the-philips-cd-i/
Published: October 21, 2026 20:00
The Philips CD-i was not popular upon its launch in 1991, and is barely acknowledged today. In the opinion of [MattKC], it had a particularly poor selection of controllers, too, …read more
Knitting Yarn and Filament with FilaLoom
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/knitting-yarn-and-filament-with-filaloom/
Published: October 21, 2026 18:30
We don’t generally think of 3D printing and knitting in the same sentence. One uses threads and fine motor control, while the other requires great knowledge of pressing buttons and …read more
Building a Simple Internet Radio
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/building-a-simple-internet-radio/
Published: October 21, 2026 15:30
Broadcast radio isn’t as popular as it once was, its popularity suffering in turn due to technologies like MP3 players and music streaming services. If you don’t fancy either of …read more
The Age of Altair
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/the-age-of-altair/
Published: October 21, 2026 14:00
I recently got the Amazon Christmas toy book in the mail, and it is definitely the modern version of the Sears Christmas Wish Book for last century’s youth. Or at …read more
Clotty The Custom Period Tracker Can, Of Course, Run DOOM
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/clotty-the-custom-period-tracker-can-of-course-run-doom/
Published: October 21, 2026 11:00
[kati]’s Clotty might run DOOM and game-ify the menstrual tracking process with a playful Tamagotchi-like aspect, but don’t let that distract you. It is, at its heart, a personal menstrual …read more
A Stereo Vision Board For Hardware Hackers
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/a-stereo-vision-board-for-hardware-hackers/
Published: October 21, 2026 08:00
It’s plenty easy to do lots of vision tasks with a single camera, but using two cameras gives you lots of magical abilities, like depth perception! If you’d like to …read more
5 GHz Drone Video, With An ESP32
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/5-ghz-drone-video-with-an-esp32/
Published: October 21, 2026 05:00
With the ESP32 series of microcontrollers having had hidden software-defined radio (SDR) facility revealed, we’re now moving on from the announcement into projects making use of the finding. [Twotoz] has …read more
Using Ultrasound and Microbubbles to Make Tiny Devices
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/using-ultrasound-and-microbubbles-to-make-tiny-devices/
Published: October 21, 2026 02:00
Although we generally do not look at bubbles in fluids as more than a curiosity – if not an outright annoyance – in certain contexts they can be very useful. …read more
Lazarus and the Free Pascal Compiler Gain Dynamic Package Support
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/lazarus-and-the-free-pascal-compiler-gain-dynamic-package-support/
Published: October 20, 2026 23:00
If you have developed in Pascal or Delphi in the past decades, you’re probably familiar with the Lazarus IDE that provides an interface to the Free Pascal Compiler (FPC), much …read more
Going Whole-Hog on a First Satellite Ground Station
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/going-whole-hog-on-a-first-satellite-ground-station/
Published: October 20, 2026 20:00
When most radio enthusiasts start trying to pick up signals from satellites, they might put together a quick-and-dirty Yagi antenna and try to catch a repeater as is passes overhead, …read more
NASA’s Lunar Grounding Challenge is a Real Buzz
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/nasas-lunar-grounding-challenge-is-a-real-buzz/
Published: October 20, 2026 18:30
One could make a joke about how an astronaut walking on the lunar surface is rather akin to a cat walking on the carpet in the living room, but out …read more
Spreading Life to Bleached Coral
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/spreading-life-to-bleached-coral/
Published: October 20, 2026 15:30
Coral bleaching is a major problem for ocean ecosystems as the ocean gets warmer. Researchers at Stanford have found a new method for regenerating bleached corals. Scientists working on coral …read more
Super Mario Galaxy Now Runs on the GBA
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/super-mario-galaxy-now-runs-on-the-gba/
Published: October 20, 2026 11:00
Joining the ranks of fresh backported Nintendo games is Super Mario Galaxy for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance (GBA), courtesy of [Tobias Friedly], AKA [Tobi]. In a recent video he announces …read more
Visualize Regular Expressions with Marbles
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/visualize-regular-expressions-with-marbles/
Published: October 20, 2026 08:00
If you are one of those people who visualize things physically better than in the abstract, then Regex Marble Run by [bottomless] might be for you. You enter a test …read more
Birduino Plays Bird Calls on Demand with NFC-enabled Cards
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/birduino-plays-bird-calls-on-demand-with-nfc-enabled-cards/
Published: October 20, 2026 05:00
