Hackaday (RSS Feed)

Fresh hacks every day

https://hackaday.com

Public Key

npub1hd8a260mk795lptwsfsknzwx5r6qkj44sf6e27p2v2hneaevzpys9uzv06

NIP-05 Address

hackaday.com_feed@atomstr.data.haus

Profile Code

nprofile1qqstkn74d8am0z60s4hgyctf38r2paqtf26cyav40q4x9teu7ukpqjgpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuerpw3sju6rpw4esz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmctyupwh

Publishing to

nostr.data.haus

relay.damus.io

nostr-pub.wellorder.net

Author Public Key

npub1hd8a260mk795lptwsfsknzwx5r6qkj44sf6e27p2v2hneaevzpys9uzv06

Show more details

Last Notes

2026-10-28 08:00:33 UTC

SLAM Navigation For an Arduino Powered Car
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/4WD-SLAM-RADAR-2D-ROBOT-CAR-0-25-screenshot.png?w=800
There are plenty of “robot” projects out there that are really just a small remote control platform of some sort. We often like to think of robots of having some https://hackaday.com/2026/10/28/slam-navigation-for-an-arduino-powered-car/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/28/slam-navigation-for-an-arduino-powered-car/

2026-10-28 05:00:31 UTC

Hacking a Marine Radio Dish
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/intellian_i4_roof-e1793151930376.png?w=800
Having watched some fun videos on repurposed satellite dishes on YouTube, [Melan] wanted to get in on the action. She managed to source herself an Intellian i4, a dish built https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/hacking-a-marine-radio-dish/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/hacking-a-marine-radio-dish/

2026-10-28 02:00:01 UTC

Airborne Particle Monitoring, the BIG way
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/pm2.5-featured.jpg?w=800
Airborne micro particles can be a significant health hazard in a workshop, and thus it’s important to maintain a high standard of ventilation. But monitoring their concentration is also important, https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/airborne-particle-monitoring-the-big-way/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/airborne-particle-monitoring-the-big-way/

2026-10-27 23:00:07 UTC

How a Single University Project Started Everything
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/sun1-cpu-featured.jpg?w=800
If we care to cast an eye over the history of ubiquitous personal computing as we know it today, we might immediately point at the original IBM PC. After all, https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/how-a-single-university-project-started-everything/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/how-a-single-university-project-started-everything/

2026-10-27 20:00:33 UTC

2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: Explore Space with a Credit Card Reader
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/z80planets_feat.jpg?w=800
The humble credit card reader — most of us have used hundreds, perhaps even thousands of them over the years. But even for folks like us, it’s not the sort https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-explore-space-with-a-credit-card-reader/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-explore-space-with-a-credit-card-reader/

2026-10-27 14:40:49 UTC

How Bad Is That Bridge: A Government Database
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Brooklyn_Bridge_-_New_York_City_featured.png?w=800
Bridges! We kind of expect them to just be there and do their job, ad infinitum. They are built into the landscape, and we often take them and the routes https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/how-bad-is-that-bridge-a-government-database/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/how-bad-is-that-bridge-a-government-database/

2026-10-27 08:00:35 UTC

ESP32 Rotary Display Makes Ideal Timer
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/roundtimer_feat.jpg?w=800
We’re big fans of pushing hardware into situations it wasn’t designed for here at Hackaday, but sometimes you’ve got to appreciate a nicely designed gadget doing more or less exactly https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/esp32-rotary-display-makes-ideal-timer/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/esp32-rotary-display-makes-ideal-timer/

2026-10-27 05:00:21 UTC

The Oldest Windows App To Still Run On WIndows 11
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/oldest-winapp-featured.jpg?w=800
In the open source world we are used to software being compiled from source for our particular distro, so while in a few cases an ancient release may still be https://hackaday.com/2026/10/26/the-oldest-windows-app-to-still-run-on-windows-11/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/26/the-oldest-windows-app-to-still-run-on-windows-11/

