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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Troubleshooting Video Delay On The Raspberry Pi

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By Zoe Skyforest | August 13, 2026

The Raspberry Pi line of single-board computers are great little devices, and they can do great things with cameras and video. However, there can be a fair bit of latency …read more
Tearing Down A Cheap Digital Caliper

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By Zoe Skyforest | August 13, 2026

Most hackers and makers end up with a cheap pair of calipers in the toolbox at some point or another. [DiodeGoneWild] decided to take a particularly cheap plastic pair and …read more
Bridging Older Tasmota Hardware Into Apple Home

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By Zoe Skyforest | August 13, 2026

The Tasmota firmware is a popular choice for flashing to a range of Espressif microcontrollers to turn them into smart home devices. If you have such devices in your house, …read more
Supercon Ten Tickets On Sale Now

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By Elliot Williams | August 13, 2026

Hackers, start your engines! We’re opening up ticket sales for our tenth, the 2026 Hackaday Supercon, to take place Nov 6-8 in Pasadena, CA. As always, because we haven’t announced …read more
Holograms, From Your Plotter

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By Jenny List | August 13, 2026

When mass-printed holograms appeared on magazines in the 1980s they were a huge novelty, before degrading to the level of kids’ stickers in the years since. At the time they …read more
Bladerunners And The Mother Of Invention

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By Al Williams | August 13, 2026

There are plenty of stories about inventors who see a problem and decide they can do better. But Van Phillips had a little more motivation than most. The problem was …read more
Hacking Fiber To The Home

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By Zoe Skyforest | August 13, 2026

When we think about security threats, we generally imagine them coming from far away across the wider internet. But what if the connection between you and your ISP was the …read more

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