Back To Basics: Hacking On Key Matrixes

A lot of making goes on in this community these days, but sometimes you’ve just gotta do some old fashioned hacking. You might have grabbed an old Speak and Spell that …read more

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Many different types of printers have entered the market over the years. Most of us are intimately familiar with the common inkjet and laser, both of which can be found …read more

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For many decades humankind has entertained the notion that we can maybe tweak the Earth’s atmosphere or biosphere in such a way that we can for example undo the harms …read more

Hackaday Links: March 1, 2026

We’ll start this week off with a bit of controversy from Linux Land. Anyone who’s ever used the sudo command knows that you don’t see any kind of visual feedback …read more

The Joys Of 3D Printing

Al and I were talking on the podcast today about a sweet 3D printed wide-format camera build, and we got to musing on why we 3D-print. For Al, it’s an …read more

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Building A Heading Sensor Resistant To Magnetic Disturbances

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By Lewin Day | March 6, 2026

Light aircraft often use a heading indicator as a way to know where they’re going. Retired instrumentation engineer [Don Welch] recreated a heading indicator of his own, using cheap off-the-shelf …read more
Ebike Charges At Car Charging Stations

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By Bryan Cockfield | March 5, 2026

Electric vehicles are everywhere these days, and with them comes along a whole slew of charging infrastructure. The fastest of these are high-power machines that can deliver enough energy to …read more
California’s Problematic Attempt To Add Age-Verification To Software

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By Maya Posch | March 5, 2026

Last year California’s Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043) was signed into law, requiring among other things that operating system providers implement an API for age verification purposes. With the …read more
Prevent Your Denon Receiver Turning On From Rogue Nvidia Shield CEC Requests

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By Maya Posch | March 5, 2026

In theory HDMI’s CEC feature is great, as it gives HDMI devices the ability to do useful things such as turning on multiple HDMI devices with a single remote control. …read more
Capacitor Memory Makes Homebrew Relay Computer Historically Plausible

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By Tyler August | March 5, 2026

It’s one thing to create your own relay-based computer; that’s already impressive enough, but what really makes [DiPDoT]’s design special– at least after this latest video— is swapping the SRAM …read more
Railway End Table Powered By Hand Crank

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By Lewin Day | March 5, 2026

Most end tables that you might find in a home are relatively static objects. However, [Peter Waldraff] of Tiny World Studios likes to build furniture that’s a little more interesting. …read more
Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With The Beginner’s Guide To Split Keyboards

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By Kristina Panos | March 5, 2026

Curious about split keyboards, but overwhelmed by the myriad options for every little thing? You should start with [thehaikuza]’s excellent Beginner’s Guide to Split Keyboards. Your education begins with the …read more

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