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See The Computers That Powered The Voyager Space Program
Have you ever wanted to see the computers behind the first (and for now only) man-made objects to leave the heliosphere? [Gary Friedman] shows us, with an archived tour of …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/30/see-the-computers-that-powered-the-voyager-space-program/
Electric Wind-Up Plane Uses Supercapacitors For Free Flight Fun
There’s something to be said for a simple wind-up, free flight model airplane. With no controls, it must be built very well to fly well, and with only the limited …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/18/electric-wind-up-plane-uses-supercapacitors-for-free-flight-fun/
Making a Bronze Mirror From Scratch
Although modern-day silvered glass mirrors have pretty much destroyed the market for bronze mirrors, these highly polished pieces of metal once were the pinnacle of mirror technology. Due to the …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/17/making-a-bronze-mirror-from-scratch/
Cooking With Plasma (Not Fire)
Cooking food with fire is arguably the technology that propelled humans to become the dominant species on Earth. It’s pretty straightforward to achieve, just requiring a fuel source, a supply …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/17/cooking-with-plasma-not-fire/
2026 Green Powered Challenge: SolMate Charges On the Move
We’ve all had those times when your electrical device of choice is running low on battery. Sometimes you even plan ahead and are also carrying a battery pack, but what …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/17/2026-green-powered-challenge-solmate-charges-on-the-move/
Solar Balconies Take Europe By Storm
Solar power has been around for a long time now. Once upon a time, it was mostly the preserve of research projects and large-scale municipal installations. Eventually, as the technology …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/solar-balconies-take-europe-by-storm/
The D in DNS Stands for DOOM
As literally everything ought to be able to play DOOM in some fashion, [Adam Rice] recently set out to make the venerable DNS finally play the game after far too many …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/the-d-in-dns-stands-for-doom/
Rack Cage Generator Gets Your Gear Mounted
Sometimes, as hackers and makers, we can end up with messy lashed-together gear that is neither reliable nor tidy. Rackmounting your stuff can be a great way to improve the …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/19/rack-cage-generator-gets-your-gear-mounted/
What Can You Run on a 1960s Univac? Anything You’re Willing To Wait For!
There are two UNIVAC 1219B computers that have survived since the 1960s and one of them is even operational. [Nathan Farlow] wanted to run a Minecraft server on it, so …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/18/what-can-you-run-on-a-1960s-univac-anything-youre-willing-to-wait-for/
Fixing a GameCube’s Dodgy Optical Drive With Fresh Capacitors
Generally when a game console with an optical drive stops reading discs the first thing that people do is crank on the potentiometer that controls the power to the laser …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/17/fixing-a-gamecubes-dodgy-optical-drive-with-fresh-capacitors/
Following Artemis II’s Journey Around the Moon
NASA is going back to the Moon! We’ll follow the crew of Artemis II every step of the way. Liftoff! After resolving a last-minute communications issue with the Flight Termination …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/01/following-artemis-iis-journey-around-the-moon/
Battery Tester Outperforms Cheaper Options
Batteries are notoriously difficult pieces of technology to deal with reliably. They often need specific temperatures, charge rates, can’t tolerate physical shocks or damage, and can fail catastrophically if all …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/01/battery-tester-outperforms-cheaper-options/
WheatForce: Learning From CPU Architecture Mistakes
Nothing ever made is truly perfect and indeed, CPU architectures like x86, RISC-V, ARM, and PowerPC all have their own upsides and downsides. Today, I aim to make an architecture …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/01/wheatforce-learning-from-cpu-architecture-mistakes/
A Novel 555 Circuit In 2026
The humble NE555 has been around for over five decades now, and while during that time we’ve seen a succession of better and faster versions of the original, the circuits …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/01/a-novel-555-circuit-in-2026/
How Small Can A Linux Executable Be?
