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3D-Printed Skin Gives Robots the Sensation of Touch

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/24/3d-printed-skin-gives-robots-the-sensation-of-touch/

Published: August 25, 2026 02:00

Hypoesthesia, more commonly referred to as numbness, is one of the more distressing ailments that can affect us humans, primarily because it reminds us of just how much we rely …read more

A 1990s Homebrew OS With GUI And Web Browser, In AM29000 Machine Code

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/24/a-1990s-homebrew-os-with-gui-and-web-browser-in-am29000-machine-code/

Published: August 24, 2026 23:00

The AM29000 series of processors were AMD’s entry into the world of super-fast next-generation silicon of the late 1980s. It was a time when ARM was still a niche architecture …read more

An Electronic Explanation Of 1960s Fuzz Boxes

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/24/an-electronic-explanation-of-1960s-fuzz-boxes/

Published: August 24, 2026 20:00

It’s likely that even those of us who have never picked up a guitar in our lives will recognize the sound of an electric guitar with a fuzz box effects …read more

At Last, A Gameboy Advance With Decent Audio

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/24/at-last-a-gameboy-advance-with-decent-audio/

Published: August 24, 2026 18:30

Many pieces of consumer electronics are build down to a price, and the corners cut show up in their performance. The Gameboy Advance from Nintendo is no exception: its audio …read more

Tech in Plain Sight: Vacuum Blood Collection

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/24/tech-in-plain-sight-vacuum-blood-collection/

Published: August 24, 2026 17:00

If you’re blessed enough that you haven’t had blood drawn in a while, you might not have thought much about the process. You might imagine that a needle goes in, …read more

Combining Photogrammetry Utilities into a Simple GUI Tool

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/24/combining-photogrammetry-utilities-into-a-simple-gui-tool/

Published: August 24, 2026 15:30

One of the fun aspects of open source software is that you can often find so many libraries and tools that implement the functionality you need, but ease of use …read more

An Early History of Space Stations: Where’s My Wheel?

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/24/an-early-history-of-space-stations-wheres-my-wheel/

Published: August 24, 2026 14:00

Last time we found out the idea of space stations is surprisingly old. By the 1950s, everyone knew we’d be working in beautiful space stations that rotated like a wheel …read more

Making Better Rubies At Home

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/24/making-better-rubies-at-home/

Published: August 24, 2026 11:00

Sapphires and rubies aren’t just pretty, they also got a range of practical uses. This makes it even more useful to be able to make them at home for obviously …read more

The Casio F-91W As A Contactless Payment Device.

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/24/the-casio-f-91w-as-a-contactless-payment-device/

Published: August 24, 2026 08:00

The Casio F-91W digital watch is perhaps one of the most successful pieces of consumer electronics ever made, having quietly supplied the essential function of an inexpensive and accurate LCD …read more

Neo-Cyclostyle: Automatic Document Copying Devices in 1890

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/23/neo-cyclostyle-automatic-document-copying-devices-in-1890/

Published: August 24, 2026 05:00

Document duplication has been a highly desirable feature, long before medieval monks slaved over yet another illuminated manuscript by flickering candle light. Fortunately one part of the Industrial Revolution was …read more

3D Printing a Railway Pump Car

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/23/3d-printing-a-railway-pump-car/

Published: August 24, 2026 02:00

A staple of old movies featuring railways, many handcars – also called pump trolleys or pump cars – feature the characteristic seesawing beam. Requiring at least two people, the motion …read more

Hackaday Links: August 23, 2026

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/23/hackaday-links-august-23-2026/

Published: August 23, 2026 23:00

We’ll start this week off with some disappointing, though not entirely unexpected, news — the ambitious commercial mission to save NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is officially a bust. The …read more

Using the Basic SNES Hardware to Play Minecraft

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/23/using-the-basic-snes-hardware-to-play-minecraft/

Published: August 23, 2026 20:00

After previously putting a very basic version of Minecraft on the Game Boy Color, [Tobi] decided to have some fun and port that version also to the Super Nintendo (SNES), …read more