2026-10-27 02:00:15 UTC

In Praise Of A Legendary Power Transistor
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2n3055-featured.jpg?w=800
There are some devices which achieve electronic immortality, it’s likely that you have used a few of them yourself. The 555 timer of course, or the 741 op-amp. [ElectronicsNotes] is https://hackaday.com/2026/10/26/in-praise-of-a-legendary-power-transistor/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/26/in-praise-of-a-legendary-power-transistor/

2026-10-26 23:00:42 UTC

Enable Resizable BAR on Unsupported Motherboards
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/arc-rebar_fix_rod_burlamaqui_github.png?w=800
Recently [Rod Burlamaqui] released the arc-rebar project on GitHub, enabling Intel GPUs to work significantly more efficiently if the system’s mainboard does not support resizable BAR. It does require a https://hackaday.com/2026/10/26/enable-resizable-bar-on-unsupported-motherboards/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/26/enable-resizable-bar-on-unsupported-motherboards/

2026-10-26 20:00:01 UTC

Practice Japanese on an Inkplate 4Tempera eInk Device
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/enkiplate_epaper_virpo_peter_hraska_github.jpg?w=800
Learning a new natural language can be a daunting proposition at the best of times, with repetition and immersion generally considered to be the best ways to build up not https://hackaday.com/2026/10/26/practice-japanese-on-an-inkplate-4tempera-eink-device/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/26/practice-japanese-on-an-inkplate-4tempera-eink-device/

2026-10-26 17:30:33 UTC

Arduino Engine Runs Many Games
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zx-arduino-main.jpg?w=800
A few years ago, [Smashcat] ported a ZX Spectrum game called Manic Miner to the Arduino Uno. The Arduino has less memory than the original Spectrum did, so doing all this https://hackaday.com/2026/10/26/arduino-engine-runs-many-games/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/26/arduino-engine-runs-many-games/

2026-10-26 15:30:42 UTC

BMW i3 Mod Brings Small Trucks to the EV Future
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Gas-Prices-Are-Insane-So-I-Built-My-Own-Electric-Truck-0-39-45.jpeg?w=800
Trucks are handy, especially if you’ve got messy or dirty loads, but there aren’t a lot of options if you want a small electric pickup yet. [Michael Pick] decided to https://hackaday.com/2026/10/26/bmw-i3-mod-brings-small-trucks-to-the-ev-future/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/26/bmw-i3-mod-brings-small-trucks-to-the-ev-future/

2026-10-26 11:00:56 UTC

Hiding Virtualization From Other Software
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/computers.jpg?w=800
The Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) allows Linux systems to function as hypervisors without needing any extra software, but VMs created with it don’t behave exactly like real hardware does. Sometimes https://hackaday.com/2026/10/26/hiding-virtualization-from-other-software/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/26/hiding-virtualization-from-other-software/

2026-10-26 08:00:59 UTC

Hairy Armor For Combat Robot? It’s Not Terrible!
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/I-made-a-HAIRY-combat-robot-in-48hrs-26-38-screenshot.png?w=800
[Angus] of Maker’s Muse enjoys combat robotics, in which contenders zip about in an arena, attempting to disable one another with weapons that lift, spin, and smash. He got a https://hackaday.com/2026/10/26/hairy-armor-for-combat-robot-its-not-terrible/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/26/hairy-armor-for-combat-robot-its-not-terrible/

2026-10-26 05:00:22 UTC

Building a Swashplate-less Helicoper Rotor
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/helicopter_propeller.png?w=800
A helicopter blade uses a swash plate and a set of linkages to change the angle of the blades. Not only does it vary the collective pitch to increase or https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/building-a-swashplate-less-helicoper-rotor/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/building-a-swashplate-less-helicoper-rotor/

