If you flew or drove anything remote controlled until the last few years, chances are very good that you’d be using some faceless corporation’s equipment and radio protocols. But recently, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/04/lockdown-remote-control-project-is-free-and-open/)

8 Pins For Linux
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/8-pins-for-linux/

We’ve seen a Linux-based operating system made to run on some widely varying pieces of hardware over the years, but [Dimity Grinberg]’s latest project may be one of the most …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/8-pins-for-linux/)

Disney’s Bipedal, BDX-Series Droid Gets the DIY Treatment
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/disneys-bipedal-bdx-series-droid-gets-the-diy-treatment/

[Antoine Pirrone] and [Grégoire Passault] are making a DIY miniature re-imagining of Disney’s BDX droid design, and while it’s still early, there is definitely a lot of progress to see. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/disneys-bipedal-bdx-series-droid-gets-the-diy-treatment/)

A Look Inside MacPaint
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/a-look-inside-macpaint/

Usually when we talk about retrocomputing, we want to look at — and in — some old hardware. But [Z→Z] has a different approach: dissecting MacPaint, the Apple drawing program …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/a-look-inside-macpaint/)

If You’re 3D Scanning, You’ll Want a Way To Work with Point Clouds
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/if-youre-3d-scanning-youll-want-a-way-to-work-with-point-clouds/

3D scanning is becoming much more accessible, which means it’s more likely that the average hacker will use it to solve problems — possibly odd ones. That being the case, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/if-youre-3d-scanning-youll-want-a-way-to-work-with-point-clouds/)

How a Tiny Relay Became a USB Swiss Army Knife
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/how-a-tiny-relay-became-a-usb-swiss-army-knife/

Meet the little board that could: [alcor6502]’s tiny USB relay controller, now evolved into a multifunction marvel. Originally built as a simple USB relay to probe the boundaries of JLCPCB’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/how-a-tiny-relay-became-a-usb-swiss-army-knife/)

How Shrinking Feature Size Made Modern Wireless Work
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/how-shrinking-feature-size-made-modern-wireless-work/

If you’re living your life right, you probably know what as MOSFET is. But do you know the MESFET? They are like the faster, uninsulated, Schottky version of a MOSFET, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/how-shrinking-feature-size-made-modern-wireless-work/)

Inside an Edison Phonograph
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/inside-an-edison-phonograph/