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Custom Watch is on the Case
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/13/custom-watch-is-on-the-case/
Published: June 13, 2026 17:00
We were excited to see [Z0hn]’s project about 3D printing a custom watch from scratch — both because it was an exciting idea, and because the pictures looked great. While …read more
Patterns Everywhere
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/13/patterns-everywhere/
Published: June 13, 2026 14:00
I studied physics in college, and I’m always surprised how fundamental some of the concepts are. Take waves for example. You really wouldn’t expect the same underlying concept to be …read more
Behold a 60 Hz Refresh Rate E-ink Monitor
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/13/behold-a-60-hz-refresh-rate-e-ink-monitor/
Published: June 13, 2026 11:00
E-ink displays have a number of advantages over other display types, but their refresh rate isn’t one of them. But what exactly makes them slow? According to [Wenting Zhang], it’s …read more
GentleOS, A Simple OS For Your Old PC
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/13/gentleos-a-simple-os-for-your-old-pc/
Published: June 13, 2026 08:00
Every month or so we bring you a Jenny’s Daily Drivers article, in which we share with you an esoteric OS and try to use it for the everyday work of …read more
Deeply optimized MSX emulation on ESP32-S3 with VGA output
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/12/deeply-optimized-msx-emulation-on-esp32-s3-with-vga-output/
Published: June 13, 2026 05:00
The ESP32-S3 is by many metrics quite the powerful little computer, which has led to it being used even for things like emulating retro consoles and similar. Here [Ivan Svarkovsky]’s …read more
Homebrew Macropad Looks Good
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/12/homebrew-macropad-looks-good/
Published: June 13, 2026 02:00
We are fans of macro pads and especially homebrew ones. The Apna Dost project by [np_vishwakarma] ticks most of our boxes. In addition to a few buttons, there’s an encoder, …read more
The Air Position Indicator for the B-29
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/12/the-air-position-indicator-for-the-b-29/
Published: June 12, 2026 23:00
When you think of a computer, you probably don’t think of a tube full of motors and mechanics. However, as [Our Own Devices] shows, the Bendix AN5841 API Computer, an …read more
Building a 1:150 scale Toyota ProBox Micro Remote Control Car
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/12/building-a-1150-scale-toyota-probox-micro-remote-control-car/
Published: June 12, 2026 20:00
Although in our imagination those scale models of cars certainly can drive and steer just like their full-scale counterparts, there’s something incredibly satisfying about watching them truly come to life. …read more
Adding Weight to a 3D Print With Plaster of Paris, Cleanly
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/12/adding-weight-to-a-3d-print-with-plaster-of-paris-cleanly/
Published: June 12, 2026 18:30
Sometimes it’s useful to add extra mass to a 3D print, and [Joe Fedewa] shared a simple and effective technique that uses plaster of Paris. Rather than pause the print …read more
Hackaday Podcast Ep 373: GPS, Danger In Space, and Robby the Robot
Published: June 12, 2026 16:30
Last week, Elliot got his foot stepped on by a 1.5 metric ton draft horse, and boy is he glad to be back to the relative safety of podcasting! Joining …read more
A Peek inside the Secret Lagercrantz Suitcase Radio
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/12/a-peek-inside-the-secret-lagercrantz-suitcase-radio/
Published: June 12, 2026 15:30
What counts as portable is somewhat a matter of opinion, especially over the years. [Helge Fykse] has a portable spy radio of Swedish origin. For its time, it was considered …read more
This Week in Security: Microsoft on Microsoft, Register Your Domains, Linux on ARM, and FreeBSD Joins the File Cache Club
Published: June 12, 2026 14:00
Supply chain attacks continue, with Microsoft’s own open source Azure repositories being automatically disabled by GitHub following a compromise of the packages by the Miasma worm. OpenSourceMalware reports that the …read more
Glue-in Hinge Design Tries Something Different
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/12/glue-in-hinge-design-tries-something-different/
Published: June 12, 2026 11:00
Need a hinge in your 3D printed design and would prefer not to re-invent the wheel? You may find [Alex Krush]’s glue-in filament hinge useful. This design prints half the …read more
The Hackaday Communicator Badge, Re-Imagined With New Firmware