2026-10-26 02:00:52 UTC

Transforming a Tungsten Ditelluride Monolayer into a Transistor
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/tmdc_mosfet_seok_young_min_et_al_science_2026.jpg?w=701
In the world of silicon semiconductors, the process of creating transistors and similar structures involves various rounds of modifications and additions in order to create the requisite functional layers. A https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/transforming-a-tungsten-ditelluride-monolayer-into-a-transistor/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/transforming-a-tungsten-ditelluride-monolayer-into-a-transistor/

2026-10-25 23:00:48 UTC

Hackaday Links: October 25, 2026
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/had-links-banner.jpg?w=800
Some disappointing, but perhaps not entirely unsurprising news this week out of Denmark — after announcing last year that they would transition away from Microsoft’s proprietary software, the realities of https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/hackaday-links-october-25-2026/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/hackaday-links-october-25-2026/

2026-10-25 20:00:33 UTC

A 3D Printed Marble Clock, but it’s Scrolling Text
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/scrolling_marble_text_ivan_miranda_youtube.jpg?w=800
With the topic of marble clocks having been quite well explored at this point, it raises the question of how easy it would be to take the basic principle and https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/a-3d-printed-marble-clock-but-its-scrolling-text/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/a-3d-printed-marble-clock-but-its-scrolling-text/

2026-10-25 17:00:31 UTC

Mesh Network Telephony Over Bluetooth on Android Phones
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/MeshLive-screenshot.png?w=800
Telephony is a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand, being able to talk to people in far off places is kind of neat, at least in theory. https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/mesh-network-telephony-over-bluetooth-on-android-phones/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/mesh-network-telephony-over-bluetooth-on-android-phones/

2026-10-25 14:00:48 UTC

Simple, Reliable RF Remote Control
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/rf-remote-main.png?w=800
Some of the first remote controls available to consumers used sound, visible light, or even just wires to communicate with their parent device. It was many years between these first https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/simple-reliable-rf-remote-control/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/simple-reliable-rf-remote-control/

2026-10-25 11:00:07 UTC

Meshtastic Pet Tracking
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/LIA-Open-Source-Meshtastic-LoRa-Pet-Tracker.webp?w=800
Most commercial pet trackers require a subscription or network connection to function. [Jon G Aguado] wanted a better way and designed LIA, a Meshtastic collar tracker. LIA uses a custom https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/meshtastic-pet-tracking/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/meshtastic-pet-tracking/

2026-10-25 08:00:24 UTC

An Analog TV Station For Anyone
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/tv-station-featured.jpg?w=800
If you’re a collector of older TVs, you’re probably facing the problem in some form of having no transmissions to tune in to. With many sets you can use a https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/an-analog-tv-station-for-anyone/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/an-analog-tv-station-for-anyone/

2026-10-25 05:00:51 UTC

Pushing Bluetooth out to 12 Kilometers
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/long-range-bluetooth-feat.jpg?w=800
Bluetooth is a short-range protocol that’s great for peripherals and finding your keys, but it’s limited range is mainly a product of how it’s usually implemented. A recent video from https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/pushing-bluetooth-out-to-12-kilometers/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/pushing-bluetooth-out-to-12-kilometers/

2026-10-25 02:00:01 UTC

Remembering the Weirdest Nintendo DSi Accessory
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/What-if-the-DSi-Camera-was-good_-0-1-screenshot-1.png?w=800
The Nintendo DSi was released in November 2008, and boasted a new feature not formerly seen on the brand’s handhelds—it had two cameras, inside and outside. It let the console https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/remembering-the-weirdest-nintendo-dsi-accessory/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/remembering-the-weirdest-nintendo-dsi-accessory/

2026-10-24 23:00:51 UTC

The Slurptop is Both Drool Worthy and Practical
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/slruptop-feat.jpg?w=800
There are two kinds of cyberdeck: the kind someone makes on a lark and operates purely on ‘rule of cool’, and the kind designed to do practical work. The Slurptop https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/the-slurptop-is-both-drool-worthy-and-practical/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/the-slurptop-is-both-drool-worthy-and-practical/

