FPGAs used to be mysterious, expensive devices, but these days you can buy surprisingly capable boards for very little money. Some years ago, I did an FPGA Bootcamp over on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/28/the-fpga-chronicles-exploring-the-tang-nano-20k/)

Jet Megatextures Demo for ESP32-S3
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/28/jet-megatextures-demo-for-esp32-s3/

Mipmapping is a good way to add a lot more detail to a 3D scene without overburdening the rendering hardware with detail that won’t be seen by the user. This …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/28/jet-megatextures-demo-for-esp32-s3/)

Places To Visit: Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/28/places-to-visit-landschaftspark-duisburg-nord/

There are many benefits to spending time in the park, but perhaps few of them have a Hackaday angle. There’s a park in Germany you might want to make an …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/28/places-to-visit-landschaftspark-duisburg-nord/)

Synthetic Aperture Radar Drone Gets Interferometric Imaging
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/28/synthetic-aperture-radar-drone-gets-interferometric-imaging/

It’s been more than a year since [Henrik Forstén] built the first iteration of his synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) imaging drone, and he’s certainly been productive in the meantime. Not only …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/28/synthetic-aperture-radar-drone-gets-interferometric-imaging/)

This PICO-8 Handheld is No Fantasy
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/28/this-pico-8-handheld-is-no-fantasy/

The PICO-8 is what is known as a ‘fantasy console’– you can program it, and there are oodles of games, but it’s not actually the 8-bit console it pretends to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/28/this-pico-8-handheld-is-no-fantasy/)

Two-Dimensional Material Now Easier to Manufacture
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/28/two-dimensional-material-now-easier-to-manufacture/

We often see scientific breakthroughs in journals or other media that’s reported on as if it’s a revolutionary technology guaranteed to reshape human existence, only to never hear about it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/28/two-dimensional-material-now-easier-to-manufacture/)

Pitting a CFD-Optimized Toroidal Propeller Against a Conventional One
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/28/pitting-a-cfd-optimized-toroidal-propeller-against-a-conventional-one/

Although we often think that we got certain aspects of aerodynamics pretty much licked at this point, details like the optimal shape of a propeller remains hotly debated, both in- …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/28/pitting-a-cfd-optimized-toroidal-propeller-against-a-conventional-one/)

Metal Gear Solid Moves From PlayStation to ESP32
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/29/metal-gear-solid-moves-from-playstation-to-esp32/