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/12/the-hackaday-communicator-badge-re-imagined-with-new-firmware/
Published: June 12, 2026 08:00
Our recently concluded event in Europe saw the return of the Hackaday Communicator badge — a stylish handheld gadget with a QWERTY keyboard, a LoRa radio, and an ESP32. It …read more
Amiga 1232 Storm CD Packs Every Upgrade into One Wedge
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/11/amiga-1232-storm-cd-packs-every-upgrade-into-one-wedge/
Published: June 12, 2026 05:00
You know what they used to say– once you go Commodore, you’ll never leave by any door. Well, they might not have said that, but given the prevalence of projects …read more
So Many Analog to Digital Converters
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/11/so-many-analog-to-digital-converters/
Published: June 12, 2026 02:00
An old algebra teacher used to say, “You have to take what you know and use it to get what you don’t know.” You might say the same thing about …read more
Repairing a Pair of Voodoo 2 GPUs for some SLI Action
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/11/repairing-a-pair-of-voodoo-2-gpus-for-some-sli-action/
Published: June 11, 2026 23:00
Recently [Bits und Bolts] stumbled over a pair of Dragon 3000 branded 3dfx Voodoo 2 cards in his unfixed cards pile, and decided that the best course of action was …read more
Evidence for Water Vapor Plumes on Europa Vanishes in Re-Analysis
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/11/evidence-for-water-vapor-plumes-on-europa-vanishes-in-re-analysis/
Published: June 11, 2026 20:00
Unlike on Mars where for decades we have had dozens of orbital and ground-based platforms zipping and scurrying about to prod at every bit of emitted radiation, rock type and …read more
Mechanical Stability For Your Coils
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/11/mechanical-stability-for-your-coils/
Published: June 11, 2026 18:30
If you work with radio, the chances are that before too long you’ll be winding an inductor. At radio frequencies these won’t be big chunky transformer style chokes, but often …read more
3D Printed Hose Sprayer Sets Phasers to Suds
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/11/3d-printed-hose-sprayer-sets-phasers-to-suds/
Published: June 11, 2026 15:30
The weather is warming up, and for many of us that means more time spent working out in the yard. You probably won’t find any new life or new civilizations …read more
Building a Desktop Catalytic Cracker
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/11/building-a-desktop-catalytic-cracker/
Published: June 11, 2026 11:00
Although crude oil contains a vast diversity of hydrocarbons, a comparatively small number of these make up the bulk of demand for oil. Cracking solves this mismatch: most of the …read more
AI The Truly Environmentally Friendly Way
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/11/ai-the-truly-environmentally-friendly-way/
Published: June 11, 2026 08:00
A common complaint about the rise of commercial AI services is that they are power-hungry and thus damage the environment. If this concerns you then [Squeezlabs] has the solution, in …read more
Process 4 Billion Pixels Per Second from 16 DIY Cameras for the Best V-Tubing Rig Ever
Published: June 11, 2026 05:00
[Dennis] is on YouTube with his channel “Made By Dennis,” but for the record he is a maker, not a V-tuber. On the other hand, his latest project– creating a …read more
Introducing Boron Buckyballs
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/10/introducing-boron-buckyballs/
Published: June 11, 2026 02:00
A buckminsterfullerene, also known as a buckyball, is typically a fullerene consisting of sixty carbon atoms (C60) arranged in a way that resembles a football-like sphere. Extending this arrangement to …read more
Meshcore and Haiku: a Match Apparently Made in Italy
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/10/meshcore-and-haiku-a-match-apparently-made-in-italy/
Published: June 10, 2026 23:00
No, we’re not talking about cultural appropriation of Japan’s most famous form of short poem–this is the other Haiku, the open-source descendant of BeOS, which now has a fully-native meshcore …read more
Safely Using Old EV Batteries in Your Home Solar Setup
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/10/safely-using-old-ev-batteries-in-your-home-solar-setup/
Published: June 10, 2026 20:00
As straightforward as the concept of taking battery packs out of an old electric or hybrid car and reusing them for home power storage sounds, this thought process skips a …read more
FLOSS Weekly Episode 870: Open Source Gardening
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/10/floss-weekly-episode-870-open-source-gardening/
Published: June 10, 2026 18:30
