Although not the first video game ever produced, Pong was the first to achieve commercial success and has had a tremendous influence on our culture as a whole. In Pong’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/24/pong-cloned-by-neural-network/)

Ambidextrous Robot Hand Speaks in Signs
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/24/ambidextrous-robot-hand-speaks-in-signs/

As difficult as it is for a human to learn ambidexterity, it’s quite easy to program into a humanoid robot. After all, a robot doesn’t need to overcome years of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/24/ambidextrous-robot-hand-speaks-in-signs/)

Wire Photo Fax Teardown
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/24/wire-photo-fax-teardown/

Fax machines had a moment in the sun, but they are actually much older than you might expect. Before the consumer-grade fax machines arrived, there was a thriving market for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/24/wire-photo-fax-teardown/)

ESP32 Sets Sail as a Modern Bus Pirate Powerhouse
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/24/esp32-sets-sail-as-a-modern-bus-pirate-powerhouse/

Bus Pirate is nearly a household name in the hardware hacking world. The first version came out way back in 2008, and there have been several revisions since then. You …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/24/esp32-sets-sail-as-a-modern-bus-pirate-powerhouse/)

Hackaday Links: August 24, 2025
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/24/hackaday-links-august-24-2025/

“Emergency Law Enforcement Officer Hologram program activated. Please state the nature of your criminal or civil emergency.” Taking a cue from Star Trek: Voyager, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/24/hackaday-links-august-24-2025/)

RP2040 Assembly Language Mix and Match
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/24/rp2040-assembly-language-mix-and-match/

[David] is building a project with an OLED, a keyboard, and an RP2040. He’s perfected a scanning routine in C to work with the keyboard, but he still had some …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/24/rp2040-assembly-language-mix-and-match/)

A PLL For Perfect Pitch
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/24/a-pll-for-perfect-pitch/

When Hackaday runs a contest, we see all manner of clever projects. But inevitably there are some we don’t see, because their builders didn’t manage to get them finished in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/24/a-pll-for-perfect-pitch/)

DIY Telescope Mount for Stellar Tracking
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/25/diy-telescope-mount-for-stellar-tracking/