Ask Hackaday: How Do You Digitize Your Documents?

Like many of you, I have a hard time getting rid of stuff. I’ve got boxes and boxes of weirdo bits and bobs, and piles of devices that I’ll eventually …read more

The Fancy Payment Cards Of Taiwan

If you’re an old-schooler, you might still go to the local bar and pay for a beer with cash. You could even try and pay with a cheque, though the …read more

The Amazing Maser

While it has become a word, laser used to be an acronym: “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation”. But there is an even older technology called a maser, which …read more

Regrowing Teeth Might Not Be Science Fiction Anymore

The human body is remarkably good at handling repairs. Cut the skin, and the blood will clot over the wound and the healing process begins. Break a bone, and the …read more

Zombie Netscape Won’t Die

The very concept of the web browser began with a humble piece of software called NCSA Mosaic, all the way back in 1993. It was soon eclipsed by Netscape Navigator, …read more

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Fidget Clicker Becomes Miniature Game Console

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By Lewin Day | February 6, 2026

Fidget toys are everywhere these days. A particularly popular type simply puts some keyboard switches on a plate to provide a certain type of clicky satisfaction. [wjddnjsdnd] took that concept …read more
Hackaday Podcast Episode 356: Nanoprinting, Vibe Coding, And Keebin’ With Kristina, IN HELL!

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By Kristina Panos | February 6, 2026

This week, Hackaday’s Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos met up over coffee to bring you the latest news, mystery sound results show, and of course, a big bunch of hacks …read more
It’s Not A Lomo Smena 8M, But It’s Not Far Off

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By Jenny List | February 6, 2026

The joy of camera hacking lies for many at the low end of the market. Not working with many-thousand-dollar Leicas, but in cheap snapshot cameras that can be had for …read more
The Weird Propeller That Offers Improved Agility On The Water

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By Lewin Day | February 6, 2026

When it comes to seaborne propulsion, one simple layout has largely dominated over all others. You pair some kind of engine with some kind of basic propeller at the back …read more
BreezyBox: A BusyBox-Like Shell And Virtual Terminal For ESP32

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By Maya Posch | February 6, 2026

Much like how BusyBox crams many standard Unix commands and a shell into a single executable, so too does BreezyBox provide a similar experience for the ESP32 platform. A demo …read more
Full-Blown Cross-Assembler…in A Bash Script

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By Donald Papp | February 6, 2026

Have you ever dreamed of making a bash script that assembles Intel 8080 machine code? [Chris Smith] did exactly that when he created xa.sh, a cross-assembler written entirely in Bourne …read more
Getting The VIC-20 To Speak Again

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By Lewin Day | February 5, 2026

The Commodore Amiga was famous for its characteristic Say voice, with its robotic enunciation being somewhat emblematic of the 16-bit era. The Commodore VIC-20 had no such capability out of the box, …read more

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