This week Jonathan chats with Alexander Neumann about Restic, a particularly compelling backup and restore solution written in Go. Why did the world need one more backup program? And what’s …read more
DIY CO2 Scrubber in DIY Sub by a Hacker Braver Than Most
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/10/diy-co2-scrubber-in-diy-sub-by-a-hacker-braver-than-most/
Published: June 10, 2026 15:30
If you look around your environment, you can probably pick off quite a few things that you’ve made, at least if you’ve been at this a while. You probably aren’t …read more
NASA Announces Artemis III Crew and Ambitious Goals
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/10/nasa-announces-artemis-iii-crew-and-ambitious-goals/
Published: June 10, 2026 14:00
When the Artemis lunar program was first conceived, the third mission would have seen astronauts step foot on the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972. But …read more
Pi Media Player with VCR Vibe is Perfect for CRTs
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/10/pi-media-player-with-vcr-vibe-is-perfect-for-crts/
Published: June 10, 2026 11:00
If you have a TV and a Pi, you have the workings of a media center, and you’re not exactly short on options for software. But options are good, so …read more
Giving a Power Mac G4 a USB Upgrade, For Free!
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/10/giving-a-power-mac-g4-a-usb-upgrade-for-free/
Published: June 10, 2026 08:00
At various times in the history of desktop computing, the market has stubbornly refused to follow the path dictated for it by a dominant manufacturer. IBM’s move to MCA in …read more
Re-Enable all Compute Units on the PS5-like BC-250 Cryptomining Card
Published: June 10, 2026 05:00
The custom APU at the core of Sony’s PlayStation 5 hasn’t just been quietly powering these game consoles, but also made their way onto cryptomining cards around 2023 which are …read more
Deep Dive into Sputnik
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/09/deep-dive-into-sputnik/
Published: June 10, 2026 02:00
If you are an American of a certain age, you know the Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, beating the United States to orbit. You might even remember ham …read more
Print Your Own Robby the Robot
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/09/print-your-own-robby-the-robot/
Published: June 9, 2026 23:00
When it comes to robots, few are as iconic as Robby. [Ogrinz Labs] has wanted to build one and even examined a real one up for auction to get high-res …read more
How the 2020s Chip Crisis Led to a Buggy Saleae Analyzer in 2026
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/09/how-the-2020s-chip-crisis-led-to-a-buggy-saeleae-analyzer-in-2026/
Published: June 9, 2026 20:00
For those of us old enough to remember the harrowing days of the early 2020s, alongside another major kerfuffle there was a complete breakdown in global supply chains that led …read more
The Secret Wattcycle LFP Battery Downgrade
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/09/the-secret-wattcycle-lfp-battery-downgrade/
Published: June 9, 2026 18:30
After recently reviewing a Wattcycle LFP battery sent over by the manufacturer, [Will Prowse] was made aware of some disturbing changes to the internals of batteries received by regular customers. …read more
Custom FM Radio Station Powered by Shell Scripts
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/09/custom-fm-radio-station-powered-by-shell-scripts/
Published: June 9, 2026 17:00
[Trwmato] wanted to spend more time listening to a normal radio to cut back on phone use. But the programming wasn’t quite right so, of course, the solution was to …read more
Questions Remain About Tense Moment Aboard ISS
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/09/questions-remain-about-tense-moment-aboard-iss/
Published: June 9, 2026 14:00
Even if you’re not normally interested in what’s happening in low Earth orbit, you probably heard that last week NASA ordered its personnel aboard the International Space Station to button …read more
The Winners of the 2025 Obfuscated C Code Contest
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/09/the-winners-of-the-2025-obfuscated-c-code-contest/
Published: June 9, 2026 11:00
One of the most exciting challenges available to any software developer is that of writing brilliantly working code that’s so obtuse, so indecipherable, and opaque, that even its own author …read more
Automatic Tutorial Generator is Perhaps the Best-Case For Vibe Coding
Published: June 9, 2026 08:00
Quick question: how did you learn to code? It probably wasn’t bribing someone a year or two ahead of you in CS to finish all your homework, but that’s exactly …read more