2026-10-24 20:00:14 UTC

2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: I Would Do Anything For Serial Data
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/meatloaf_feat.jpg?w=800
These days we take high-speed networking for granted, but it can be difficult to get vintage computers talking to modern machines. To help solve this problem [jaime] came up with https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-i-would-do-anything-for-serial-data/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-i-would-do-anything-for-serial-data/

2026-10-24 17:00:21 UTC

That Weird 7-Pin S-Video Port on Old Laptops
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/7-pin_s-video-connector_laptops_vwestlife_youtube.jpg?w=800
Even though laptops from around the early 2000s came with just about every conceivable port on them, they still would often feature a somewhat unusual combined video output port. While https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/that-weird-7-pin-s-video-port-on-old-laptops/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/that-weird-7-pin-s-video-port-on-old-laptops/

2026-10-24 14:00:23 UTC

Making for Others
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Collaboration01_featured.png?w=800
One of the nicest things about the Hackaday community, and the open-source hardware community at large, is the incredible generosity of one hacker to another. But it’s not purely altruism https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/making-for-others/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/making-for-others/

2026-10-24 11:00:56 UTC

Watch VCF Southwest in Retrotastic SGI-Edited Footage
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/VCF-on-SGI-e1792773738412.jpg?w=800
There’s just something about backing way, way off the cutting edge to rediscover the simpler joys of yesteryear. We’ve got a contest about to wrap up along those lines, and https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/watch-vcf-southwest-in-retrotastic-sgi-edited-footage/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/watch-vcf-southwest-in-retrotastic-sgi-edited-footage/

2026-10-24 08:00:14 UTC

A Walkie Talkie Interface For Claude
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/en-main_94b4d2-e1792559432120.png?w=800
[Bookmari] had a problem — working as a delivery driver, they wanted to work on various projects with Claude Code while out and about. Unfortunately, it simply wasn’t practical to https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/a-walkie-talkie-interface-for-claude/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/a-walkie-talkie-interface-for-claude/

2026-10-24 05:00:56 UTC

Using an Unmodded GBA as a Music Synth
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/gba-chiptune-main.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/using-an-unmodded-gba-as-a-music-synth/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/using-an-unmodded-gba-as-a-music-synth/

2026-10-24 02:00:14 UTC

RepRapMicron Uses Fibre Optics To Print Tiny Benchy in Resin
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/microreprap_pika-uv-head_setup.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/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/

2026-10-23 23:00:07 UTC

Automatic Coil Winder Takes the Tedium out of Actuators
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/coil_winder.png?w=800
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, https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/automatic-coil-winder-takes-the-tedium-out-of-actuators/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/automatic-coil-winder-takes-the-tedium-out-of-actuators/

2026-10-23 20:00:09 UTC

Reconstructing the Ancient Chinese Storm of Crows Weapon
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/multi-missile_crossbow_launcher_tods_workshop_youtube.jpg?w=800
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, https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/reconstructing-the-ancient-chinese-storm-of-crows-weapon/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/reconstructing-the-ancient-chinese-storm-of-crows-weapon/

2026-10-23 18:30:09 UTC

Running a Philips CD-i Off USB-C
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Running-the-Philips-CD-i-off-USB-C.-because-why-not_-14-54-screenshot.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/running-a-philips-cd-i-off-usb-c/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/running-a-philips-cd-i-off-usb-c/

2026-10-23 16:00:55 UTC

Hackaday Podcast Episode 392: Microscopes, Drones, and Other DIY Things
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/microphone.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/hackaday-podcast-episode-392-microscopes-drones-and-other-diy-things/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/hackaday-podcast-episode-392-microscopes-drones-and-other-diy-things/

2026-10-23 15:30:41 UTC

The MSX Gets A New Sound Expansion Cartridge
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/OPN3_Misato_Rev0.4_Prototype_Playing_OPNA_f5b641-e1792664678244.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/the-msx-gets-a-new-sound-expansion-cartridge/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/the-msx-gets-a-new-sound-expansion-cartridge/

