Retro Rover: LT6502 Laptop Packs 8-Bit Power on the Go <img width="800" height="450" src=" alt="6502 based laptop"/>Making your own laptop can be a challenging project, but a doable one, especially given the large number of options available today for computing. Of course nothing says you need

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Retro Rover: LT6502 Laptop Packs 8-Bit Power On The Go

Making your own laptop can be a challenging project, but a doable one, especially given the large number of options available today for computing. ...

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Retro Rover: LT6502 Laptop Packs 8-Bit Power On The Go

Making your own laptop can be a challenging project, but a doable one, especially given the large number of options available today for computing. ...

Bruteforcing Accidental Antenna Designs <img width="800" height="449" src=" alt=""/>Antenna design is often referred to as a black art or witchcraft, even by those experienced in the space. To that end, [Janne] wondered—could years of honed skill be replaced

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Bruteforcing Accidental Antenna Designs

Antenna design is often referred to as a black art or witchcraft, even by those experienced in the space. To that end, [Janne] wondered—could yea...

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Bruteforcing Accidental Antenna Designs

Antenna design is often referred to as a black art or witchcraft, even by those experienced in the space. To that end, [Janne] wondered—could yea...

3D Printed Jack Mixes Two Filaments For Great Performance <img width="800" height="450" src=" alt=""/>If you’re looking to jack up your car and you don’t have anything on hand, your 3D printer might not be the first tool you look towards. With that said,

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3D Printed Jack Mixes Two Filaments For Great Performance

If you&#8217;re looking to jack up your car and you don&#8217;t have anything on hand, your 3D printer might not be the first tool you look towards...

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3D Printed Jack Mixes Two Filaments For Great Performance

If you&#8217;re looking to jack up your car and you don&#8217;t have anything on hand, your 3D printer might not be the first tool you look towards...

LEGO Orrery Gets A Real-Time Drive Upgrade <img width="800" height="450" src=" alt=""/>An orrery is a beautiful type of mechanical contrivance, built to demonstrate the motion of heavenly objects. LEGO happens to offer just such a device, built using its Technic line

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LEGO Orrery Gets A Real-Time Drive Upgrade

An orrery is a beautiful type of mechanical contrivance, built to demonstrate the motion of heavenly objects. LEGO happens to offer just such a dev...

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LEGO Orrery Gets A Real-Time Drive Upgrade

An orrery is a beautiful type of mechanical contrivance, built to demonstrate the motion of heavenly objects. LEGO happens to offer just such a dev...

Running Pokémon with a Compass and Straightedge <img width="800" height="450" src=" alt="An animated set of circles and lines are drawn on a black screen. Meanwhile, in a smaller window in the lower right corner, the boot screen of a Game Boy is displayed."/>The ancient question of whether or not it’s possible to construct a circle with the same area as a given square using only a drawing compass and straightedge was finally

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Running Pokémon With A Compass And Straightedge

The ancient question of whether or not it’s possible to construct a circle with the same area as a given square using only a drawing compass and ...

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Running Pokémon With A Compass And Straightedge

The ancient question of whether or not it’s possible to construct a circle with the same area as a given square using only a drawing compass and ...

The Complicated Legacy of Mind Controlled Toys <img width="800" height="450" src=" alt=""/>Imagine a line of affordable toys controlled by the player’s brainwaves. By interpreting biosignals picked up by the dry electroencephalogram (EEG) electrodes in an included headset, the game could infer

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The Complicated Legacy Of Mind Controlled Toys

Imagine a line of affordable toys controlled by the player&#8217;s brainwaves. By interpreting biosignals picked up by the dry electroencephalogram...

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The Complicated Legacy Of Mind Controlled Toys

Imagine a line of affordable toys controlled by the player&#8217;s brainwaves. By interpreting biosignals picked up by the dry electroencephalogram...

AirTag Has Hole Behind the Battery? It’s Likely Been Silenced <img width="800" height="450" src=" alt=""/>Apple AirTags have speakers in them, and the speaker is not entirely under the owner’s control. [Shahram] shows how the speaker of an AirTag can be disabled while keeping the

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AirTag Has Hole Behind The Battery? It&#8217;s Likely Been Silenced

Apple AirTags have speakers in them, and the speaker is not entirely under the owner&#8217;s control. [Shahram] shows how the speaker of an AirTag ...

