Hacking The System In A Moral Panic: We Need To Talk

It seems that for as long as there have been readily available 3D printers, there have been moral panics about their being used to print firearms. The latest surrounds a …read more

Fictional Moon: Reality TV And SciFi Don’t Mix

It is a safe bet that nearly all Hackaday readers like to at least imagine what it would be like to build and live in an orbital station, on the …read more

How I 3D Printed My Own Lego-Compatible Train Bridges

Lego train sets have been available for decades, now. The Danish manufacturer long ago realized the magic of combining its building block sets with motors and plastic rails to create …read more

Ask Hackaday: Wired Or Wireless Headphones?

They say you should never throw out old clothes because they will come back in style one day. Maybe they are right. We noted in a recent BBC post that, …read more

Hackaday Links: March 15, 2026

Some days, it feels like we’re getting all the bad parts of cyberpunk and none of the cool stuff. Megacorps and cyber warfare? Check. Flying cars and holograms? Not quite …read more

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DIY Reflow Plate Runs On USB Power Delivery

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By Lewin Day | March 18, 2026

If you’re working with surface mount components, you’re likely going to want a reflow plate at some point. [Vitaly] was in need of just such a tool, and thus whipped …read more
Running Windows 98 On The IPAQ IA-2 Internet Appliance

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By Maya Posch | March 18, 2026

Devices that were limited to only run a web browser were relatively common around 2000, as many people wanted to surf the Information Super Highway, but didn’t quite want to …read more
Repurposing Old AMD APUs For AI Work

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By Lewin Day | March 18, 2026

The BC250 is what AMD calls an APU, or Accelerated Processing Unit. It combines a GPU and CPU into a single unit, and was originally built to serve as the …read more
FLOSS Weekly Episode 866: BreezyBox And Embedded Compilers

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By Jonathan Bennett | March 18, 2026

This week Jonathan chats with Valentyn Danylchuk about BreezyBox — an interactive shell and toolkit that provides various tools and a compiler on an ESP32 microcontroller. What was the inspiration …read more
Hackaday Europe Tickets On Sale Now, CFP Extended

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By Elliot Williams | March 18, 2026

Hackaday Europe is approaching, and we’re putting tickets on sale now. “But wait, you haven’t selected the talks yet!” we hear you saying. Indeed! And that’s why we discount the …read more
Forgetfulino Puts Back Up Of Source Inside The Binary

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By Maya Posch | March 18, 2026

How often have you pulled out old MCU-based project that still works fine, but you have no idea where the original source code has gone? Having the binary image and …read more
The Rise And Fall Of Free Dial Up Internet

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By Al Williams | March 18, 2026

In the early days of the Internet, having a high-speed IP connection in your home or even a small business was, if not impossible, certainly a rarity. Connecting to a …read more

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