Powering Up a Pluggable Module from the 1948 IBM 604 Electronic Calculator
Published: June 9, 2026 05:00
In that awkward transition phase between electromechanical accounting systems used in the 1940s and the introduction of fully digital computers we find systems such as the IBM 604 Electronic Calculator, …read more
Discovery of an Active Wind from the Milky Way’s Central Black Hole
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/08/discovery-of-an-active-wind-from-the-milky-ways-central-black-hole/
Published: June 9, 2026 02:00
One of the fun aspects of astrophysics is that much of it involves phenomena which you cannot exactly study from up close, with the supermassive black hole (SMBH) at the …read more
Pico-Driven Ultrasound Enables Scaled Acoustic Model of Home Stereo
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/08/pico-driven-ultrasound-enables-scaled-acoustic-model-of-home-stereo/
Published: June 8, 2026 23:00
There are plenty of ways to get sound into your house: good old fashioned headphones, the Dolby surround setup we all lusted after back in the day, or the 21st …read more
News Sites are Blocking Internet Archive over AI Scraping Fears
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/08/news-sites-are-blocking-internet-archive-over-ai-scraping-fears/
Published: June 8, 2026 20:00
Especially in this era of the Internet, the role of the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine has become increasingly essential as more and more web content vanishes into the ether or …read more
Optimizing Pancakes from Chemical Principles
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/08/optimizing-pancakes-from-chemical-principles/
Published: June 8, 2026 17:00
Although parents and teachers like to point out the deep link between cooking and chemistry, most people don’t deliberately apply any chemical principles beyond acid/base reactions to their recipes. Not …read more
Spy Tech: The GPS Numbers Station
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/08/spy-tech-the-gps-numbers-station/
Published: June 8, 2026 15:30
We’ve talked before about number stations — mysterious shortwave transmitters repeating numbers, presumably for clandestine purposes. But, of course, the mere fact that they are unusual makes them stand out. …read more
Revisiting Using AI Coding Assistants: You’re Holding It Wrong Edition
Published: June 8, 2026 14:00
After scathing accusations of skimping on due diligence, as well as other feedback to my article on trying to use an ‘AI coding assistant’ for the first time, the only …read more
Goddard the Robot Dog Brought to Life
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/08/goddard-the-robot-dog-brought-to-life/
Published: June 8, 2026 11:00
There’s not much more nostalgic for many than good ole’ Jimmy Neutron. This was true for [Kiara], who saw the gorgeous pupper Goddard and wanted him for herself. Of course, …read more
Fixing the Failure of the Reevo
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/08/fixing-the-failure-of-the-reevo/
Published: June 8, 2026 08:00
There are a lot of traditional features of a bike that rarely change. The spokes, the chain, and the inability for it to take off like a rocket, to mention …read more
Repairing a Apple PowerBook 150 With Serious Issues
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/07/repairing-a-apple-powerbook-150-with-serious-issues/
Published: June 8, 2026 05:00
Sometimes you purchase an old device that is very cheap for a good reason. So too with the 1995 Apple PowerBook 150 that [Hugh Jeffreys] purchased for a single Aussie …read more
Desalinating Seawater With Solar and No Brine
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/07/desalinating-seawater-with-solar-and-no-brine/
Published: June 8, 2026 02:00
Although desalination is very commonly used these days to convert seawater into fresh water, one of the major disadvantages of current approaches is that commercial desalination plants produce a lot …read more
Hackaday Links: June 7, 2026
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/07/hackaday-links-june-7-2026/
Published: June 7, 2026 23:00
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey isn’t hitting theaters for another month or so, but if you’re already planning your trip to the cineplex, you may want to check out this page …read more
Bluetooth Gramophone Has Surprisingly Contemporary Roots
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/07/bluetooth-gramophone-has-surprisingly-contemporary-roots/
Published: June 7, 2026 20:00
So you happen to have a gramaphone– maybe a big old Victrola/HMV, perhaps a Columbia– regardless of brand, it’s a big, beautiful conversation peice for your living room. It might …read more
How Small Can You Make A C Executable?
