Procrastineers Rejoice! 2026 Supercon Call For Participation Extended

A few weeks ago, we put out the call for participation for this year’s 2026 Hackaday Supercon, taking place in Pasadena, CA this November. Today was going to be the …read more

However you make a digital computer, you need something to represent a binary digit. Usually this is some form of switch: a relay, a tube, or a transistor, although there …read more

Linux Fu: Heads Or Tails For VPN

If you’ve done much networking, you surely know the frustration of trying to connect to something, say a Raspberry Pi, that lives behind your consumer router. There are a number …read more

The Physics Of Keeping Thermal Power Stations Cool

Recently thermal power stations have been in the news quite a bit, mostly in the context of them being throttled back or shut down due to the river water used …read more

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Using Acoustic Resonators As Thrusters For Small Robots

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By Maya Posch | August 17, 2026

There are quite a few rather unconventional methods of propulsion, but perhaps one of the more curious approaches involved Helmholtz resonance, as demonstrated by [Junsun Hwang] et al. with a …read more
Edison Motors Offering All-Mechanical Trucks, At Least To Start

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By Tyler August | August 17, 2026

We’ve been following Canadian startup Edison Motors for some time now, but their latest offering caught us a bit off guard — their BDE series truck will be offered first …read more
One Man’s Perfect Retro-Style Monitor Takes All Inputs

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By Tyler August | August 17, 2026

Perfection is an inherently subjective measure, in that one must choose the criteria against which to measure. A perfect circle is an absolutely rubbish octagon, for example. So when you …read more
OLEDs Have Gained Brightness, Not Burn-In Resistance

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By Maya Posch | August 17, 2026

OLED displays solve many of the problems suffered by LC displays, including color fidelity, dynamic range and power usage. That said, especially in the early days OLED gained a reputation …read more
Using Starlink’s Satellites To Study Earth’s Upper Atmosphere

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By Maya Posch | August 17, 2026

Aside from global access to cat videos, the presence of thousands of Starlink broadband internet access satellites in LEO has a very pleasant side effect for atmospheric researchers. Starlink publicly …read more
Linux Fu: Improving FTP

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By Al Williams | August 17, 2026

FTP isn’t exactly cutting-edge technology. These days, if you control both ends of a connection, you’re probably using scp, SFTP, rsync, or something even fancier. But FTP refuses to die, …read more
Toy Computer Restored

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By Fenix Guthrie | August 17, 2026

In the 1960s, the home computer was barely a twinkle in anyone’s eye. This was the decade in which computers were used by a handful of companies and organizations and …read more

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