All [Hannah Robertson]’s Birduino needs is for one to tap an NFC-enabled card to the reader, and the device plays one of the vocalizations associated with the bird shown on …read more
Making Photovoltaic Solar Cells with a Microwave
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/making-photovoltaic-solar-cells-with-a-microwave/
Published: October 20, 2026 02:00
Although solar panels may seem like a kind of magic, they’re really quite simple devices, in their silicon form featuring nothing but the p-type silicon wafer and an n-type layer …read more
An RV on a Bike
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/an-rv-on-a-bike/
Published: October 19, 2026 23:00
Bicycles are the ultimate form of transportation freedom. They’re easy to repair, parts are cheap, and they will travel almost anywhere for free, as long as the rider has enough …read more
Meshtastic Sniffer for DragonOS
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/meshtastic-sniffer-for-dragonos/
Published: October 19, 2026 20:00
Meshtastic has gained a lot of popularity over the last few years thanks to its low barrier of entry. No licenses are needed and the hardware is dirt cheap, at …read more
An Open Micro-Maniplulator Improved
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/an-open-micro-maniplulator-improved/
Published: October 19, 2026 18:00
If you need a micro-manipulator, you probably already have a good idea of what it does. For example, you might be moving a probe over an IC die or wafer. …read more
One-stop Tool Shows Apple Intelligence The Door
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/one-stop-tool-shows-apple-intelligence-the-door/
Published: October 19, 2026 15:30
Don’t want AI features on your Mac? Tough luck, unless one wants to imperfectly do it by hunting down settings in about a dozen different places. Even then, the multi-gigabyte …read more
Charlotte’s New Runway Gets A Digital Twin
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/charlottes-new-runway-gets-a-digital-twin/
Published: October 19, 2026 14:00
The first viable powered aircraft predated the first proper runway by two decades. While it’s entirely possible to launch some planes from austere dirt or grass strips, the aviation world …read more
An LCR Meter with Compromises
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/an-lcr-meter-with-compromises/
Published: October 19, 2026 11:00
YouTube, like the Internet, has its plusses and minuses. On the plus side, you can find information on just about anything. On the minus side, you don’t always know if …read more
Driving On the Moon at a Blistering 11.6 MPH
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/driving-on-the-moon-at-a-blistering-11-6-mph/
Published: October 19, 2026 08:00
As NASA continues humanity’s slow march back to the Moon, different pieces of the puzzle of establishing a more permanent base there are falling into place. One of these pieces …read more
Thunderbolt Strikes Windows98
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/thunderbolt-strikes-windows98/
Published: October 19, 2026 05:00
If there’s one thing everyone hated about Windows 98, was the lack of USB4.0 support. We remember vividly the cries of anguish at the launch party when we found out …read more
Hackaday Links: October 17, 2026
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/hackaday-links-october-17-2026/
Published: October 19, 2026 02:00
While Hackaday doesn’t maintain a crime blotter, we couldn’t help but start this week’s post off with a bit of civil disobedience — a retired professor from the University of …read more
Off-Grid Refrigeration Using Fire and Salt
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/off-grid-refrigeration-using-fire-and-salt/
Published: October 18, 2026 23:00
Refrigeration has been a challenge for humanity since the start. Ancient civilizations in dry climates like Persia and Egypt could use evaporative cooling on a large scale with specialized architecture, …read more
The New Phobos Martian Moon Rover that Weighs in at Only 15 Grams
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/the-new-phobos-martian-moon-rover-that-weighs-in-at-only-15-grams/
Published: October 18, 2026 20:00
Although for many decades the planet Mars has been prodded, poked, driven upon, flown over and especially orbited by various spacecraft, landers and rovers sent over by a certain humanoid …read more
Building a Microscope with a 3D View
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/building-a-microscope-with-a-3d-view/
Published: October 18, 2026 17:00
As electronic components grow ever smaller, a microscope has become an increasingly indispensable tool for any fine work; when inspecting electronics, though, especially solder joints, [Corebb] found a top-down view …read more
A Plasma Donut
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/a-plasma-donut/
Published: October 18, 2026 14:00
We know [The Action Lab] always has something hands-on. This time, the video shows a toroidal plasma demo and how it relates to nuclear fusion. Plasma has a high temperature, …read more
Evolving RC circuits
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/evolving-rc-circuits/
Published: October 18, 2026 11:00
