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Hackaday Links: January 18, 2026

Looking for a unique vacation spot? Have at least $10 million USD burning a hole in your pocket? If so, then you’re just the sort of customer the rather suspiciously …read more

Get Bored!

My son went over to a friends house this afternoon, when my wife had been planning on helping him with his French homework. This meant she had an hour or …read more

Hackaday Podcast Episode 353: Fantastic Peripherals, Fake Or Not Fake Picos, And Everything On The Steam Deck

Join Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi as they swap their favorite hacks and stories from the week. In this episode, they’ll start off by marveling over the evolution …read more

Optimizing Software With Zero-Copy And Other Techniques

An important aspect in software engineering is the ability to distinguish between premature, unnecessary, and necessary optimizations. A strong case can be made that the initial design benefits massively from …read more

The Random Laser

When we first heard the term “random laser,” we did a double-take. After all, most ordinary sources of light are random. One defining characteristic of a traditional laser is that …read more

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  • Robot Sees Light With No CPU

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    By Al Williams | January 19, 2026

    If you ever built a line following robot, you’ll be nostalgic about [Jeremy’s] light-seeking robot. It is a very simple build since there is no CPU and, therefore, also no …read more

  • How To Use Tiny Open Loop Actuators For A Living Mirror

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    By Maya Posch | January 19, 2026

    How do you go about making a mirror with 128 segments, each of which can be independently angled? That was the question that a certain bloke over at [Time Sink …read more

  • Flux And Solder Paste Dispenser Looks Good While Doing It

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    By Donald Papp | January 19, 2026

    Syringes are pretty ergonomic, but when manually dispensing flux and solder paste it doesn’t take long before one wants a better way. [Elektroarzt]’s flux and solder paste dispenser design uses …read more

  • Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With The Ball-Joint Keyboard

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    By Kristina Panos | January 19, 2026

    Get a handle on this bad boy! Okay, so those voids are really more for airing out your palms, I’d imagine, because palm sweat sure is real — you should …read more

  • SoundSlab: How To Make A Synthesizer With All The Button Screens

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    By Maya Posch | January 19, 2026

    Although arguably redundant on a typical computer keyboard, the idea of embedding small screens into the buttons on devices like audio production gear that often have so many buttons can …read more

  • Tolerating Delay With DTN

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    By Al Williams | January 19, 2026

    The Internet has spoiled us. You assume network packets either show up pretty quickly or they are never going to show up. Even if you are using WiFi in a …read more

  • Washington State Bill Seeks To Add Firearms Detection To 3D Printers

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    By Maya Posch | January 19, 2026

    Washington State’s House Bill 2321 is currently causing a bit of an uproar, as it seeks to add blocking technologies to 3D printers, in order to prevent them from printing …read more

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