Internet radios have been a thing in some form for the last quarter century, and the advent of cheap networked microcontrollers has made them easier than ever to build. But …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/02/is-this-the-smallest-internet-radio/)

That’s No Moon… That’s an Exoplanet!
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/thats-no-moon-thats-an-exoplanet/

It wasn’t that long ago that a science teacher would have told students that there was no evidence of planets around other star systems. Even more recently, they might have …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/thats-no-moon-thats-an-exoplanet/)

Own The OSD Chip In Your Cheap Composite Monitor
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/own-the-osd-chip-in-your-cheap-composite-monitor/

[Ogrinz Labs] has built a Robbie the Robot suit, which is super-cool, but has a huge flaw. When inside the suit, he’s too tall to do what the original Robbie …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/own-the-osd-chip-in-your-cheap-composite-monitor/)

Fixing a Power Grid That Loses Over Half Its Power to Inefficiency and Theft
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/fixing-a-power-grid-that-loses-over-half-its-power-to-inefficiency-and-theft/

[Mini Shaji Thomas] has a deeply interesting article on IEEE Spectrum detailing how the power distribution system for a city of over twenty million people went from failing to first-class. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/fixing-a-power-grid-that-loses-over-half-its-power-to-inefficiency-and-theft/)