What did Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams read in Hackaday last week? Probably everything, but you can tune in and hear about their favorites on this week’s podcast. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/28/hackaday-podcast-episode-384-ocr-mod-records-magical-pcbs-and-the-gravity-of-space-stations/)

Casting Engine Parts from 3D Prints
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/28/casting-engine-parts-from-3d-prints/

After building a couple of internal combustion engines by milling billet aluminium stock and cringing at the absolute waste of material this created, [Camden Bowen] figured he’d give casting metal …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/28/casting-engine-parts-from-3d-prints/)

DOOM Played on Series of 555 Timers
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/28/doom-played-on-series-of-555-timers/

It’s technically true that any piece of software can be reproduced in hardware, although modern software’s size and complexity generally makes this a non-starter. But if we go far enough …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/28/doom-played-on-series-of-555-timers/)

Reviving an SD Card With Shorted Capacitors
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/28/reviving-an-sd-card-with-shorted-capacitors/

A nice thing about SD cards is that even in their non-micro format they are conveniently small. This is however a bit of a problem when an SD card stops …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/28/reviving-an-sd-card-with-shorted-capacitors/)

This Library Needs to Be At Least… Three Times Bigger
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/28/this-library-needs-to-be-at-least-three-times-bigger/

Many of us have noted a tremendous price increase in many computer components for some mysterious reason. Whatever this cause is will be debated among the various modern philosophers and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/28/this-library-needs-to-be-at-least-three-times-bigger/)

Playing Snake with a Pneumatic Display
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/28/playing-snake-with-a-pneumatic-display/

[soiboi soft]’s vacuum-driven dot matrix display is part suction gripper, part touchscreen, and altogether impressive. Its display capabilities are entirely shadow-based, with each pixel being made of a cavity behind …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/28/playing-snake-with-a-pneumatic-display/)