AI Book Scanning: Just What Is A Rare Book?

One of the stories of the last few weeks has been that AI companies have been scanning books in very large numbers in order to train their models with content …read more

Anatomy Of An SLA Resin Printing Disaster

When I got back into SLA resin printing recently, I knew that I’d inevitably have to deal with the agony of failed prints and of course resin spills. This moment …read more

Tech In Plain Sight: Vacuum Blood Collection

If you’re blessed enough that you haven’t had blood drawn in a while, you might not have thought much about the process. You might imagine that a needle goes in, …read more

An Early History Of Space Stations: Where’s My Wheel?

Last time we found out the idea of space stations is surprisingly old. By the 1950s, everyone knew we’d be working in beautiful space stations that rotated like a wheel …read more

Hackaday Links: August 23, 2026

We’ll start this week off with some disappointing, though not entirely unexpected, news — the ambitious commercial mission to save NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is officially a bust. The …read more

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Rooftop Camper For Roofless Vehicle

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By Bryan Cockfield | August 27, 2026

The Honda Goldwing is one of the more famous motorcycles ever produced. It’s known for its reliability and comfort, but also for being one of the first motorcycles Honda rolls …read more
The Mactini: A Computer That Does Almost Nothing

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By Maya Posch | August 27, 2026

Recently [Tucker Osman] brought to life what once was just a meme created by the BBC as it poked fun at Apple’s push for ever smaller devices that also dropped …read more
The Farador Quack Medical Device

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By Maya Posch | August 27, 2026

Over the centuries there have been an incredible number of purported medical devices released onto the market, with some having more outrageous claims than others. Released in the 1910s and …read more
All The Best Computers Boot To BASIC

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By Jenny List | August 27, 2026

Anyone whose first computing experience came in the form of an 8-bit home computer will tell you about booting straight into a BASIC interpreter. The machine invited you to program …read more
Australia’s Nationwide Phone Outage Was An Embarrassing Failure

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By Zoe Skyforest | August 27, 2026

The phones! They were one of the basic utilities of the 20th century, and were just about as reliable as death and taxes. Even when then power grid went down, …read more
Analog Optical Feedback Generates 4K Fractals With No Computer

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By Tyler August | August 27, 2026

For users of a certain age, fractal patterns and computers are nearly synonymous. Typing in BASIC programs and seeing the Mandelbrot set or other fractals slowly render on screen is …read more
Eenk Provides EInk, ESP32 Powered Text Adventures

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By Tyler August | August 27, 2026

There’s a niche genre of text adventure that’s halfway between a traditional novel and a videogame. Think Zork if it had an extra few novels worth of words of well-crafted …read more

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