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ESP32 Rotary Display Makes Ideal Timer
hackaday.comESP32 Rotary Display Makes Ideal TimerWe’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 …read more
Practice Japanese on an Inkplate 4Tempera eInk Device
hackaday.comPractice Japanese on an Inkplate 4Tempera eInk DeviceLearning 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 …read more
BMW i3 Mod Brings Small Trucks to the EV Future
hackaday.comBMW i3 Mod Brings Small Trucks to the EV FutureTrucks 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 …read more
The Fascinating World of IrDA and Other Infrared Protocols
hackaday.comThe Fascinating World of IrDA and Other Infrared ProtocolsInfrared (IR) communication technologies are probably one of the most influential, yet also one of the least flashiest. The fact that IR communication tends to be highly directional and often …read more
Hiding Virtualization From Other Software
hackaday.comHiding Virtualization From Other SoftwareThe 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 …read more
Transforming a Tungsten Ditelluride Monolayer into a Transistor
hackaday.comTransforming a Tungsten Ditelluride Monolayer into a TransistorIn 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 …read more
Hackaday Links: October 25, 2026
hackaday.comHackaday Links: October 25, 2026Some 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 …read more
Pushing Bluetooth out to 12 Kilometers
hackaday.comPushing Bluetooth out to 12 KilometersBluetooth 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 …read more
2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: I Would Do Anything For Serial Data
hackaday.com2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: I Would Do Anything For Serial DataThese 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 …read more
That Weird 7-Pin S-Video Port on Old Laptops
hackaday.comThat Weird 7-Pin S-Video Port on Old LaptopsEven 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 …read more
Watch VCF Southwest in Retrotastic SGI-Edited Footage
hackaday.comWatch VCF Southwest in Retrotastic SGI-Edited FootageThere’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 …read more
RepRapMicron Uses Fibre Optics To Print Tiny Benchy in Resin
hackaday.comRepRapMicron Uses Fibre Optics To Print Tiny Benchy in ResinThe RepRapMicron (also µRepRap) is pretty much the microscopic take on what RepRap did for more macroscale manufacturing, with the most recent innovation being a UV print head, called the …read more
Reconstructing the Ancient Chinese Storm of Crows Weapon
hackaday.comReconstructing the Ancient Chinese Storm of Crows WeaponThe Chinese had been using large crossbows – akin to Greek and Roman ballistae – for warfare for many of the same reasons that European armies loved them. Their single, …read more
Hackaday Podcast Episode 392: Microscopes, Drones, and Other DIY Things
hackaday.comHackaday Podcast Episode 392: Microscopes, Drones, and Other DIY ThingsHackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams met to review the week in Hackaday. Turns out, it was a week for tiny things, cybersecurity, nostalgia, and projects that would have …read more
This Week in Security: Record Patch Tuesday, PHP’s Bad Time, The Oldest Vuln, AI Armies, and More
hackaday.comThis Week in Security: Record Patch Tuesday, PHP’s Bad Time, The Oldest Vuln, AI Armies, and MoreIt’s no longer a proper month without Microsoft breaking its own record for security fixes, and October’s Patch Tuesday was no exception. Brian Krebs brings the roundup: more than 1,400 …read more
When You Can’t Pick Between Electric and Jet Power, This Buggy Has You Covered
hackaday.comWhen You Can’t Pick Between Electric and Jet Power, This Buggy Has You CoveredTechnically, what [Macona] built with a surplus Solar T-62 turbine is not a dune buggy, but a sand rail, but it does have the delightfully rare combination of electric and …read more
Restoring a Soviet ES-4001 Mainframe Control Panel
hackaday.comRestoring a Soviet ES-4001 Mainframe Control PanelRecently the [Chornobyl Family] got their hands on an ES-4001 control panel for a 1970s-era Soviet mainframe, with the intention to restore it to full working order. Not just because …read more
Keeping Old Wi-Fi Radios Alive With Stream Conversion
hackaday.comKeeping Old Wi-Fi Radios Alive With Stream ConversionThere are plenty of Wi-Fi radios out there that were built over the last two decades or so. However, many older models are now becoming less useful because many internet …read more
Japan Launches Mission to Study Martian Moon
hackaday.comJapan Launches Mission to Study Martian MoonHumanity has been sending robotic explorers to Mars since the 1970s, and for our efforts we’ve been rewarded with not only incredible imagery of the Red Planet’s magnificent desolation, but …read more
Floating-Point Addition and Subtraction on Intel’s 8087
hackaday.comFloating-Point Addition and Subtraction on Intel’s 8087Although you can do basic floating point format operations like addition and subtraction just fine on any CPU, having specialized hardware for it can provide a significant speed boost. Here …read more
Making a Five-Segment Display with Platinum-Titanium Cathodes
hackaday.comMaking a Five-Segment Display with Platinum-Titanium CathodesBefore the advent of effective semiconductor LEDs many display types existed to display things like numbers and other characters. The Nixie tube is a well-known one, along with VFDs and …read more
5 GHz Drone Video, With An ESP32
hackaday.com5 GHz Drone Video, With An ESP32With the ESP32 series of microcontrollers having had hidden software-defined radio (SDR) facility revealed, we’re now moving on from the announcement into projects making use of the finding. [Twotoz] has …read more
Using Ultrasound and Microbubbles to Make Tiny Devices
hackaday.comUsing Ultrasound and Microbubbles to Make Tiny DevicesAlthough we generally do not look at bubbles in fluids as more than a curiosity – if not an outright annoyance – in certain contexts they can be very useful. …read more
Lazarus and the Free Pascal Compiler Gain Dynamic Package Support
hackaday.comLazarus and the Free Pascal Compiler Gain Dynamic Package SupportIf you have developed in Pascal or Delphi in the past decades, you’re probably familiar with the Lazarus IDE that provides an interface to the Free Pascal Compiler (FPC), much …read more
Making Photovoltaic Solar Cells with a Microwave
hackaday.comMaking Photovoltaic Solar Cells with a MicrowaveAlthough solar panels may seem like a kind of magic, they’re really quite simple devices, in their silicon form featuring nothing but the p-type silicon wafer and an n-type layer …read more
One-stop Tool Shows Apple Intelligence The Door
hackaday.comOne-stop Tool Shows Apple Intelligence The DoorDon’t want AI features on your Mac? Tough luck, unless one wants to imperfectly do it by hunting down settings in about a dozen different places. Even then, the multi-gigabyte …read more
Charlotte’s New Runway Gets A Digital Twin
hackaday.comCharlotte’s New Runway Gets A Digital TwinThe first viable powered aircraft predated the first proper runway by two decades. While it’s entirely possible to launch some planes from austere dirt or grass strips, the aviation world …read more
Making a New Mechanism for a Reciprocating Pencil Sharpener
hackaday.comMaking a New Mechanism for a Reciprocating Pencil SharpenerAn engineer’s greatest tool is the writing utensil. Be it pen or pencil, we use them for everything from making diagrams to marking out cuts. But as with any practitioner …read more
Busting the Myth that Plastics are Chemically Inert in Water
hackaday.comBusting the Myth that Plastics are Chemically Inert in WaterOne of the often made claims about plastics is that they are chemically inert under most conditions, such as when exposed to water. This long-held belief has also challenged the …read more
SolidCraft is Parametric, Automation-friendly CAD for Desktop and Browser
hackaday.comSolidCraft is Parametric, Automation-friendly CAD for Desktop and BrowserIf you’re looking to try a new, open source 3D modeling CAD suite, especially one with automation-friendly interfaces, take a look at SolidCraft. It’s under development but there’s support for …read more