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AirTag Has Hole Behind The Battery? It&#8217;s Likely Been Silenced

Apple AirTags have speakers in them, and the speaker is not entirely under the owner&#8217;s control. [Shahram] shows how the speaker of an AirTag ...

Using 3D Printed Breadboards to Accommodate Wide Boards <img width="800" height="508" src=" alt=""/>Although off-the-shelf breadboards are plentiful and cheap, they almost always seem to use the same basic design. Although you can clumsily reassemble most of them by removing the voltage rail

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Using 3D Printed Breadboards To Accommodate Wide Boards

Although off-the-shelf breadboards are plentiful and cheap, they almost always seem to use the same basic design. Although you can clumsily reassem...

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Using 3D Printed Breadboards To Accommodate Wide Boards

Although off-the-shelf breadboards are plentiful and cheap, they almost always seem to use the same basic design. Although you can clumsily reassem...

Performing an Autopsy on 15 Dead Battle Born LFP Batteries <img width="800" height="455" src=" alt=""/>Because size matters when it comes to statistics, [Will Prowse] decided to not just bank on his handful of failed Battle Born LFP batteries when it came to documenting their

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Performing An Autopsy On 15 Dead Battle Born LFP Batteries

Because size matters when it comes to statistics, [Will Prowse] decided to not just bank on his handful of failed Battle Born LFP batteries when it...

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Performing An Autopsy On 15 Dead Battle Born LFP Batteries

Because size matters when it comes to statistics, [Will Prowse] decided to not just bank on his handful of failed Battle Born LFP batteries when it...

What the FDA’s 2026 Wellness Device Update Means for Wearables <img width="800" height="484" src=" alt=""/>With more and more sensors being crammed into the consumer devices that many of us wear every day, the question of where medical devices begin and end, and how they

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What The FDA’s 2026 Wellness Device Update Means For Wearables

With more and more sensors being crammed into the consumer devices that many of us wear every day, the question of where medical devices begin and ...

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What The FDA’s 2026 Wellness Device Update Means For Wearables

With more and more sensors being crammed into the consumer devices that many of us wear every day, the question of where medical devices begin and ...

A Basic Guide To Shielding <img width="800" height="450" src=" alt=""/>[GreatScott] has recently been tinkering in the world of radio frequency emissions, going so far as to put their own designs in a proper test chamber to determine whether they

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A Basic Guide To Shielding

[GreatScott] has recently been tinkering in the world of radio frequency emissions, going so far as to put their own designs in a proper test chamb...

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A Basic Guide To Shielding

[GreatScott] has recently been tinkering in the world of radio frequency emissions, going so far as to put their own designs in a proper test chamb...

A Computer That Fits Inside A Camera Lens <img width="800" height="450" src=" alt=""/>For a long while, digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras were the king of the castle for professional and amateur photography. They brought large sensors, interchangeable lenses, and professional-level viewfinders to

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A Computer That Fits Inside A Camera Lens

For a long while, digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras were the king of the castle for professional and amateur photography. They brought larg...

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A Computer That Fits Inside A Camera Lens

For a long while, digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras were the king of the castle for professional and amateur photography. They brought larg...

Retrotechtacular: Mr. Wizard Jams with IBM <img width="800" height="578" src=" alt=""/>You may not remember [Mr. Wizard], but he was a staple of nerd kids over a few decades, teaching science to kids via the magic of television. The Computer History

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Retrotechtacular: Mr. Wizard Jams With IBM

You may not remember [Mr. Wizard], but he was a staple of nerd kids over a few decades, teaching science to kids via the magic of television. The C...

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Retrotechtacular: Mr. Wizard Jams With IBM

You may not remember [Mr. Wizard], but he was a staple of nerd kids over a few decades, teaching science to kids via the magic of television. The C...

Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the NEO With the Typewriter Shell <img width="800" height="484" src=" alt="Illustrated Kristina with an IBM Model M keyboard floating between her hands."/>Isn’t this glorious? If you don’t recognize what this is right away (or from the post title), it’s an AlphaSmart NEO word processor, repackaged in a 3D-printed typewriter-esque shell, meticulously

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Keebin&#8217; With Kristina: The One With The NEO With The Typewriter Shell

Isn&#8217;t this glorious? If you don&#8217;t recognize what this is right away (or from the post title), it&#8217;s an AlphaSmart NEO word process...