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/07/how-small-can-you-make-a-c-executable/
Published: June 7, 2026 17:00
It’s well known that the difference in executable size between a compiled binary and one hand-written in optimized assembler will be significant. The compiler brings in all manner of boilerplate …read more
LIPS is an Open Source Sip-And-Puff Interface
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/07/lips-is-an-open-source-sip-and-puff-interface/
Published: June 7, 2026 14:00
Lots of us have– thanks to repetative stress injuries– developed mobility issues that we have to work around when using computers. Maybe it’s a trackball instead of a mouse, or …read more
A New Life For a Rare Console
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/07/a-new-life-for-a-rare-console/
Published: June 7, 2026 11:00
One of the delights of our tips line is that from time to time it brings us retrocomputing hardware that, despite years of reporting, we were not aware existed. [Hitmanmcc] …read more
Less Than 10 Years? Commonwealth Fusion Systems Applies to Plug into Grid in 2030s
Published: June 7, 2026 08:00
Whenever the topic of fusion power comes up, someone will say it’s only 10 years away from commercialization in an excited tone, and someone older or more cynical will point …read more
A RayCast FPS in COBOL
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/a-raycast-fps-in-cobol/
Published: June 7, 2026 05:00
COBOL is not the first language anyone would ever think of when writing a First Person Shooter– after all , it’s the Common Business Oriented Language, not the Common Game …read more
Building a Gifford-McMahon Cryocooler With 3D-Printed Parts
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/building-a-gifford-mcmahon-cryocooler-with-3d-printed-parts/
Published: June 7, 2026 02:00
Although cryocoolers are capable of pretty impressive cooling, for many of them the underlying working principle is simple enough that you do not need any special skills or a big …read more
Pi Pico Demos, Therefore It Is
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/pi-pico-demos-therefore-it-is/
Published: June 6, 2026 23:00
A good demo, like [Linus Akesson]’s Sum Ergo Demonstrato, looks like magic to the average hacker. To normies who don’t know the limitations of the RP2350, they don’t see the …read more
Pi Pico Puts Bluetooth Keyboards on the I2C Bus
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/pi-pico-puts-bluetooth-keyboards-on-the-i2c-bus/
Published: June 6, 2026 20:00
If you’ve ever worked with I2C, you know its one of those things that makes working with modern microcontrollers such a pleasure. With a few wires and not many more …read more
Stratasys vs Bambu Lab: Industrial vs Consumer ABS Showdown
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/stratasys-vs-bambu-lab-industrial-vs-consumer-abs-showdown/
Published: June 6, 2026 17:00
Professional Stratasys FDM printers demand a pretty hefty price premium over your typical hobbyist-level machine, with the gold-plating continuing even with the special filament cartridges that you buy for some …read more
Homebrew Webcam Support for the Original Xbox
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/homebrew-webcam-support-for-the-original-xbox/
Published: June 6, 2026 14:00
These days, we take it for granted that a video game console will have multiple USB ports. There’s even an expectation that basic peripherals such as storage devices will “Just …read more
3D Printing a Miniature CoreXY Printer
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/3d-printing-a-miniature-corexy-printer/
Published: June 6, 2026 11:00
Although no longer so common as during the heyday of the RepRap movement, it’s easier than ever to build your own largely-printed 3D printer, with designs such as Voron’s delivering …read more
An Unlikely Host For An 8080 Emulator
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/an-unlikely-host-for-an-8080-emulator/
Published: June 6, 2026 08:00
To emulate vintage microprocessor hardware, it’s normal to find a modern host that provides alongside the number-crunching grunt, sufficient physical connections to interface with its support hardware. Thus if you …read more
Using Brand New NiMH Cells After Sitting 12 Years Unused
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/05/using-brand-new-nimh-cells-after-sitting-12-years-unused/
Published: June 6, 2026 05:00
After finding a pack of NiMH rechargeable cells that had never been used since buying them in 2014, [DiodeGoneWild] decided to test whether they could be tossed or not. After …read more
