A few weeks ago, my wife was out walking the dog, and she sent me four or five photos of small orange boxes planted all around our neighborhood. (OK, I’ll …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/hunting-the-wild-vibrotruck/)

It’s GNU Radio Companion, But in the Browser
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/its-gnu-radio-companion-but-in-the-browser/

The progression of the web browser from a tool for simple static information browsing into a do-everything computing environment has been inexorable, with package after package making the jump. Today …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/its-gnu-radio-companion-but-in-the-browser/)

FLOSS Weekly Episode 881: Eating Its Own Tail
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/floss-weekly-episode-881-eating-its-own-tail/

This week Jonathan chats with Olivier Vernin of Updatecli, the tool that helps you update everything! Need to roll out dependency updates intelligently? Or even automatically deploy to a server …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/floss-weekly-episode-881-eating-its-own-tail/)

Reverse Engineering The Philips PM5139
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/reverse-engineering-the-philips-pm5139/

The Philips PM5139 is not famous. It won no great victories on the battlefield, nor was instrumental in changing the political landscape. It was just a useful function generator that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/reverse-engineering-the-philips-pm5139/)

Local LLMs Can Work Better Than Claude, At Least For Some
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/local-llms-can-work-better-than-claude-at-least-for-some/

This is going to be a very personal question, because when you’re talking cloud vs local anything, it comes down to this: how much are you willing to pay for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/local-llms-can-work-better-than-claude-at-least-for-some/)

3D Printable Lenticular Indicators
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/3d-printable-lenticular-indicators/

You can 3D print all kinds of things, from Yoda heads to little models of Pikachu. Eventually, though, most of us get to a point where we want to print …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/3d-printable-lenticular-indicators/)

Origami Sensors That You Can Wear
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/origami-sensors-that-you-can-wear/

Origami is a wonderful art form, but as a new project from the Shibaura Institute of Technology demonstrates, it can also have applications in the world of wearable tech. The …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/origami-sensors-that-you-can-wear/)

If It’s Electronic Paper, Why Not Print To It?
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/10/if-its-electronic-paper-why-not-print-to-it/