The Fight To Save Lunar Trailblazer

After the fire and fury of liftoff, when a spacecraft is sailing silently through space, you could be forgiven for thinking the hard part of the mission is over. After …read more

Robots Want The Jobs You Can’t Do

There’s something ominous about robots taking over jobs that humans are suited to do. Maybe you don’t want a job turning a wrench or pushing a broom, but someone does. …read more

Hacking When It Counts: DIY Prosthetics And The Prison Camp Lathe

There are a lot of benefits to writing for Hackaday, but hands down one of the best is getting paid to fall down fascinating rabbit holes. These often — but …read more

Hackaday Links: July 13, 2025

There’s interesting news out of Wyoming, where a coal mine was opened this week. But the fact that it’s the first new coal mine in 50 years isn’t the big …read more

Trickle Down: When Doing Something Silly Actually Makes Sense

One of the tropes of the space race back in the 1960s, which helped justify the spending for the part of the public who thought it wasn’t worth it, was …read more

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Before Macintosh: The Story Of The Apple Lisa

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By John Elliot V | July 18, 2025

Film maker [David Greelish] wrote in to let us know about his recent documentary: Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa. The documentary covers the life of the Apple Lisa. It starts …read more
PVCSub: A Submarine From The Plumbing Aisle

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By John Elliot V | July 18, 2025

Today in the submersibles department our hacker [Rupin Chheda] wrote in to tell us about their submarine project. This sub is made from a few lengths of PVC piping of …read more
Time, Stars, And Tides, All On Your Wrist

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By Heidi Ulrich | July 18, 2025

When asked ‘what makes you tick?’ the engineers at Vacheron Constantin sure know what to answer – and fast, too. Less than a year after last year’s horological kettlebell, the …read more
2025 One-Hertz Challenge: HP Logic Probe Brought Into The Future

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By Lewin Day | July 18, 2025

[Robert Morrison] had an ancient HP 545A logic probe, which was great for debugging SMT projects. The only problem was that being 45 years old, it wasn’t quite up to …read more
Hackaday Podcast Episode 329: AI Surgery, A Prison Camp Lathe, And A One Hertz Four-Fer

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By Tom Nardi | July 18, 2025

Join Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi as they talk about their favorite hacks and stories from the previous week. They’ll start things off with a small Supercon update, …read more
Unlocking The Potential Of A No-Name Handheld Game

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By Bryan Cockfield | July 18, 2025

The rise of inexpensive yet relatively powerful electronics has enabled a huge array of computing options that would have been unheard of even two decades ago. A handheld gaming PC …read more
This Week In Security: Trains, Fake Homebrew, And AI Auto-Hacking

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By Jonathan Bennett | July 18, 2025

There’s a train vulnerability making the rounds this week. The research comes from [midwestneil], who first discovered an issue way back in 2012, and tried to raise the alarm. Turns …read more

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