Investigating the S3 Virge’s Reputation as a 3D Decelerator Card
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/05/investigating-the-s3-virges-reputation-as-a-3d-decelerator-card/
Published: June 6, 2026 02:00
Back in 1996 the 3D gaming market on PC was beginning to heat up, with hot new titles like Tomb Raider coming out that year and requiring much more graphics …read more
Over-Engineering an FDM Spool Holder From Prusa Mk4S Remains
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/05/over-engineering-an-fdm-spool-holder-from-prusa-mk4s-remains/
Published: June 5, 2026 23:00
Unlike resin printers where you generally just pour the fresh resin into the easily accessible vat, FDM printers need to squirrel away at least one spool and its requisite holder …read more
As It Turns Out, There’s More Than One Cassette Mechanism Being Made After All
Published: June 5, 2026 20:00
It’s become an accepted truth amongst tapeheads that there’s no point looking at new hardware, because there’s only one tape mechanism being made anywhere in the world anymore, and that …read more
Using Windows 11 on an LGA 775 PC with AGP Videocard
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/05/using-windows-11-on-an-lga-775-pc-with-agp-videocard/
Published: June 5, 2026 18:30
Although the thought of installing a modern operating system like Windows 11 on something as archaic as a Core 2 Quad Q6600 Intel CPU may seem ridiculous, it being the …read more
Hackaday Podcast Episode 372: PopTubers, Shifty Semiconductors, and Shelving Shelf Labels
Published: June 5, 2026 17:00
This week, we’re shaking things up a little, with Tom Nardi still in the host seat, and someone besides Al Williams in the other, namely Kristina Panos. In Hackaday news, …read more
An Ethernet WiFi Router on a Pi Pico 2W
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/05/an-ethernet-wifi-router-on-a-pi-pico-2w/
Published: June 5, 2026 15:30
We are all in search of the fastest in a wireless router, to give ourselves the best connectivity to the world. But what about the slowest? Gigabit Ethernet may not …read more
This Week in Security: Messing with AI, 7Zip and Notepad++ Vulnerabilities, HTTP2 Bomb, and More
Published: June 5, 2026 14:00
With the rise of AI coding assistants continuing apparently unabated, some project maintainers have begun striking back. Ars Technica reports on projects putting hostile directions into the AGENTS.md file, or …read more
Using Electrolysis for More Than Just Generating Hydrogen
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/05/using-electrolysis-for-more-than-just-generating-hydrogen/
Published: June 5, 2026 11:00
When the topic of ‘electrolysis’ is mentioned, people typically think of just splitting plain old dihydrogen monoxide (hydric acid: H2O) into its constituent atoms, but this barely scratches the surface …read more
Vintage Turntable Gets Brain Transplant and Home Assistant Integration
Published: June 5, 2026 08:00
When [Marsupial] picked up a vintage Sansusi P-L45 turntable, he figured it would be an easy fix: a few capacitors, a belt or two, and maybe a new cartridge, the …read more
Connecting Your Car to Home Assistant
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/04/connecting-your-car-to-home-assistant/
Published: June 5, 2026 05:00
With how much time many of us spend in our cars, it makes perfect sense to consider them a second home. Yet even if that’s not the case, there are …read more
Microsoft Claims 20 second Qubits
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/04/microsoft-claims-20-second-qubits/
Published: June 5, 2026 02:00
While it might seem that your computer malfunctions every few minutes, the reality is that modern computers are usually quite robust. Not so much for quantum computers, where qubit life …read more
If You Want to Hack Me, Come in Through the Speaker
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/04/if-you-want-to-hack-me-come-in-through-the-speaker/
Published: June 4, 2026 23:00
Some security hacks require someone to have physical access to your computer. In many cases, that’s easy to mitigate. Other attack vectors can put you at risk from anywhere via …read more
Ways to Embed Magnets in 3D Prints and Not Ruin Printers
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/04/ways-to-embed-magnets-in-3d-prints-and-not-ruin-printers/
Published: June 4, 2026 20:00