With ever increasing sizes of various programs (video games being notorious for this), the question of size optimization comes up more and more often. [Nathan Otterness] shows us how it’s …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/how-small-can-a-linux-executable-be/
An Oscilloscope The Way They Used To Be
It’s likely that Hackaday has a readership with the highest percentage of oscilloscope ownership among any in the world, and we’re guessing that most of you who fit in that …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/an-oscilloscope-the-way-they-used-to-be/
PDP-11 Lives in Literal Computer Desk Once More
When you think of iconic parings, your brain probably goes more to “cookies and milk” than “DEC and Ikea” but after watching [Dave]’s latest on Usagi Electric where he puts …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/30/pdp-11-lives-in-literal-computer-desk-once-more/
Laser Ranging Makes GPS Satellites More Accurate
Although GNSS systems like GPS have made pin-pointing locations on Earth’s sphere-approximating surface significantly easier and more precise, it’s always possible to go a bit further. The latest innovation involves …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/laser-ranging-makes-gps-satellites-more-accurate/
A Nebula Straight from the Stars to Your Table
Space may truly be the final frontier, but maybe that frontier can be closer than you thought. Pictures of nebulae and planets bring the colorful sights of deep space right …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/a-nebula-straight-from-the-stars-to-your-table/
Using a Scientific Satellite for Passive Radar
The basic principle of radar systems is simple enough: send a radio signal out, and measure the time it takes for a reflection to return. Given the abundant sources of …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/30/using-a-scientific-satellite-for-passive-radar/
DIY UPS Keeps Home Assistant Running
If you put a bunch of computers in charge of your house, it’s generally desirable to ensure their up-time is as close to 100% as possible. An uninterruptible power supply …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/19/diy-ups-keeps-home-assistant-running/
Can Claude Write Z80 Assembly Code?
Betteridge’s law applies, but with help and guidance by a human who knows his stuff, [Ready Z80] was able to get a functioning game of Wordle out of the French-named …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/19/can-claude-write-z80-assembly-code/
Retro Open Source Camera Straight from the ’90s
In our modern society, we have started to take the humble camera for granted. Perhaps because of this, trendy standalone cameras have started to take off. Unfortunately, most of the …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/30/retro-open-source-camera-straight-from-the-90s/
Clean Enclosures, No Printing Necessary
Unless you’re into circuit sculptures, generally speaking, a working circuit isn’t the end-point of a lot of electronics projects. To protect your new creation from grabby hands, curious paws, and …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/clean-enclosures-no-printing-necessary/
LED Matrix Clock Proudly Shows Its Inner Wiring
Some projects take great care to tuck away wire hookups, but not [Roberto Alsina]’s Reloj V2 clock. This desktop clock makes a point of exposing all components and wiring as part …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/led-matrix-clock-proudly-shows-its-inner-wiring/
Writing an Open-World Engine for the Nintendo 64
Anyone who has ever played Nintendo 64 games is probably familiar with the ways that large worlds in these games got split up, with many loading zones. Another noticeable aspect …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/writing-an-open-world-engine-for-the-nintendo-64/
Tool Embodiment and the Dead Trackball
There is a currently ongoing debate in the neuropsychology world about how we relate to the tools that we use. The theory of “tool embodiment” says that when we use …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/18/tool-embodiment-and-the-dead-trackball/
DJ Controller Modded For Better Scratching
[Jeremy Bell] loves scratching, but he had a problem. His Hercules DJ controller wasn’t really doing a great job at emulating the kind of action one would get with a …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/18/dj-controller-modded-for-better-scratching/
PSX Development With Unity and LUA
The Unity game development platform was first released in 2005, long after the PlayStation had ceased to be a relevant part of the console market. And yet, you could use …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/18/psx-development-with-unity-and-lua/
Drawing Tablet Controls Laser In Real-Time
Some projects need no complicated use case to justify their development, and so it was with [Janne]’s BeamInk, which mashes a Wacom pen tablet with an xTool F1 laser engraver …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/01/drawing-tablet-controls-laser-in-real-time/
Hackaday Podcast Episode 366: DOOM on a Toaster, Music in LED Strips, and Old Drives in New Clothes
It’s the evening before publication, and a pair of Hackaday writers convene to record the week’s podcast. This week Elliot Williams is joined by Jenny List, and it’s a bumper …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/17/hackaday-podcast-episode-366-doom-on-a-toaster-music-in-led-strips-and-old-drives-in-new-clothes/
Refill UV Printer Ink Cartridges Like It’s The Late 90s
The Eufymake E1 is a recently-released prosumer UV printer that can print high-resolution color images onto pretty much anything. It also uses proprietary ink cartridges (which integrate a magnetic stirrer, …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/refill-uv-printer-ink-cartridges-like-its-the-late-90s/
The Hazards of Charging USB-C Equipped Cells In-Situ
Can you charge those Li-ion based cells with USB-C charging ports without taking them out of the device? While this would seem to be answered with an unequivocal ‘yes’, recently …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/30/the-hazards-of-charging-usb-c-equipped-cells-in-situ/
Reverse-Engineering The Holy Stone H120D Drone
There are plenty of drones (and other gadgets) you can buy online that use proprietary control protocols. Of course, reverse-engineering one of these protocols is a hacker community classic. Today, …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/reverse-engineering-the-holy-stone-h120d-drone/
Ask Hackaday: Using CoPilot? Are You Entertained?