Making LEDs in the Home Fab

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/23/making-leds-in-the-home-fab/

Published: August 23, 2026 17:00

Impressive as it most certainly is when an amateur fabricates a semiconductor, most of the projects we’ve seen are more demonstrations than workable chips. [Dr. Semiconductor], however, is going much …read more

Amiga-Inspired AROS Goes Bare Metal on Raspberry Pi

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/23/amiga-inspired-aros-goes-bare-metal-on-raspberry-pi/

Published: August 23, 2026 14:00

There’s no actual data, but if we had to guess the least-favourite Disney movie of former Amiga owners would have to be Frozen, because none of them will ever be …read more

Bluetooth Shock Collar Keeps Wearer On Task

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/23/bluetooth-shock-collar-keeps-wearer-on-task/

Published: August 23, 2026 11:00

Like a lot of us [Liam Kloppers] had a problem with doomscrolling. Unwilling to go cold-turkey because he does find some utility in social media. He tried a number of …read more

So, You Found a Foden Steam Lorry in a Field. What Next?

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/23/so-you-found-a-foden-steam-lorry-in-a-field-what-next/

Published: August 23, 2026 08:00

It’s quite likely that many readers will have harbored dreams of owning, or at least driving, a steam engine of some kind. [James Hervey-Bathurst] was lucky enough to do so …read more

Turning Corroded, Bug-Loving WiiMotes into a Working One

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/22/turning-corroded-bug-loving-wiimotes-into-a-working-one/

Published: August 23, 2026 05:00

A time-honored tradition in the electronics repair business is to make many into one, specifically a stack of broken devices into one that works. So too with a triplet of …read more

An Atari Desktop On A Sega

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/22/an-atari-desktop-on-a-sega/

Published: August 23, 2026 02:00

Over recent years there have been a range of classic 16-bit consoles coaxed into running familiar operating systems, with -nommu Linux being a favourite. But the 16-bit era had its …read more

Open-Source ExpressLRS Receiver Reaches for Range

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/22/open-source-expresslrs-receiver-reaches-for-range/

Published: August 22, 2026 23:00

Drone control links are, from a radio signals perspective, nothing short of amazing: using a transmitter capable of transmitting, at most, one watt, a protocol such as ExpressLRS (ELRS) can …read more

The Shutter Makes This 3D Printed Camera Special

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/22/the-shutter-makes-this-3d-printed-camera-special/

Published: August 22, 2026 20:00

Making a film camera is a project within the reach of almost anyone, from the experimenter with cardboard and sticky tape, to the machinist with an aluminium billet. But 3D …read more

555 Makes a Useful Beat Frequency Oscillator

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/22/555-makes-a-useful-beat-frequency-oscillator/

Published: August 22, 2026 17:00

If you’ve got a cheap ham rig, it might not be very practical for you to receive certain transmissions out of the box. However, if you were to hack in …read more

You Gotta Want It

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/22/you-gotta-want-it/

Published: August 22, 2026 14:00

On Hackaday last week, and on the podcast, we were talking about one of the educational toys of yesteryear that launched a thousand careers, at least if the comment section …read more

Building an Analog Geiger Counter

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/22/building-an-analog-geiger-counter/

Published: August 22, 2026 11:00

These days, it’s plenty easy to build a Geiger counter with a microcontroller that has a nice fancy display and a simple digital readout for how many radiations you’re likely …read more

Sleeper E-bike has Solenoid Display

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/22/sleeper-e-bike-has-solenoid-display/

Published: August 22, 2026 08:00

[GRMNT] decided to bring his grandpa’s beautiful road bike into the future by making a sleeper e-bike conversion. Going into the project, [GRMNT] didn’t really know what he was working …read more

Hacking A Cat Litter Box

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/21/hacking-a-cat-litter-box/