We are surrounded by evolving algorithms and AI models, and it feels like we have to evolve to them as well. Of course, the world itself is always evolving, and …read more
Turning a Wi-Fi Adapter into an SDR
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/turning-a-wi-fi-adapter-into-an-sdr/
Published: October 18, 2026 08:00
Since the discovery of an undocumented I/Q sampling feature in ESP32 chips about two weeks ago, there’s been a flood of similar features being found in other wireless chips, including …read more
Making a New Mechanism for a Reciprocating Pencil Sharpener
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/making-a-new-mechanism-for-a-reciprocating-pencil-sharpener/
Published: October 18, 2026 05:00
An engineer’s greatest tool is the writing utensil. Be it pen or pencil, we use them for everything from making diagrams to marking out cuts. But as with any practitioner …read more
Busting the Myth that Plastics are Chemically Inert in Water
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/busting-the-myth-that-plastics-are-chemically-inert-in-water/
Published: October 18, 2026 02:00
One of the often made claims about plastics is that they are chemically inert under most conditions, such as when exposed to water. This long-held belief has also challenged the …read more
2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: Dollhouse Arcade Cabinet Runs Remote DOS Games
Published: October 17, 2026 23:00
Classic DOS games never ran from within stand-up arcade cabinets in dollhouses, but [Juha Lilja] imagines a world in which they did. His Micro DOS arcade cabinet is described as …read more
Building a Flying Drone With a Single Propeller
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/building-a-flying-drone-with-a-single-propeller/
Published: October 17, 2026 20:00
Technically all that you need in order to make a drone fly is a single motor and single propeller, but realistically it becomes basically impossible to fly it at that …read more
2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: Oldputer Gives Old Eyes Relief with E-ink Display
Published: October 17, 2026 17:00
Modern computers are towers of glass and metal with very few large deviations from one to another. Monitor A will go against B, except you can’t tell them apart unless …read more
Discovering SDRs Everywhere
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/discovering-sdrs-everywhere/
Published: October 17, 2026 14:00
To quote commenter [douyarou], “It’s like our little version of a Precambrian explosion”. A bunch of hackers have discovered, independently and building on each other’s work, software-defined radio (SDR) capabilities …read more
SolidCraft is Parametric, Automation-friendly CAD for Desktop and Browser
Published: October 17, 2026 11:00
If you’re looking to try a new, open source 3D modeling CAD suite, especially one with automation-friendly interfaces, take a look at SolidCraft. It’s under development but there’s support for …read more
Making One Fender From Another
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/making-one-fender-from-another/
Published: October 17, 2026 08:00
There’s a tendency among cherished brands to licence their name and logo onto all sorts of novelty items in order to make a quick buck. Joining this trend is the …read more
TAKTO, Open Source Hand-Tracking Built Like LEGO
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/takto-open-source-hand-tracking-built-like-lego/
Published: October 17, 2026 05:00
Hand tracking in VR/AR can add a substantial amount of immersion and added interactivity. Unfortunately, most camera based tracking suffers when fingers get covered, intertwined, or simply out of view …read more
The Trials And Tribulations Of Your First Badge
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/the-trials-and-tribulations-of-your-first-badge/
Published: October 17, 2026 02:00
On the face of it, making an event badge should be an easy process. After all, most of us can hand-assemble a microcontroller, some buttons, a battery, and a screen. …read more
Simplifying Slide Rule Calculations with Trig
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/simplifying-slide-rule-calculations-with-trig/
Published: October 16, 2026 23:00
[Bob the Science Guy] remembers how to use a slide rule. Even after all these years, it is pretty easy to remember how to multiply and divide. If you can’t …read more
The 10€ Gamepad
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/the-10e-gamepad/
Published: October 16, 2026 20:00
We aren’t sure what [Lazy_Duck] is doing with video games, but it must require a lot of controllers. Dismayed at the cost and complexity of commercial gamepads, they started soldering …read more
Fairbuds 2 Teardown Shows Little Glue, Easy Battery Swap
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/fairbuds-2-teardown-shows-little-glue-easy-battery-swap/
Published: October 16, 2026 18:30
In a world where wireless earbuds are increasingly seen as devices that you toss into the e-waste bin as soon as they stop working, it’s heartening to see companies take …read more
Hackaday Podcast Episode 391: Tuned in to ESP32 SDR, New Old Pagers, and Bugs on Mars