2026-10-23 14:00:49 UTC

This Week in Security: Record Patch Tuesday, PHP’s Bad Time, The Oldest Vuln, AI Armies, and More
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/darkarts.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/this-week-in-security-record-patch-tuesday-phps-bad-time-the-oldest-vuln-ai-armies-and-more/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/this-week-in-security-record-patch-tuesday-phps-bad-time-the-oldest-vuln-ai-armies-and-more/

2026-10-23 11:00:10 UTC

When You Can’t Pick Between Electric and Jet Power, This Buggy Has You Covered
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/turbine-hybrid-feat.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/when-you-cant-pick-between-electric-and-jet-power-this-buggy-has-you-covered/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/when-you-cant-pick-between-electric-and-jet-power-this-buggy-has-you-covered/

2026-10-23 08:00:17 UTC

DOOM Ported to a $30 Clamp Meter
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Playing-DOOM-running-on-a-multimeter-with-32KB-of-RAM-6-29-screenshot.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/doom-ported-to-a-30-clamp-meter/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/doom-ported-to-a-30-clamp-meter/

2026-10-23 05:00:00 UTC

Restoring a Soviet ES-4001 Mainframe Control Panel
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/es-4001_control_panel_chornobyl_family_youtube.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/restoring-a-soviet-es-4001-mainframe-control-panel/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/restoring-a-soviet-es-4001-mainframe-control-panel/

2026-10-23 02:00:05 UTC

NASA Batteries Survive Extreme Cold and Heat
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/cold-battery-main.jpg?w=800
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, https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/nasa-batteries-survive-extreme-cold-and-heat/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/nasa-batteries-survive-extreme-cold-and-heat/

2026-10-22 23:00:13 UTC

Car’s Camera Footage Backed up to NAS
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/glovebox-main.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/cars-camera-footage-backed-up-to-nas/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/cars-camera-footage-backed-up-to-nas/

2026-10-22 20:00:48 UTC

An Open Source Linear Capacitive Encoder
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-22-214534-e1792665961677.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/an-open-source-linear-capacitive-encoder/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/an-open-source-linear-capacitive-encoder/

2026-10-22 18:30:40 UTC

Keeping Old Wi-Fi Radios Alive With Stream Conversion
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/itsthabigolboondogglah.webp?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/keeping-old-wi-fi-radios-alive-with-stream-conversion/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/keeping-old-wi-fi-radios-alive-with-stream-conversion/

2026-10-22 15:30:27 UTC

KiCad… In The Browser?
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-21-161936-e1792560000590.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/kicad-in-the-browser/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/kicad-in-the-browser/

2026-10-22 14:00:40 UTC

Japan Launches Mission to Study Martian Moon
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/marsmoons_feat.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/japan-launches-mission-to-study-martian-moon/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/japan-launches-mission-to-study-martian-moon/

2026-10-22 11:00:30 UTC

Floating-Point Addition and Subtraction on Intel’s 8087
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/intel_8087_add_subtract_circuitry_ken_shirriff.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/floating-point-addition-and-subtraction-on-intels-8087/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/floating-point-addition-and-subtraction-on-intels-8087/

2026-10-22 08:00:17 UTC

Trying to Get Linux Running on a Nokia E6
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/23274-rotated-e1792558325798.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/trying-to-get-linux-running-on-a-nokia-e6/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/trying-to-get-linux-running-on-a-nokia-e6/

2026-10-22 05:00:35 UTC

Reading QR Codes by Hand
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/How-to-Read-QR-codes-by-hand.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/reading-qr-codes-by-hand/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/reading-qr-codes-by-hand/

2026-10-22 02:00:41 UTC

Making a Five-Segment Display with Platinum-Titanium Cathodes
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/seven_segment_display_standalone_witchcraft_and_alchemy_youtube.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/making-a-five-segment-display-with-platinum-titanium-cathodes/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/making-a-five-segment-display-with-platinum-titanium-cathodes/