Adding magnets to a 3D print can be very useful in a design, but there are some things that can trip you up if you’re not aware of them. In …read more
An RGB Keyboard For Your Hackaday Communicator Badge
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/04/an-rgb-keyboard-for-your-hackaday-communicator-badge/
Published: June 4, 2026 18:30
The most recent Hackaday event badge has been the Communicator, a handheld wireless terminal with a rather nice QWERTY keyboard. It’s good enough as delivered, but [makeTVee] has gone one …read more
The World’s First GPIB Speech Synthesizer, and it’s for a GRiD Compass
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/04/the-worlds-first-gpib-speech-synthesizer-and-its-for-a-grid-compass/
Published: June 4, 2026 15:30
The GRiD Compass is a legendary portable computer — a taste of an early-80s future with bubble memory, tough enough for NASA to take them into space, and one of …read more
Ask Hackaday: How Do You Feel About Electronic Shelf Labels?
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/04/ask-hackaday-how-do-you-feel-about-electronic-shelf-labels/
Published: June 4, 2026 14:00
Unless you’ve spent the last few years locked indoors and had all of your goods delivered to you — a not entirely implausible situation, given our audience — you’ve likely …read more
Make Your Ceiling Disappear With ADS-B and Short-Throw Projector
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/04/make-your-ceiling-disappear-with-ads-b-and-short-throw-projector/
Published: June 4, 2026 11:00
If you’re into airplanes, you’ve probably had the experience of hearing an unusual aircraft and rushing outside to try and catch a glimpse of it, all while fumbling with a …read more
Fixing a Nintendo Game Boy Clone that Runs Too Fast
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/04/fixing-a-nintendo-game-boy-clone-that-runs-too-fast/
Published: June 4, 2026 08:00
There’s no shortage of cloned Nintendo hardware out there, and most of it is pretty poor. A few are actually pretty interesting though, such as the GB Boy by Gangfeng, …read more
Web-Based Control for a CB Radio
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/03/web-based-control-for-a-cb-radio/
Published: June 4, 2026 05:00
There was a time when a CB radio was a simple affair: a small box with a channel selector, volume, and squelch controls. No longer it seems, because they can …read more
Distilling Stale Gasoline to Make it Usable Again
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/03/distilling-stale-gasoline-to-make-it-usable-again/
Published: June 4, 2026 02:00
The propensity of gasoline to ‘go stale’ through the process of oxidation is the reason why gasoline that has been stored for a long period of time is considered to …read more
DIY Ceramic Circuit Boards Surely Count As Solarpunk
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/03/diy-ceramic-circuit-boards-surely-count-as-solarpunk/
Published: June 3, 2026 23:00
Solarpunk is all about combining that DIY hacker ethos with sustainability and renewable resources. Our usual PCB manufacturing methods, with their bevy of chemical baths and petrochemical resins aren’t exactly …read more
Texas Instruments Changes the NE5532 and Others into Incompatible Versions
Published: June 3, 2026 20:00
First introduced in 1979 by Signetics, the NE5532 was a pretty spiffy dual op-amp for the time with low noise and low distortion. Over the years it has become a …read more
Deltarune’s Tenna Brought to Life
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/03/deltarunes-tenna-brought-to-life/
Published: June 3, 2026 18:30
For those who have never played the hit video games Undertale and Deltarune, the games are partially known for their interesting characters, many of which have eerie, surreal, and expressive designs. One …read more
Linux Fu: Fake Webcams, GUI Edition
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/03/linux-fu-fake-webcams-gui-edition/
Published: June 3, 2026 17:00
Previously, I looked at using the Linux video loopback system from the command line. The basic trick was simple enough: capture video from a real camera, process it with something …read more
Hydraulic Drive For Your Lawn Tractor
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/03/hydraulic-drive-for-your-lawn-tractor/
Published: June 3, 2026 15:30
Most larger ride-around landscaping machinery has a similar transmission, a transaxle containing a gearbox, or in some cases, a continuously variable drive. [Made In Garage] has a Toro lawn tractor …read more
But Just What is This ‘Artificial Intelligence’?