Published: October 16, 2026 16:00
Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start this episode off with a discussion about Philadelphia’s budding hacker conference and the imminent retirement of the EZ80. After considering the parallels …read more
Braino! Takes the Cheap Yellow Display to School
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/braino-takes-the-cheap-yellow-display-to-school/
Published: October 16, 2026 15:30
These days, it’s common to give even very young children a mobile device loaded up with educational software that aims to improve everything from basic motor skills to reading and …read more
This Week in Security: Critical DNS Keys Rotated, Hacking Freezers Isn’t Cool, OpenAI Spies On Itself, and Advanced Hardware Wallet Hacks
Published: October 16, 2026 14:00
Critical Internet keys changed this week. Did you notice? The keys behind DNSSEC, the system for cryptographically validating DNS responses, rolled over on October 11 2026. This is the second …read more
Disposing of PLA and Why Composting is Not an Option
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/disposing-of-pla-and-why-composting-is-not-an-option/
Published: October 16, 2026 11:00
The ‘biofriendly’ nature of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) filament often gets touted as one of its main advantages over alternatives like PETG, but even a modicum of research ought to inform …read more
Running DOOM (Sort Of) on a Sonoff Smart Switch
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/running-doom-sort-of-on-a-sonoff-smart-switch/
Published: October 16, 2026 08:00
It’s often said in this community that DOOM can be made to run on anything, and as time goes on, that’s becoming more and more accurate. We’re at the point …read more
Another Wireless Chip has a Hidden SDR Revealed
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/15/another-wireless-chip-has-a-hidden-sdr-revealed/
Published: October 16, 2026 05:00
The news of the past couple of weeks has seen the ESP32 turned into an software-defined radio (SDR) thanks to a hidden baseband mode, an exciting development by anyone’s standards. …read more
Using Optical Waveguide Arrays to Make Sheets Sense Shapes
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/15/using-optical-waveguide-arrays-to-make-sheets-sense-shapes/
Published: October 16, 2026 02:00
Determining the shape of an object which can change dynamically is a bit of a challenge, one that especially vexes those who are really into Virtual Reality. Sensing the orientation …read more
45 Years Later, The Sinclair ULA Design Documents Surface
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/15/45-years-later-the-sinclair-ula-design-documents-surface/
Published: October 15, 2026 23:00
In the 8-bit home computer boom of the early 1980s, Sir Clive Sinclair’s machines were always among the cheapest on the market, often packing a surprising level of sophistication in …read more
Linux Kernel Drops AI Tag Requirement, Uses Meta AI For Code Reviews
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/15/linux-kernel-drops-ai-tag-requirement-uses-meta-ai-for-code-reviews/
Published: October 15, 2026 20:00
Since we last covered the way that the Linux Kernel project has been dealing with the influx of code created using LLM-based coding assistants, all the way back in April, …read more
C64 Hardware Simulator Isn’t (Just) For Playing Around
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/15/c64-hardware-simulator-isnt-just-for-playing-around/
Published: October 15, 2026 18:00
If you want to play old Commodore games, there are C-64 emulators available for just about any platform– but most of them are so high level, they’re really meant for …read more
Hand-Machined Stake Sharpener Just in Time for Dracula Season
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/15/hand-machined-stake-sharpener-just-in-time-for-dracula-season/
Published: October 15, 2026 15:30
Vampires aren’t as common as they once were, but in most places they aren’t fully protected and it’s still possible to get a tag for legal hunting come October — …read more
So You Want To Make Your SDR Work On Other Frequencies
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/15/so-you-want-to-make-your-sdr-work-on-other-frequencies/
Published: October 15, 2026 14:00
Perhaps the most exciting news of the past few weeks in the world of hardware hacking has been the unlocking of hidden SDR functionality in the Wi-Fi radios found on …read more
A Thermal Camera That Uses WebUSB
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/15/a-thermal-camera-that-uses-webusb/
Published: October 15, 2026 11:00
When creating a peripheral for a mobile phone, an obvious path is to create a companion app with which to talk to it. But as we all know today’s app …read more
Building An M7 Pan Tilt Head Controller
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/15/building-an-m7-pan-tilt-head-controller/
Published: October 15, 2026 08:00
The Soonpho M7 Pan Tilt Head is a useful photography tool for remotely aiming a decently-sized camera. Only, [Kyle Housley] wanted a little more control than was available out of …read more