2026-10-21 23:00:21 UTC

Every Type of Current Sensor Explained
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/current_sensor_comparison_electrarc240_youtube.jpg?w=800
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. https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/every-type-of-current-sensor-explained/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/every-type-of-current-sensor-explained/

2026-10-21 20:00:14 UTC

Sega Genesis Controllers on the Philips CD-i
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Playing-Philips-CD-i-with-a-Sega-Genesis-controller-12-2-screenshot.png?w=800
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, https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/sega-genesis-controllers-on-the-philips-cd-i/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/sega-genesis-controllers-on-the-philips-cd-i/

2026-10-21 18:30:39 UTC

Knitting Yarn and Filament with FilaLoom
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-21-102633.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/knitting-yarn-and-filament-with-filaloom/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/knitting-yarn-and-filament-with-filaloom/

2026-10-21 15:30:35 UTC

Building a Simple Internet Radio
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/F5UUYGVMVA11SYU-1-1.webp?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/building-a-simple-internet-radio/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/building-a-simple-internet-radio/

2026-10-21 14:00:53 UTC

The Age of Altair
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/altair.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/the-age-of-altair/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/the-age-of-altair/

2026-10-21 11:00:19 UTC

Clotty The Custom Period Tracker Can, Of Course, Run DOOM
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/clotty_close_doom-banner.png?w=800
[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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/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/

2026-10-21 08:00:50 UTC

A Stereo Vision Board For Hardware Hackers
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/4reel-front-e1792558807281.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/a-stereo-vision-board-for-hardware-hackers/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/a-stereo-vision-board-for-hardware-hackers/

2026-10-21 05:00:05 UTC

5 GHz Drone Video, With An ESP32
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/espr2-fmrx-featured.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/5-ghz-drone-video-with-an-esp32/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/5-ghz-drone-video-with-an-esp32/

2026-10-21 02:00:33 UTC

Using Ultrasound and Microbubbles to Make Tiny Devices
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/sciadv.aeg5408-f1.jpg?w=800
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. https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/using-ultrasound-and-microbubbles-to-make-tiny-devices/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/using-ultrasound-and-microbubbles-to-make-tiny-devices/

2026-10-20 23:00:18 UTC

Lazarus and the Free Pascal Compiler Gain Dynamic Package Support
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/lazarus_ide_dynamic_packages.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/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/

2026-10-20 20:00:21 UTC

Going Whole-Hog on a First Satellite Ground Station
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/satellite-main.png?w=800
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, https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/going-whole-hog-on-a-first-satellite-ground-station/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/going-whole-hog-on-a-first-satellite-ground-station/

2026-10-20 18:30:27 UTC

NASA’s Lunar Grounding Challenge is a Real Buzz
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/lunar_grounding_challenge_banner_nasa.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/nasas-lunar-grounding-challenge-is-a-real-buzz/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/nasas-lunar-grounding-challenge-is-a-real-buzz/

2026-10-20 15:30:22 UTC

Spreading Life to Bleached Coral
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-19-at-12.14.20-PM.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/spreading-life-to-bleached-coral/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/spreading-life-to-bleached-coral/

2026-10-20 11:00:31 UTC

Super Mario Galaxy Now Runs on the GBA
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/super_mario_galaxy_nintendo_gba_tobias_friedly_youtube.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/super-mario-galaxy-now-runs-on-the-gba/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/super-mario-galaxy-now-runs-on-the-gba/

2026-10-20 08:00:52 UTC

Visualize Regular Expressions with Marbles
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/marble.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/visualize-regular-expressions-with-marbles/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/20/visualize-regular-expressions-with-marbles/

2026-10-20 05:00:25 UTC

Birduino Plays Bird Calls on Demand with NFC-enabled Cards
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/assembled-banner.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/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/

2026-10-20 02:00:38 UTC

Making Photovoltaic Solar Cells with a Microwave
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/making-photovoltaic-solar-cells-with-a-microwave/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/making-photovoltaic-solar-cells-with-a-microwave/

