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Back To Basics: Hacking On Key Matrixes

A lot of making goes on in this community these days, but sometimes you’ve just gotta do some old fashioned hacking. You might have grabbed an old Speak and Spell that …read more

LED Printers: The Quiet Achievers You May Not Have Heard Of

Many different types of printers have entered the market over the years. Most of us are intimately familiar with the common inkjet and laser, both of which can be found …read more

Accidental Climate Engineering With Disintegrating Satellites

For many decades humankind has entertained the notion that we can maybe tweak the Earth’s atmosphere or biosphere in such a way that we can for example undo the harms …read more

Hackaday Links: March 1, 2026

We’ll start this week off with a bit of controversy from Linux Land. Anyone who’s ever used the sudo command knows that you don’t see any kind of visual feedback …read more

The Joys Of 3D Printing

Al and I were talking on the podcast today about a sweet 3D printed wide-format camera build, and we got to musing on why we 3D-print. For Al, it’s an …read more

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  • Fixing An Onkyo Receiver With Multiple Faults

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    By Maya Posch | March 7, 2026

    Modern-day receivers are miracles of digital audio and video processing, but compared to their more analog brethren, they can come with a host of new and fascinating faults. The Onkyo …read more

  • Remotely Unlocking An Encrypted Hard Disk

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    By Al Williams | March 6, 2026

    Can you remotely unlock an encrypted hard disk? [Jyn] needed to unlock their home server after it rebooted even if they weren’t home. Normally, they used Tailscale to remote in, …read more

  • How An Old Automatic Stoker Was Hacked Onto A Modern Lancashire Boiler

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    By Maya Posch | March 6, 2026

    Hacks are of all ages, with the Victorian-era Claymills Pumping Station being no exception. When its old Lancashire boilers from the 19th century were  finally replaced with modern 1930s boilers, …read more

  • One Sailing Pulley To Rule Them All

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    By Bryan Cockfield | March 6, 2026

    When thinking of humanity’s ability to harness wind energy, many people will conjure images of windmills from places like The Netherlands or Persia. But people have been using wind energy …read more

  • The World’s Smallest Marble Clock With Pick And Place Arm

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    By Maya Posch | March 6, 2026

    Clocks come in many styles and sizes, with perhaps the most visually pleasing ones involving marbles. Watching these little spheres obey gravity and form clearly readable numbers on a clock …read more

  • Portable Tow Rope Batman Would Be Proud Of

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    By Bryan Cockfield | March 6, 2026

    Out of all of Batman’s massive array of tools which turn a relatively ordinary person into a superhero, perhaps his most utilitarian is his grappling gun — allowing him the …read more

  • Hackaday Podcast Episode 360: Cool Rubber Bands, Science-y Stuff, And The Whys Of Office Supplies

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    By Kristina Panos | March 6, 2026

    This week, Hackaday’s Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos met up over assorted beverages to bring you the latest news, mystery sound results show, and of course, a big bunch of …read more

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