Published: August 22, 2026 05:00

[Joseph DiGiovanni] is the owner of a Litter Robot 4. It’s a convenient mechanized litter box for cats that can clean itself to reduce unwelcome odors inside the home. He …read more

How the Grid’s Harmonic Filters Keep the Power Clean

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/21/how-the-grids-harmonic-filters-keep-the-power-clean/

Published: August 22, 2026 02:00

A fun way to think about a national electrical grid is as a massively upscaled electrical circuit, one in which you have multiple power supplies injecting AC power, with various …read more

Building a Hammond Organ to Understand How They Work

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/21/building-a-hammond-organ-to-understand-how-they-work/

Published: August 21, 2026 23:00

The Hammond organ is an early form of electronic– or perhaps electromechanical– musical instrument. It solved the very real problem of organs normally being the sort of thing you built …read more

Thermoacoustic Sterling Engine is Now Fully 3D Printable

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/21/thermoacoustic-sterling-engine-is-now-fully-3d-printable/

Published: August 21, 2026 20:00

Would you like to make your own energy? Why, who doesn’t in this era of rising costs! A sterling engine always looks like a good fit for that: highly efficient, …read more

PVC Pipe Turned DIY Digital Telescope

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/21/pvc-pipe-turned-diy-digital-telescope/

Published: August 21, 2026 18:30

[Makestreme] had always wanted to own a nice telescope, but found that budget would not stretch to anything above a cheap model with a limited 50 mm aperture. Wanting a …read more

Hackaday Podcast Episode 383: QR Codes, Caving Gear, and the Old School Way to Learn Electronics

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/21/hackaday-podcast-episode-383-qr-codes-caving-gear-and-the-old-school-way-to-learn-electronics/

Published: August 21, 2026 17:00

In this week’s episode, Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start things off by getting excited about the recently announced 2026 Retrocomputing Challenge. From there the conversation will cover …read more

Building a Discrete Component 75 Baud Modem

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/21/building-a-discrete-component-75-baud-modem/

Published: August 21, 2026 15:30

These days, modems are pretty fancy bits of kit, what with to keep up with the speeds of cable, VDSL, and fiber connections. At lower speeds, though, it’s entirely possible …read more

This Week in Security: Apple Warns Users, Stripe Merchants Leak Keys, Copilot Helps Hack Itself, and Comcast Senses Movement

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/21/this-week-in-security-apple-warns-users-stripe-merchants-leak-keys-copilot-helps-hack-itself-and-comcast-senses-movement/

Published: August 21, 2026 14:00

Apple has started sending some users push notifications warning that they have been targeted with specific malware. No specific information about the threat Apple detected is available. While multiple iOS …read more

Spoofed Serial Number Unlocks Cricut Machine

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/21/spoofed-serial-number-unlocks-cricut-machine/

Published: August 21, 2026 11:00

[xssfox] recently found a Cricut Maker in an e-waste disposal. A quick scan over the device indicated it was in moderately good condition, with merely some perished rollers to contend …read more

Self-Hosting Offline Websites

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/21/self-hosting-offline-websites/

Published: August 21, 2026 08:00

If there’s one thing that’s guaranteed in the tech world it’s that nothing is guaranteed. From AOL, Netscape, Yahoo, and MySpace, every tech empire seems to eventually fall to ruin. …read more

Running Zork On The Steam Controller

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/20/running-zork-on-the-steam-controller/

Published: August 21, 2026 05:00

The Steam Controller is a device capable of many interesting feats. It’s intended to act simply as an input device, and yet, it can run games all on its own. …read more

Superconducting Temperature Record set at Ambient Pressure

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/20/superconducting-temperature-record-set-at-ambient-pressure/

Published: August 21, 2026 02:00

An interesting type of superconductors available to us today are the ones that achieve this property at room temperature, with only the small snag that they require crushing pressures that …read more

Samsung Printer is the Next Frontier Of Minecraft Servers

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/20/samsung-printer-is-the-next-frontier-of-minecraft-servers/

