2026 Hackaday Supercon: Call For Proposals

We are absolutely stoked to announce that the Hackaday Superconference is taking place this year November 6th through 8th in glorious Pasadena California, and we want to see you there! …read more

The Death Of Physical Media And The Real Challenges To Software Archiving

Along with the many displays of outrage, gnashing of teeth and other displays of profound grief at the recent news that Sony will no longer manufacture physical game discs come …read more

A Brief History Of The Crazy Old 7-Segment Display

How old is the seven-segment display? Surely it is a product of the 1970s. After all, calculators started showing up, and the height of junior high humor was plugging 7734 …read more

FLOSS Weekly Episode 874: Really, We Do PDFs

This week Jonathan chats with Andrea Gallo about RISC-V! What does it mean for RISC-V to be an Open ISA? Where is RISC-V popping up, and what’s the new frontier? …read more

Linux Fu: The Local Phonebook

I’ll admit it: I miss the simplicity of /etc/hosts. There was something elegant about it. You wanted laserprinter to mean 192.168.1.40, so you opened a text file and wrote: 192.168.1.40 …read more

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The Neo Geo Does Run DOOM After All

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By Maya Posch | July 14, 2026

Perhaps the most ridiculous statement that anyone can make is that a computer system with clearly enough processing power ‘cannot run DOOM‘. This is why we accept the premise that a …read more
2026 Frikkin Lasers Challenge: Laser Bandsaw

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By Tyler August | July 14, 2026

Can you call it a bandsaw if it has neither band nor saw? [WeldingRod1] does, with his entry in the laser contest — a manually-controlled laser cutter that he’s dubbed …read more
Fibrous Muscles For Humanoid Robotics

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By Ian Bos | July 14, 2026

At the current rate of robotics development, you might assume that we’re close to Skynet taking over. However, while we likely wouldn’t do well in a physical fight against a …read more
UDP Broadcasting And The Joys Of IPv4 Subnetting

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By Maya Posch | July 14, 2026

In the previous installment on UDP broadcasting and service discovery, the basics of both were explored, including an implementation in the form of NyanSD and its protocol. Contained in the …read more
Open Book Touch Makes Crowd Funding Debut

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By Tom Nardi | July 14, 2026

If you have even the slightest interest in open hardware e-readers, you’ve certainly heard of [Joey Castillo]’s Open Book project. We’ve covered his efforts to develop an affordable reader that …read more
The Seemingly Impossible Oscillator

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By Jenny List | July 14, 2026

Back in the days when an integrated circuit meant a simple but expensive device such as a 741 or a 555, most electronics enthusiasts made do with discrete transistor circuits. …read more
Star Trek Was Right About Prompt Injection, Sorta

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By Tyler August | July 13, 2026

This following statement is a lie: “I am telling the truth”. Okay, now that it’s just us meatbags, let’s get down to brass tacks. Captain Kirk’s logic bombs couldn’t possibly …read more

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