Modern handheld game consoles are impressive feats of engineering, featuring full fledged computers in near pocket-sized packages. So what happens if you take an original Xbox and sprinkle on some …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/building-a-not-very-portable-xbox/)

For a Robot Claw, the Eyes Have It
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Have you ever wished your hand had an extra feature? Like, maybe, a second thumb? A scope probe pinky maybe? Well, if you are building a robot effector, you get …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/for-a-robot-claw-the-eyes-have-it/)

Low-Cost, High-Gain: A Smart Electronic Eyepiece for Capturing the Cosmos
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We’ve all seen spectacular pictures of space, and it’s easy to assume that’s how it looks to the naked eye through a nice telescope. But in most cases, that’s simply …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/low-cost-high-gain-a-smart-electronic-eyepiece-for-capturing-the-cosmos/)

Welding with Natural Gas and Oxygen
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By virtue of its triple bond, acetylene burns hotter than any other common hydrocarbon when mixed with oxygen, but it isn’t the only flame hot enough for welding. With the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/welding-with-natural-gas-and-oxygen/)

A Serial Mouse for a Homebrew 8-bit Computer
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[Too Many Wires] has a custom computer he’s building. He wanted a mouse, but USB is a bit of a stretch for the fledgling computer. We might have opted for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/a-serial-mouse-for-a-homebrew-8-bit-computer/)

Hackaday Links: September 21, 2025
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Remember AOL? For a lot of folks, America Online was their first ISP, the place where they got their first exposure to the Internet, or at least a highly curated …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/hackaday-links-september-21-2025/)