In Praise Of The Proof Of Concept

Your project doesn’t necessarily have to be a refined masterpiece to have an impact on the global hacker hivemind. Case in point: this great demo of using a 64-point time-of-flight …read more

Ask Hackaday: Do You Have A Dead Man’s Switch?

During the Cold War, the specter of a nuclear “dead man’s switch” was central to the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). In the event that one side was annihilated …read more

The Requirements Of AI

The media is full of breathless reports that AI can now code and human programmers are going to be put out to pasture. We aren’t convinced. In fact, we think …read more

Ancient Ice Production

Today, we take ice for granted. But having ice produced in your home is a relatively modern luxury. As early as 1750 BC, ancient people would find ice on mountains …read more

Retrotechtacular: Mr. Wizard Jams With IBM

You may not remember [Mr. Wizard], but he was a staple of nerd kids over a few decades, teaching science to kids via the magic of television. The Computer History …read more

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CSS, Now It’s Got Your 8086

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By Jenny List | February 27, 2026

The modern web browser is now far more than a thing for rendering web pages, it’s a multi-faceted environment that can provide a home for almost any application you could …read more
Fixing The Damage Of A Botched SNES SuperCIC Mod

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By Maya Posch | February 26, 2026

The good part about older game consoles like the Super Nintendo is that they have rather rudimentary region locks, but unfortunately this also gives some people the idea that installing …read more
Wind Power Is Taking Off In China– All The Way To 2000 M AGL

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By Tyler August | February 26, 2026

2000 m above ground level (AGL), winds are stronger and much, much more consistent than they are at surface. Even if the Earth were a perfect sphere, there’d be a …read more
Robot Looks Exactly Like A Roll Of Filament, If Filament Had Eyes

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By Donald Papp | February 26, 2026

[Matt Denton]’s SpoolBot is a surprisingly agile remote-controlled robot that doesn’t just repurpose filament spool leftovers. It looks exactly like a 2 kg spool of filament; that’s real filament wound …read more
Driving WS2812Bs With Pure Logic

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By Lewin Day | February 26, 2026

The WS2812B has become one of the most popular addressable LEDs out there. They’re easy to drive from just about any microcontroller you can think of. But what if you …read more
Building The Haxocorder

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By Jenny List | February 26, 2026

The Haxophone is an open source MIDI saxophone project that has achieved some popularity. It’s caught the attention of [Shieladixon] not because she is a saxophonist but because she plays …read more
Bionode Is Hand Truck Transformed Into Mobile Computing Lab

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By Donald Papp | February 26, 2026

[Steven K. Roberts] is the original digital nomad, having designed and built mobile computing for his own use since the 80s. His latest project is Bionode, a portable computing lab …read more

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