If you saw a device that had a laptop form factor playing sound and video, alt-tabbing over to play a game or take some notes, then back to the video …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/04/avr-laptop-pushes-the-limits-of-8-bit/)

Tearing Down a Heavy Oscilloscope
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/04/tearing-down-a-heavy-oscilloscope/

When [Thomas] showed his 1960s-era Tektronix 545A oscilloscope in a recent video, it made us both nostalgic and happy. Nostalgic because we miss the days when our oscilloscopes were “mainframes” …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/04/tearing-down-a-heavy-oscilloscope/)

Hackaday Links: October 3, 2026
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/04/hackaday-links-october-3-2026/

If you’re interested in aerospace, there’s an excellent chance you’ve heard the rumor that NASA is trying to get its SR-71 flying again. Or at the very least, they are …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/04/hackaday-links-october-3-2026/)

Upgrading a Benchtop Laser for Megawatt Power
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/04/upgrading-a-benchtop-laser-for-megawatt-power/

One fascinating thing about a pulsed laser is that, though the average power may be measured in watts or milliwatts, the peak power can easily reach millions of times that. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/04/upgrading-a-benchtop-laser-for-megawatt-power/)

It’s GW-BASIC, Jim, But Not as We Know It
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/04/its-gw-basic-jim-but-not-as-we-know-it/

Back in the old days the IBM-PC, like most of its contemporary computers, shipped with BASIC in ROM. Even after it stopped living in ROM, IBM-Compatibles shipped with GW-BASIC, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/04/its-gw-basic-jim-but-not-as-we-know-it/)

Conveyor Belt GBoard Brings the Keys to You
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/conveyor-belt-gboard-brings-the-keys-to-you/

It must be April in October again, because Google Japan has a new, hilariously impractical reimagining of the keyboard: a conveyor belt. This time it’s on GitHub with firmware, STLs, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/conveyor-belt-gboard-brings-the-keys-to-you/)