2026-10-19 23:00:30 UTC

An RV on a Bike
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/bike-rv-main.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/an-rv-on-a-bike/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/an-rv-on-a-bike/

2026-10-19 20:00:07 UTC

Meshtastic Sniffer for DragonOS
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/dragonos-meshtastic-main.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/meshtastic-sniffer-for-dragonos/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/meshtastic-sniffer-for-dragonos/

2026-10-19 18:00:25 UTC

An Open Micro-Maniplulator Improved
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/micro.png?w=800
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. https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/an-open-micro-maniplulator-improved/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/an-open-micro-maniplulator-improved/

2026-10-19 15:30:11 UTC

One-stop Tool Shows Apple Intelligence The Door
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/LargeLanguageModel.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/one-stop-tool-shows-apple-intelligence-the-door/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/one-stop-tool-shows-apple-intelligence-the-door/

2026-10-19 14:00:47 UTC

Charlotte’s New Runway Gets A Digital Twin
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/4th_Parallel_Runway_4-27-26__2_of_4_.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/charlottes-new-runway-gets-a-digital-twin/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/charlottes-new-runway-gets-a-digital-twin/

2026-10-19 11:00:12 UTC

An LCR Meter with Compromises
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/wmeter.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/an-lcr-meter-with-compromises/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/an-lcr-meter-with-compromises/

2026-10-19 08:00:17 UTC

Driving On the Moon at a Blistering 11.6 MPH
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Why-NASA-Is-Sending-This-Truck-To-The-Moon-0-10-01.jpeg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/19/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/

2026-10-19 05:00:51 UTC

Thunderbolt Strikes Windows98
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/xhci98-tb3-nvme-98se.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/thunderbolt-strikes-windows98/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/thunderbolt-strikes-windows98/

2026-10-19 02:00:12 UTC

Hackaday Links: October 17, 2026
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/had-links-banner.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/hackaday-links-october-17-2026/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/hackaday-links-october-17-2026/

2026-10-18 20:00:33 UTC

The New Phobos Martian Moon Rover that Weighs in at Only 15 Grams
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/MMX_at_Mars_and_Phobos_pillars.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/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/

2026-10-18 17:00:41 UTC

Building a Microscope with a 3D View
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/rotary_microscope.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/building-a-microscope-with-a-3d-view/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/building-a-microscope-with-a-3d-view/

2026-10-18 14:00:33 UTC

A Plasma Donut
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/plasma.png?w=800
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, https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/a-plasma-donut/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/a-plasma-donut/

2026-10-18 11:00:33 UTC

Evolving RC circuits
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-16-212723.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/evolving-rc-circuits/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/evolving-rc-circuits/

2026-10-18 08:00:22 UTC

Turning a Wi-Fi Adapter into an SDR
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/wifi_adapter_gqrx.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/turning-a-wi-fi-adapter-into-an-sdr/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/turning-a-wi-fi-adapter-into-an-sdr/

2026-10-18 05:00:14 UTC

Making a New Mechanism for a Reciprocating Pencil Sharpener
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/reciprocatingPencilSharpener.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/making-a-new-mechanism-for-a-reciprocating-pencil-sharpener/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/making-a-new-mechanism-for-a-reciprocating-pencil-sharpener/

2026-10-18 02:00:45 UTC

Busting the Myth that Plastics are Chemically Inert in Water
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/intrinsic_physicochemical_activity_at_microplastic-water_interfaces_naixin_qian_et_al_2026_nature.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/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/

2026-10-17 23:00:24 UTC

2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: Dollhouse Arcade Cabinet Runs Remote DOS Games
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Micro-DOS-Arcade-Cabinet-2-banner.png?w=770
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-dollhouse-arcade-cabinet-runs-remote-dos-games/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-dollhouse-arcade-cabinet-runs-remote-dos-games/