Published: August 20, 2026 23:00

While DOOM remains the undisputed champion of ‘game you play on every piece of hardware’ it seems that the role of ‘game you play on everything just because you can’ …read more

Homebrew 68K Machine Has A PCI Bus

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/20/homebrew-68k-machine-has-a-pci-bus/

Published: August 20, 2026 20:00

The Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus was first introduced all the way back in 1992. It quickly became the standard way to interface add-on cards on the PC platform, supplanting …read more

Foldable OLED Displays and the Bane of Dust

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/20/foldable-oled-displays-and-the-bane-of-dust/

Published: August 20, 2026 18:30

Much like Apple’s once vaunted super-slim butterfly keyboard, today’s range of portable devices featuring flexible OLED displays – which can fold said display into a much smaller form factor – …read more

3D Printering: Why is my PLA so Brittle?

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/20/3d-printering-why-is-my-pla-so-brittle/

Published: August 20, 2026 17:00

Over the years poly(lactic acid) (PLA) – also known as polylactide – has become a popular thermoplastic for a variety of reasons. One of these reasons is that it’s easily …read more

Miniaturizing the Atari 2600 Console

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/20/miniaturizing-the-atari-2600-console/

Published: August 20, 2026 15:30

For as popular as Atari was in their heyday, it wasn’t until well after they were on their famous decline that they released their first handheld, the Atari Lynx. In …read more

An Early History of Space Stations: The Brick Moon Made Real

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/20/an-early-history-of-space-stations-the-brick-moon-made-real/

Published: August 20, 2026 14:00

People have lived in space stations for decades now, but something is wrong with them. Where are the big rotating wheels? You know the ones. They show up in old …read more

Teardown Shows Low-Fi Microphone is Surprisingly Sophisticated

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/20/teardown-shows-low-fi-microphone-is-surprisingly-sophisticated/

Published: August 20, 2026 11:00

The Ting FX EP-2350 by Teenage Engineering is a standalone microphone with a few extras, including samples and built-in effect presets that can be modified by the user. It also …read more

Reading isn’t Rocket Science… But In This Case…

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/20/reading-isnt-rocket-science-but-in-this-case/

Published: August 20, 2026 08:00

While Hackaday’s bread and butter is, of course, hacks, we sometimes cover things that most of us are interested in that are probably out of reach for the typical hacker. …read more

Quick Share Implemented On A Kindle

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/19/quick-share-implemented-on-a-kindle/

Published: August 20, 2026 05:00

Quick Share is a useful tool for flipping files between Android smart phones in a fuss-free wireless manner. [unrealJune] has now implemented the feature on Kindle devices. You’ll need a …read more

NASA Tests Featherweight Radar Antenna for SkyFall Mars Helicopters

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/19/nasa-tests-featherweight-radar-antenna-for-skyfall-mars-helicopters/

Published: August 20, 2026 02:00

After the little Mars helicopter Ingenuity blew everyone away with its performance, it was clear that a future Mars mission should involve more helicopters like it, with even more capabilities. …read more

HYDR8 Will Lead You to Water, But Will You Drink?

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/19/hydr8-will-lead-you-to-water-but-will-you-drink/

Published: August 19, 2026 23:00

[Ayushmaan] states up front that most of his free time is spent “building things that probably didn’t need to exist”. Well, this one might be an anomaly, because it seems …read more

Mini Blinking Barrels Keep Desktop Traffic in Check

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/19/mini-blinking-barrels-keep-desktop-traffic-in-check/

Published: August 19, 2026 20:00

Your desk or bench is a work area, so why not make it look the part? That’s the idea behind the miniature blinking traffic barrels that [Glen Akins] recently put …read more

Historical Hack: Henri Griffard’s Steam Injectors

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/19/historical-hack-henri-griffards-steam-injectors/

Published: August 19, 2026 17:00

Here’s a historical hack for you: you have a big, rolling pressurized kettle, also known as a steam locomotive. It needs water to make up for the steam constantly chuff-chuff-chuffing …read more

