Unlike on Earth there aren’t dozens of satellites whizzing around Mars to provide satellite navigation functionality. Recently NASA’s JPL engineers tried something with the Perseverance Mars rover that can give …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/nasa-uses-mars-global-localization-as-gnss-replacement-for-the-perseverance-rover/)

C64 Gets A Modern Interactive Disassembler
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/c64-gets-a-modern-interactive-disassembler/

If you want to pull apart a program to see how it ticks, you’re going to need a disassembler. [Ricardo Quesada] has built Regenerator 2000 for just that purpose. It’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/c64-gets-a-modern-interactive-disassembler/)

Building a Dependency-Free GPT on a Custom OS
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/03/building-a-dependency-free-gpt-on-a-custom-os/

The construction of a large language model (LLM) depends on many things: banks of GPUs, vast reams of training data, massive amounts of power, and matrix manipulation libraries like Numpy. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/03/building-a-dependency-free-gpt-on-a-custom-os/)

Building a Hackerspace Entry System
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/03/building-a-hackerspace-entry-system/

A hackerspace is a place that generally needs to be accessed by a wide group of people, often at weird and unusual hours. Handing around keys and making sure everything …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/03/building-a-hackerspace-entry-system/)

Back to Basics: Hacking on Key Matrixes
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/03/back-to-basics-hacking-on-key-matrixes/

A lot of making goes on in this community these days, but sometimes you’ve just gotta do some old fashioned hacking. You might have grabbed an old Speak and Spell that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/03/back-to-basics-hacking-on-key-matrixes/)

A Look Inside the Creative MB-10 MIDI Blaster
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/03/a-look-inside-the-creative-mb-10-midi-blaster/

Before it became viable to distribute and play music tracks on home computers, the use of FM and Wavetable synthesis was very common, with MIDI Wavetable-based devices like the Roland …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/03/a-look-inside-the-creative-mb-10-midi-blaster/)