2026-10-17 20:00:11 UTC

Building a Flying Drone With a Single Propeller
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/single_propeller_drone_joshua_bird_youtube.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/building-a-flying-drone-with-a-single-propeller/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/building-a-flying-drone-with-a-single-propeller/

2026-10-17 17:00:52 UTC

2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: Oldputer Gives Old Eyes Relief with E-ink Display
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-16-203011.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-oldputer-gives-old-eyes-relief-with-e-ink-display/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-oldputer-gives-old-eyes-relief-with-e-ink-display/

2026-10-17 14:00:24 UTC

Discovering SDRs Everywhere
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/EarlyRadio.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/discovering-sdrs-everywhere/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/discovering-sdrs-everywhere/

2026-10-17 11:00:51 UTC

SolidCraft is Parametric, Automation-friendly CAD for Desktop and Browser
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/rover-poster.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/solidcraft-is-parametric-automation-friendly-cad-for-desktop-and-browser/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/solidcraft-is-parametric-automation-friendly-cad-for-desktop-and-browser/

2026-10-17 08:00:21 UTC

Making One Fender From Another
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/fenderfender-featured.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/making-one-fender-from-another/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/making-one-fender-from-another/

2026-10-17 05:00:12 UTC

TAKTO, Open Source Hand-Tracking Built Like LEGO
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/I-Built-a-Robot-Exoskeleton-for-My-Hand-0-20-screenshot.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/takto-open-source-hand-tracking-built-like-lego/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/takto-open-source-hand-tracking-built-like-lego/

2026-10-17 02:00:25 UTC

The Trials And Tribulations Of Your First Badge
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/hackthenorth-featured.jpg?w=800
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. https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/the-trials-and-tribulations-of-your-first-badge/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/the-trials-and-tribulations-of-your-first-badge/

2026-10-16 23:00:06 UTC

Simplifying Slide Rule Calculations with Trig
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/sliderule.png?w=800
[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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/simplifying-slide-rule-calculations-with-trig/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/simplifying-slide-rule-calculations-with-trig/

2026-10-16 20:00:17 UTC

The 10€ Gamepad
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/game.png?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/the-10e-gamepad/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/the-10e-gamepad/

2026-10-16 18:30:12 UTC

Fairbuds 2 Teardown Shows Little Glue, Easy Battery Swap
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/fairbuds_2_disassembly_ifixit_youtube.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/fairbuds-2-teardown-shows-little-glue-easy-battery-swap/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/fairbuds-2-teardown-shows-little-glue-easy-battery-swap/

2026-10-16 16:00:36 UTC

Hackaday Podcast Episode 391: Tuned in to ESP32 SDR, New Old Pagers, and Bugs on Mars
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/microphone.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/hackaday-podcast-episode-391-tuned-in-to-esp32-sdr-new-old-pagers-and-bugs-on-mars/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/hackaday-podcast-episode-391-tuned-in-to-esp32-sdr-new-old-pagers-and-bugs-on-mars/

2026-10-16 15:30:39 UTC

Braino! Takes the Cheap Yellow Display to School
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/braino_feat.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/braino-takes-the-cheap-yellow-display-to-school/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/braino-takes-the-cheap-yellow-display-to-school/

2026-10-16 14:00:42 UTC

This Week in Security: Critical DNS Keys Rotated, Hacking Freezers Isn’t Cool, OpenAI Spies On Itself, and Advanced Hardware Wallet Hacks
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/darkarts.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/this-week-in-security-critical-dns-keys-rotated-hacking-freezers-isnt-cool-openai-spies-on-itself-and-advanced-hardware-wallet-hacks/
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/this-week-in-security-critical-dns-keys-rotated-hacking-freezers-isnt-cool-openai-spies-on-itself-and-advanced-hardware-wallet-hacks/

2026-10-16 11:00:21 UTC

Disposing of PLA and Why Composting is Not an Option
https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/pla_biodegrading_test_experiment_i_built_a_thing_youtube.jpg?w=800
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 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/16/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/