Smarting Up a Doorbell with Zigbee

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/19/smarting-up-a-doorbell-with-zigbee/

Published: August 19, 2026 15:30

Once upon a time a doorbell was little more than a button, a transformer, and a bell tucked somewhere around the house. These days, they get a little bit fancier. …read more

Hackaday Europe 2026: The 1-Bit CPU That Ran Factories

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/19/hackaday-europe-2026-the-1-bit-cpu-that-ran-factories/

Published: August 19, 2026 14:02

Powered machinery started the industrial revolution, and it was automation that kicked it up another notch in the 20th century. The ability for machines to make things by themselves spurred …read more

Simple DIY STM32 Oscilloscope Project

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/19/simple-diy-stm32-oscilloscope-project/

Published: August 19, 2026 11:00

In part one of what is intended to be a series on developing an STM32-based oscilloscope, [BTTLab] demonstrates a how to use the built-in ADC of an STM32F207 MCU to …read more

Building Custom Backyard Solar Lights

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/19/building-custom-backyard-solar-lights/

Published: August 19, 2026 08:00

In this modern age, if you want a truly swish garden that makes your friends sad when they visit, you need good lighting. [technocraftStudio] has been working on just such a …read more

Joy-Cons Plus WiiMotes Make for Switch 2 Wii-Cons

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/18/joy-cons-plus-wiimotes-make-for-switch-2-wii-cons/

Published: August 19, 2026 05:00

As popular as the Nintendo Switch and its sequel are, it’s hard to argue that its click-on Joy-Con controllers are ergonomic, barring you having very uniquely shaped hands. This thought …read more

Compress Links For Optimal QR Codes

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/18/compress-links-for-optimal-qr-codes/

Published: August 19, 2026 02:00

Link shorteners have been a staple of the online world for over two decades now, but they’ve got some issues– for one thing, it’s totally non-transparent where the link actually …read more

A Hot End And Material Database For 3D Printing

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/18/a-hot-end-and-material-database-for-3d-printing/

Published: August 18, 2026 23:00

When it comes to 3D printing in the FDM world, you can go a long way just relying on standard settings that ship with your 3D printer and/or slicer. If …read more

Reverse Engineered Grill Controller Gets Open Firmware

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/18/reverse-engineered-grill-controller-gets-open-firmware/

Published: August 18, 2026 20:00

If you are a regular reader, then the odds are you have taken apart an electronic gadget, either for a fix, or simply because your curiosity got the better of …read more

PolyShot Camera Focuses On Nostalgia

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/18/polyshot-camera-focuses-on-nostalgia/

Published: August 18, 2026 18:30

Although we personally have yet to see anyone brandishing an old digital point-and-shoot camera, we hear they’re back in vogue. Why, though? People are nostalgic for that image quality. While …read more

Announcing the 2026 Hackaday Retrocomputing Challenge

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/18/announcing-the-2026-hackaday-retrocomputing-challenge/

Published: August 18, 2026 17:00

What is it about retrocomputing? For some people, it’s nostalgia. For others, it’s the appeal of simplicity. For still others, it’s the chance to save old machines from the graveyard. …read more

So, You Want to Fix an Old Camera

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/18/so-you-want-to-fix-an-old-camera/

Published: August 18, 2026 15:30

Old cameras are a fantastic way to experiment with photography, and outside a few brands, they can be an inexpensive way too. It’s easy to find older cameras in a …read more

Smartphones and the Next Generation of Hearing Aids

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/18/smartphones-and-the-next-generation-of-hearing-aids/

Published: August 18, 2026 14:00

If you don’t actually need one, you’d be forgiven for thinking a hearing aid just makes everything louder for the wearer. Especially since there are plenty of shady products out …read more

Watch Soldering Up Close and From Any Angle, in VR

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/18/watch-soldering-up-close-and-from-any-angle-in-vr/

