Twin Guitar-Playing Robots Will Work for Tab
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/twin-guitar-playing-robots-will-work-for-tab/

Remember Animusic? They were these incredible animated music videos with original tunes being played by computer-generated robots. Well, the MegCell Pulse might be the coolest robots-playing-music thing we’ve seen since …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/twin-guitar-playing-robots-will-work-for-tab/)

A Tape Deck Gets a Service
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/a-tape-deck-gets-a-service/

If there’s an engineer’s equivalent to those YouTube ASMR videos, then perhaps it comes in a good repair or servicing journey filmed without edits at the bench. Relaxing to watch, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/a-tape-deck-gets-a-service/)

ESP32 Music Sequencer is Clearly Nailing the Y2K Aesthetic
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/esp32-music-sequencer-is-clearly-nailing-the-y2k-aesthetic/

Do you remember back when electronics came in clear cases? Back around the turn of the millennium, when translucency was chic. [3DSage] sure does, which is why he went to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/esp32-music-sequencer-is-clearly-nailing-the-y2k-aesthetic/)

Fully Characterized Systems
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/fully-characterized-systems/

A friend from my old hackerspace was in grad school for electrical engineering. He had a professor who would ask, when something went wrong with a student project, “Have you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/fully-characterized-systems/)

Radio Shack Toy Returns to Life
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/radio-shack-toy-returns-to-life/

[The Modern Rogue] found an old childhood friend in a closet: a Radio Shack 200-in-1 electronic kit. Along with [Josh Nass], he put it through its paces and made a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/radio-shack-toy-returns-to-life/)

r-Selecting Tiny Probes to Shotgun Into Saturn’s Rings
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/r-selecting-tiny-probes-to-shotgun-into-saturns-rings/

In ecology, there used to be a concept — now largely unfashionable — that species could be described as r- or K-selected, depending on how they treat their offspring. An …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/r-selecting-tiny-probes-to-shotgun-into-saturns-rings/)

Building an Actuator for a Walking Robot
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/building-an-actuator-for-a-walking-robot/

Unlike biological systems, which can use muscles, robots that try to imitate them don’t have particularly fast, powerful, compact linear actuators available. This puts walking robots at a particular disadvantage, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/building-an-actuator-for-a-walking-robot/)