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/03/but-just-what-is-this-artificial-intelligence/
Published: June 3, 2026 14:00
In the world of buzzwords, the acronym ‘AI’ has absolutely been the buzziest of buzzing buzzwords for at least a few years now. Where previously terms like ‘smart’ and ‘intelligent’ …read more
Game Dodecahedron Runs AArch64 Assembly
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/03/game-dodecahedron-runs-aarch64-assembly/
Published: June 3, 2026 11:00
Operating systems are great things to have for general purpose computing, but sometimes they can just get in the way. There’s RAM overhead and processor cycles required for all that …read more
A Diffraction Grating Makes This Clock Readable
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/03/a-diffraction-grating-makes-this-clock-readable/
Published: June 3, 2026 08:00
We’ve seen just about every possible way to make a clock here at Hackaday over the years. So it’s rare to have a first, but here we are with [Twisted …read more
Turning an Old 3D Printer Into a Vinyl Cutter for Cheap
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/02/turning-an-old-3d-printer-into-a-vinyl-cutter-for-cheap/
Published: June 3, 2026 05:00
Replacing a 3D printer’s extruder with a cutting blade seems like an easy way to do things like vinyl cutting, but you cannot just put on any blade and expect …read more
A High-Vacuum Controller for an Eventual Electron Microscope
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/02/a-high-vacuum-controller-for-an-eventual-electron-microscope/
Published: June 3, 2026 02:00
[Chris Doble] has high ambitions: he’s making his own scanning-electron microscope, and as the first step he’s built a high-vacuum system. This required its own controller to manage the various …read more
Does Your Terminal Speak Morse? This One Does
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/02/does-your-terminal-speak-morse-this-one-does/
Published: June 2, 2026 23:00
There are a lot of single board computers on the market these days, so you can be forgiven if you missed the LuckFox Lyra. Its main claim to fame seems …read more
From Scrappy Pallet Wood to Fancy Tea Tray
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/02/from-scrappy-pallet-wood-to-fancy-tea-tray/
Published: June 2, 2026 20:00
Pallets are a wonderful way to package goods and move them around, but especially the wooden ones have a very finite lifespan. This means that many of them are discarded …read more
The 2026 EMF Badge Arrives, With An Add-On. As Expected, It’s Familiar
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/02/the-2026-emf-badge-arrives-with-an-add-on-as-expected-its-familiar/
Published: June 2, 2026 18:30
Four years ago the EMF hacker camp in the UK released a new kind of event badge. The Tildagon was designed to be a recurring event badge, useful for the …read more
Linux Fu: Taming Strace
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/02/linux-fu-taming-strace/
Published: June 2, 2026 17:00
While many operating systems seem to try to prevent you from peeking under the hood, Unix and Linux positively encourage it. One great tool that we’ve looked at before is …read more
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