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Keebin&#8217; With Kristina: The One With The NEO With The Typewriter Shell

Isn&#8217;t this glorious? If you don&#8217;t recognize what this is right away (or from the post title), it&#8217;s an AlphaSmart NEO word process...

How Volunteers Saved a Victorian-Era Pumping Station From Demolition <img width="800" height="531" src=" alt=""/>Although infrastructure like a 19th-century pumping station generally tends to be quietly decommissioned and demolished, sometimes you get enough people looking at such an object and wondering whether maybe it’d

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How Volunteers Saved A Victorian-Era Pumping Station From Demolition

Although infrastructure like a 19th-century pumping station generally tends to be quietly decommissioned and demolished, sometimes you get enough p...

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How Volunteers Saved A Victorian-Era Pumping Station From Demolition

Although infrastructure like a 19th-century pumping station generally tends to be quietly decommissioned and demolished, sometimes you get enough p...

Real LED TVs Are Finally Becoming A Thing <img width="782" height="625" src="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/au-microrgb-115r95h-mra115mr95fxxy-550555423.avif?w=782" alt=""/>Once upon a time, the cathode ray tube was pretty much the only type of display you’d find in a consumer television. As the analog broadcast world shifted to digital,

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Real LED TVs Are Finally Becoming A Thing

Once upon a time, the cathode ray tube was pretty much the only type of display you&#8217;d find in a consumer television. As the analog broadcast ...

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Real LED TVs Are Finally Becoming A Thing

Once upon a time, the cathode ray tube was pretty much the only type of display you&#8217;d find in a consumer television. As the analog broadcast ...

A Novelty Clock Makes The Best Tiny Mac Yet <img width="800" height="450" src=" alt=""/>We’re lucky enough in 2026 to have cheap single-board computers fast enough to emulate machines from the 1990s, touching on the 32-bit era. We’ve seen a few projects as a

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A Novelty Clock Makes The Best Tiny Mac Yet

We&#8217;re lucky enough in 2026 to have cheap single-board computers fast enough to emulate machines from the 1990s, touching on the 32-bit era. W...

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A Novelty Clock Makes The Best Tiny Mac Yet

We&#8217;re lucky enough in 2026 to have cheap single-board computers fast enough to emulate machines from the 1990s, touching on the 32-bit era. W...

Inside a Fake Mean Well DIN-rail PSU <img width="800" height="464" src=" alt=""/>These days, you can get fakes, bootlegs, and similar for just about anything. While a fake handbag isn’t such a big deal, in the case of a DIN-rail power supply,

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Inside A Fake Mean Well DIN-rail PSU

These days, you can get fakes, bootlegs, and similar for just about anything. While a fake handbag isn&#8217;t such a big deal, in the case of a DI...

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Inside A Fake Mean Well DIN-rail PSU

These days, you can get fakes, bootlegs, and similar for just about anything. While a fake handbag isn&#8217;t such a big deal, in the case of a DI...

Microfluidic Display Teaches The Basics <img width="800" height="582" src=" alt=""/>We’ve always been interested in fluidic logic and, based on [soiboi’s] videos, he is too. His latest shows how to use silicone and a vacuum to build a multiplexed dot

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Microfluidic Display Teaches The Basics

We&#8217;ve always been interested in fluidic logic and, based on [soiboi&#8217;s] videos, he is too. His latest shows how to use silicone and a va...

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Microfluidic Display Teaches The Basics

We&#8217;ve always been interested in fluidic logic and, based on [soiboi&#8217;s] videos, he is too. His latest shows how to use silicone and a va...

Removing the BIOS Administrator Password on a ThinkPad Takes Timing <img width="800" height="486" src=" alt=""/>In the olden days, an administrator password on a BIOS was a mere annoyance, one quickly remedied by powering off the system and pulling its CMOS battery or moving a

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Removing The BIOS Administrator Password On A ThinkPad Takes Timing

In the olden days, an administrator password on a BIOS was a mere annoyance, one quickly remedied by powering off the system and pulling its CMOS b...

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Removing The BIOS Administrator Password On A ThinkPad Takes Timing

In the olden days, an administrator password on a BIOS was a mere annoyance, one quickly remedied by powering off the system and pulling its CMOS b...