Published: August 18, 2026 11:00

A manual skill like soldering is so much easier to learn and grasp when one can watch it in action, and there’s a brand new way to do that using …read more

Store Tunes on Paper and Stream Them Over LoRA

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/18/store-tunes-on-paper-and-stream-them-over-lora/

Published: August 18, 2026 08:00

Some projects seem too good to be true until you dig into it and find the secret magic that makes it all work. Take Paper Tunes by [Makestreame], a project …read more

Using Acoustic Resonators as Thrusters for Small Robots

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/using-acoustic-resonators-as-thrusters-for-small-robots/

Published: August 18, 2026 05:00

There are quite a few rather unconventional methods of propulsion, but perhaps one of the more curious approaches involved Helmholtz resonance, as demonstrated by [Junsun Hwang] et al. with a …read more

Edison Motors Offering All-Mechanical Trucks, At Least to Start

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/edison-motors-offering-all-mechanical-trucks-at-least-to-start/

Published: August 18, 2026 02:00

We’ve been following Canadian startup Edison Motors for some time now, but their latest offering caught us a bit off guard– their BDE-sieries truck will be offered first without the …read more

One Man’s Perfect Retro-Style Monitor Takes All Inputs

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/one-mans-perfect-retro-style-monitor-takes-all-inputs/

Published: August 17, 2026 23:00

Perfection is an inherently subjective measure, in that one must choose the criteria against which to measure. A perfect circle is an absolutely rubbish octagon, for example. So when you …read more

OLEDs Have Gained Brightness, Not Burn-In Resistance

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/oleds-have-gained-brightness-not-burn-in-resistance/

Published: August 17, 2026 20:00

OLED displays solve many of the problems suffered by LC displays, including color fidelity, dynamic range and power usage. That said, especially in the early days OLED gained a reputation …read more

Using Starlink’s Satellites to Study Earth’s Upper Atmosphere

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/using-starlinks-satellites-to-study-earths-upper-atmosphere/

Published: August 17, 2026 18:30

Aside from global access to cat videos, the presence of thousands of Starlink broadband internet access satellites in LEO has a very pleasant side effect for atmospheric researchers. Starlink publicly …read more

Linux Fu: Improving FTP

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/linux-fu-improving-ftp/

Published: August 17, 2026 17:00

FTP isn’t exactly cutting-edge technology. These days, if you control both ends of a connection, you’re probably using scp, SFTP, rsync, or something even fancier. But FTP refuses to die, …read more

Toy Computer Restored

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/looking-at-an-old-toy-computer/

Published: August 17, 2026 15:30

In the 1960s, the home computer was barely a twinkle in anyone’s eye. This was the decade in which computers were used by a handful of companies and organizations and …read more

Hackaday Europe 2026: Open Source Hardware Goes Underground, Literally

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/hackaday-europe-2026-open-source-hardware-goes-underground-literally/

Published: August 17, 2026 14:02

These days open source is everywhere, and frankly, we couldn’t be happier about it. But even with as prevalent as open software and hardware has become, we still occasionally hear …read more

Printing FDM Filaments that are just Plain Weird

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/printing-fdm-filaments-that-are-just-plain-weird/

Published: August 17, 2026 11:00

The fun thing about thermopolymers like PLA is that you can blend in additives, some of which are necessary to make it at all usable, while so many other additives …read more

May This Balloon Banjo Resonate With You

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/may-this-balloon-banjo-resonate-with-you/

Published: August 17, 2026 08:00

Most instruments, with maybe the exception of pianos, have consumable parts. Guitars need string changes, bows need rosin, saxophones need reeds. [Co:Creation Lab]’s balloon banjo requires both fishing line and …read more

More On Wave Overhangs for 3D Printing

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/more-on-wave-overhangs-for-3d-printing/

Published: August 17, 2026 05:00

We’ve heard of wave overhangs before. It is a new technique for printing horizontal overhangs with no supports. Building on some other techniques like arc overhangs. The idea is to …read more

