Open Source Tricorder Is In It For The Science
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/30/open-source-tricorder-is-in-it-for-the-science/

If you’re reading Hackaday there’s pretty good odds you’re at least somewhat fond of Star Trek. We’d bet good money most of you would quit your jobs today if a Starfleet …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/30/open-source-tricorder-is-in-it-for-the-science/)

Pogo-Bot Goes All Terrain With Compliant Foot
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/30/pogo-bot-goes-all-terrain-with-compliant-foot/

What do you get when you combine a pogo stick, a quadcopter, and engineering students from the University of Toronto? This thing, apparently– a “monopedal hopping robot” that uses a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/30/pogo-bot-goes-all-terrain-with-compliant-foot/)

Will Superconducting Transistors Help Quantum Computers?
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/30/will-superconducting-transistors-help-quantum-computers/

Despite all the glamorous promises made about quantum computing, it’s hard to make the argument that today’s quantum computers hold a candle to the sheer practicality of classical computers, especially …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/30/will-superconducting-transistors-help-quantum-computers/)

DIY Game Console Does It With Optical Disks
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/30/diy-game-console-does-it-with-optical-disks/

Optical media may be dead for video games on the big corporate consoles, but not in [Emmet]’s heart– or on his DIY game console, that he built specifically to use …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/30/diy-game-console-does-it-with-optical-disks/)

SDR– Lets You Patch Together Your Setup
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/sdr-lets-you-patch-together-your-setup/

It is often helpful to think of a radio as a series of interconnected functional blocks—hence the use of block diagrams to convey how a given radio operates. [Julian Haag] …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/sdr-lets-you-patch-together-your-setup/)