There’s a great debate these days about what the current crop of AI chatbots should and shouldn’t do for you. We aren’t wise enough to know the answer, but we …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/01/ask-hackaday-using-copilot-are-you-entertained/
How One Line of TF2 Code Ruined This Simple Feature
Ever encountered a minor annoying bug in a video game? How about one dating back to 2018? Usually, you have no hope of fixing it, but this time is different. …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/18/how-one-line-of-tf2-code-ruined-this-simple-feature/
Three-Monitor Ridge Racer Machine Emulated in MAME
When Ridge Racer hit the arcades in the early 1990s, it came in a few different versions. The last variant used three large CRTs to create a wraparound display for the …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/18/three-monitor-ridge-racer-machine-emulated-in-mame/
FRED Comes to Hobby Operating Systems (and Linux)
Those who have worked on a hobby operating system for x86 will have interacted with its rather complex and confusing interrupt model. [Evalyn] shows us why and how to use …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/17/fred-comes-to-hobby-operating-systems-and-linux/
2026 Green Powered Challenge: The Eternal Headphones
Noise cancelling headphones are a great way to insulate yourself from the bustle of the city, but due to their power requirements, continuous use means frequent recharging. [Alessandro Sgarzi] has …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/19/2026-green-powered-challenge-the-eternal-headphones/
Using Capacitance for Extremely Sensitive Proximity Sensing
Capacitive displacement sensors span a wide range of resolution, from the touchscreen sensors which can only detect displacement as a binary state, all the way to the sensors in semiconductor …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/18/using-capacitance-for-extremely-sensitive-proximity-sensing/
Spy Tech: Conflicts Bring a New Number Station
If you know much about radios and espionage, you’ve probably encountered number stations. These are mysterious stations that read out groups of numbers or otherwise encoded messages to… well… someone. …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/30/spy-tech-conflicts-bring-a-new-number-station/
Mercury Audio Cables, So Nobody Else Has To Do It
We’ve seen our fair share of audiophile tomfoolery here at Hackaday, and we’ve even poked fun at a few of them over the years. Perhaps one of the most outrageously …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/01/mercury-audio-cables-so-nobody-else-has-to-do-it/
A Better Jogging Stroller
Although the jogging stroller is a fixture of suburban life, allowing parents the opportunity to get some exercise while letting their young children a chance for some fresh air, it …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/01/a-better-jogging-stroller/
Wearable Circuit Sculpture Is One Smart Bracelet
Well, this might just be a Hackaday first. Certainly not the circuit sculpture part, nor the wearable aspect, but the glorious combination of the two. Behold [CMoz]’s Fashionably on Task: …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/17/wearable-circuit-sculpture-is-one-smart-bracelet/
Running a Game on a PC with no System RAM
As a clear sign of how desperate these RAMpocalypse times are becoming, we have [PortalRunner] over on YouTube contemplating how to run modern-day software on a PC that has no …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/running-a-game-on-a-pc-with-no-system-ram/
Training a Transformer with 1970s-era Technology
Although generative language models have found little widespread, profitable adoption outside of putting artists out of work and giving tech companies an easy scapegoat for cutting staff, their their underlying …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/training-a-transformer-with-1970s-era-technology/
Building a Rim-Driven Jet Engine
Rim-driven thrusters turn the normal propeller-motor arrangement inside out; rather than mounting the motor at the center of the propeller, they use a large hollow motor, with the blades attached …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/04/19/building-a-rim-driven-jet-engine/
This Front Panel Makes Its Own Clean-Edged Drill Guides
We haven’t seen an instrument panel quite like [bluesyann]’s, which was made by curing UV resin directly onto plywood with the help of a 3D printer and a bit of …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/30/this-front-panel-makes-its-own-clean-edged-drill-guides/
Hackaday Links: March 29, 2026
Whether it’s a new couch or a rare piece of hardware picked up on eBay, we all know what it feels like to eagerly await a delivery truck. But the …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/hackaday-links-march-29-2026/
Improving FDM Filament Drying With a Spot of Vacuum
Keeping your filament safely away from moisture exposure is one of the most crucial aspects of getting a good 3D print, with equipment like a filament dryer a standard piece …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/improving-fdm-filament-drying-with-a-spot-of-vacuum/