LED Printers: The Quiet Achievers You May Not Have Heard Of

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

Accidental Climate Engineering With Disintegrating Satellites

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

Hackaday Podcast Ep 359: Flying Squids, Edible Passwords, And A CAD Automaton

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams met up to trade their favorite posts of the week. Tune in and see if your favorites made the list. From crazy intricate …read more

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Creating An Ultra-Stable Lunar Clock With A Cryogenic Silicon Cavity Laser

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By Maya Posch | March 4, 2026

Phase-coherent lasers are crucial for many precision tasks, including timekeeping. Here on Earth the most stable optical oscillators are used in e.g. atomic clocks and many ultra-precise scientific measurements, such …read more
Neither Android Nor IOS: DIY Smartphone Runs On ESP32!

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By Tyler August | March 4, 2026

You may or may not be reading this on a smartphone, but odds are that even if you aren’t, you own one. Well, possess one, anyway — it’s debatable if …read more
Old Desk Phone Gets DOOM Port

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By Lewin Day | March 3, 2026

Old desk phones are fairly useless these days unless you’re building a corporate PBX in your house. However, they can be fun to hack on, as [0x19] demonstrates by porting …read more
Inside SKALA: How Chernobyl’s Reactor Was Actually Controlled

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By Maya Posch | March 3, 2026

Running a nuclear power plant isn’t an easy task, even with the level of automation available to a 1980s Soviet RBMK reactor. In their continuing efforts to build a full-sized, …read more
Designing A Pen Clip That Never Bends Out Of Shape

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By Lewin Day | March 3, 2026

If you’ve ever used a ballpoint pen with a clip on the top, you’ve probably noticed they bend pretty easily. The clip relies on you only bending it a small …read more
Exploring Security Vulnerabilities In A Cheapo WiFi Extender

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By Maya Posch | March 3, 2026

If all you want is just a basic WiFi extender that gets some level of network connectivity to remote parts of your domicile, then it might be tempting to get …read more
The Perfect Cheat’s Racing Bicycle

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By Jenny List | March 3, 2026

One of the ongoing rumors and scandals in professional cycle sport concerns “motor doping” — the practice of concealing an electric motor in a bicycle to provide the rider with …read more

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