Using the Famicom Network System in 2026

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/using-the-famicom-network-system-in-2026/

Published: August 17, 2026 02:00

Usually, the name ‘Famicom’ and the associated Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) don’t exactly bring to mind downloadable content and online services. However, at least in Japan, a modem add-on for …read more

Hackaday Links: August 16, 2026

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/hackaday-links-august-16-2026/

Published: August 16, 2026 23:00

We’re no strangers to unusual hardware failures around these parts, but even so, a swarm of jellyfish clogging up the works is a new one to us. That’s exactly what …read more

Another Radio on a Chip Design

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/another-radio-on-a-chip-design/

Published: August 16, 2026 20:00

It used to be a rite of passage to build some sort of AM radio receiver. Many people started with a crystal radio, of course, but you’d graduate to maybe …read more

Laser Layers for (Almost) Isotropicly Strong Prints

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/laser-layers-for-almost-isotropicly-strong-prints/

Published: August 16, 2026 17:00

If there’s one defining factor about 3D printing you have to account for when you’re making a design, it’s probably layer adhesion. Sure, there are a lot of factors to …read more

Building an Actuator for a Walking Robot

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/building-an-actuator-for-a-walking-robot/

Published: August 16, 2026 14:00

Unlike biological systems, which can use muscles, robots that try to imitate them don’t have particularly fast, powerful, compact linear actuators available. This puts walking robots at a particular disadvantage, …read more

r-Selecting Tiny Probes to Shotgun Into Saturn’s Rings

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/r-selecting-tiny-probes-to-shotgun-into-saturns-rings/

Published: August 16, 2026 11:00

In ecology, there used to be a concept — now largely unfashionable — that species could be described as r- or K-selected, depending on how they treat their offspring. An …read more

Researchers Hack an Airline Analog

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/how-to-hack-an-airliner/

Published: August 16, 2026 08:00

Modern airliners are rather complicated feats of engineering. Innumerable safety-critical components are connected with tens of miles of wiring, complex digital buses, and dozens (perhaps hundreds) of computers. But, as …read more

Machine Learning COFFIES “Hears” Sunspots Before We Can See Them

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/machine-learning-coffies-hears-sunspots-before-we-can-see-them/

Published: August 16, 2026 05:00

In this age of neural net “AI”, even the most skeptical of Butlerians have to agree that these machine learning models can be very, very good at pattern recognition if …read more

Turning Energy Drinks Into Rocket Fuel

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/turning-energy-drinks-into-rocket-fuel/

Published: August 16, 2026 02:00

Sometimes claimed to give you wings, energy drinks can, at the very least, be used to make rockets fly. This is what [Nate Scovill] did in a recent video, where …read more

Peeling fruit with the power of steam

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/peeling-fruit-with-the-power-of-steam/

Published: August 15, 2026 23:00

Steam power is a staple of the steampunk aesthetic, thermodynamics, and a checkpoint for the budding mechanical engineer studying heat cycles. But because food is largely made of water, steam …read more

Scanning for Lifesigns with ESP32 and Raspberry Pi

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/scanning-for-lifesigns-with-esp32-and-raspberry-pi-now-open-source/

Published: August 15, 2026 20:00

It’s a sci-fi trope that you can ‘scan for life signs’ and detect if there are humans — or suspiciously human-shaped aliens — present, but in real life it’s harder …read more

Radio Shack Toy Returns to Life

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/radio-shack-toy-returns-to-life/

Published: August 15, 2026 17:00

[The Modern Rouge] found an old childhood friend in a closet: a Radio Shack 200-in-1 electronic kit. Along with [Josh Nass], he put it through its paces and made a …read more

Fully Characterized Systems

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/fully-characterized-systems/

Published: August 15, 2026 14:00

A friend from my old hackerspace was in grad school for electrical engineering. He had a professor who would ask, when something went wrong with a student project, “Have you …read more

ESP32 Music Sequencer is Clearly Nailing the Y2K Aesthetic

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/esp32-music-sequencer-is-clearly-nailing-the-y2k-aesthetic/

