As humans, we tend to consider our emotional states as a direct response to the experiences of our lives. Traffic may make us ...

One of the fun things about writing for Hackaday is that it takes you to the places where our community hang out. I was in a ...

Have you ever imagined what the Nintendo Switch would look like if Nintendo had produced it in the mid-1990s? [Joel Creates] ...

A while back [Clint Basinger] of Lazy Game Reviews fame purchased a rare 1980s Halikan laptop. When he received the parcel, ...

If you’ve ever combed boxes of old tech detritus in search of a nugget of pure gold, we know you’ll appreciate the excitement ...

We’re always a wee bit suspicious about articles that announce some sort of “World’s first” accomplishment. With a couple of ...

The Hackaday 2025 Component Abuse Challenge is all about abusing electronic components in the service of making them do ...

Have you ever looked at a small development board like an Arduino or an ESP8266 board and thought you’d like one with just a few different features? Well, [Kai] has put out a fantastic guide ...

Bob] calls his custom 16-bit computer “Bob’s Unnecessary Retro Processor” or BURP for short. While we suppose it is ...

There are few things that can keep a certain kind of mechanically-inclined mind entranced as well as a marble run, and few ...

In this era of cheap lithium pouch cells, it might seem mildly anachronistic to build AA batteries into a project. There are ...

Anything with a laser has undeniable hacker appeal, even if the laser’s task is as pedestrian as sending data over a fiber ...