Back in the 1980s, your options for writing your own code and games were rather more limited than today. This also mostly depended on what home computer you could get …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/15/software-development-on-the-nintendo-famicom-in-family-basic/)

Hackaday Links: February 15, 2026
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/15/hackaday-links-february-15-2026/

It probably won’t come as much of a surprise to find that most of the Hackaday staff aren’t exactly what you’d call sports fanatics, so we won’t judge if you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/15/hackaday-links-february-15-2026/)

Removing the BIOS Administrator Password on a ThinkPad Takes Timing
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/15/removing-the-bios-administrator-password-on-a-thinkpad-takes-timing/

In the olden days, an administrator password on a BIOS was a mere annoyance, one quickly remedied by powering off the system and pulling its CMOS battery or moving a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/15/removing-the-bios-administrator-password-on-a-thinkpad-takes-timing/)

Microfluidic Display Teaches The Basics
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/15/microfluidic-display-teaches-the-basics/

We’ve always been interested in fluidic logic and, based on [soiboi’s] videos, he is too. His latest shows how to use silicone and a vacuum to build a multiplexed dot …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/15/microfluidic-display-teaches-the-basics/)

Inside a Fake Mean Well DIN-rail PSU
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/16/inside-a-fake-mean-well-din-rail-psu/

These days, you can get fakes, bootlegs, and similar for just about anything. While a fake handbag isn’t such a big deal, in the case of a DIN-rail power supply, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/16/inside-a-fake-mean-well-din-rail-psu/)

A Novelty Clock Makes The Best Tiny Mac Yet
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/16/a-novelty-clock-makes-the-best-tiny-mac-yet/

We’re lucky enough in 2026 to have cheap single-board computers fast enough to emulate machines from the 1990s, touching on the 32-bit era. We’ve seen a few projects as a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/16/a-novelty-clock-makes-the-best-tiny-mac-yet/)

Real LED TVs Are Finally Becoming A Thing
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/16/real-led-tvs-are-finally-becoming-a-thing/

Companies have continued to improve LCD TVs with more advanced LED backlights, even going so far as to include matrixes of RGB LEDs. This has become referred to as “micro RGB” technology, which can be confusing with the rise of true emissive “Micro LED” displays.
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How Volunteers Saved a Victorian-Era Pumping Station From Demolition
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/16/how-volunteers-saved-a-victorian-era-pumping-station-from-demolition/

Although infrastructure like a 19th-century pumping station generally tends to be quietly decommissioned and demolished, sometimes you get enough people looking at such an object and wondering whether maybe it’d …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/16/how-volunteers-saved-a-victorian-era-pumping-station-from-demolition/)