Published: August 15, 2026 11:00

Do you remember back when electronics came in clear cases? Back around the turn of the millennium, when translucency was chic. [3DSage] sure does, which is why he went to …read more

A Tape Deck Gets a Service

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/a-tape-deck-gets-a-service/

Published: August 15, 2026 08:00

If there’s an engineer’s equivalent to those YouTube ASMR videos, then perhaps it comes in a good repair or servicing journey filmed without edits at the bench. Relaxing to watch, …read more

Twin Guitar-Playing Robots Will Work for Tab

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/twin-guitar-playing-robots-will-work-for-tab/

Published: August 15, 2026 05:00

Remember Animusic? They were these incredible animated music videos with original tunes being played by computer-generated robots. Well, the MegCell Pulse might be the coolest robots-playing-music thing we’ve seen since …read more

Large-Scale Pokémon Eviction Looms with Pokémon Bank Server Shutdown

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/large-scale-pokemon-eviction-looms-with-pokemon-bank-server-shutdown/

Published: August 15, 2026 02:00

After the Nintendo 3DS handheld console saw most its online services including the online store (eShop) taken offline not too long ago, it was only a matter of time before …read more

Submersible drone analyzes ice

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/submersible-drone-analyzes-ice/

Published: August 14, 2026 23:00

Doing anything on a frozen lake can carries some amount of risk. Nevertheless, every year events ranging from car racing to ice skating are held on them. As such, proper …read more

Automatic Naptime with BabyBjorn Bouncing Servo

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/automatic-naptime-with-babybjorn-bouncing-servo/

Published: August 14, 2026 20:00

Any parent with a baby and deep pockets– or friends with deep pockets– will probably sing the praises of the BabyBjorn rocking sling chair. A simple spring-loaded sling seat allows …read more

Uninvasive EEG Interface Could Be Used To Play Games

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/uninvasive-eeg-interface-could-be-used-to-play-games/

Published: August 14, 2026 18:00

These days, most of us interface with our computing devices in the same old-fashioned ways—via keyboards, mice, and touchscreens. The idea of a more direct brain-to-machine interface remains appealing to …read more

Hackaday Podcast Episode 382: Glueballs, Borg Cubes, and Supersonic Trebuchets

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/hackaday-podcast-episode-382-glueballs-borg-cubes-and-supersonic-trebuchets/

Published: August 14, 2026 16:35

It’s still hot on both sides of the Atlantic, but Kristina has a new secret weapon for staying cool without making noise. Will Elliot and the others follow suit? Time …read more

Snooping Flume Water Monitor Data On The Wire

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/snooping-flume-water-monitor-data-on-the-wire/

Published: August 14, 2026 15:30

[Stephen] had an interesting piece of hardware at home—namely, a Flume water monitor. It’s a smart device which reports usage data to Flume’s servers, and the water utility in turn. …read more

This Week in Security: BugTraq, AI Hacks, and Being Dumb On Planes

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/this-week-in-security-bugtraq-ai-hacks-and-being-dumb-on-planes/

Published: August 14, 2026 14:00

After a multi-year hiatus, the venerable BugTraq mailing list is back! For decades, BugTraq was the place where vulnerabilities were disclosed, from the early days when nearly all vendors viewed …read more

ShieldFont: Bludgeoning AI Scrapers that Disrespect Robots.txt

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/shieldfont-bludgeoning-ai-scrapers-that-disrespect-robots-txt/

Published: August 14, 2026 11:00

In the more innocent days of the World Wide Web you could simply put a robots.txt file in the root of your website that search engine indexing bots and similar …read more

Mauchly and Eckert’s Other Computers

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/mauchly-and-eckerts-other-computers/

Published: August 14, 2026 08:00

If you ask a random person who [John Mauchly] or [J. Presper Eckert] were, you’d probably get a blank stare. Ask a Hackaday reader, and you have a better shot. …read more