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/)

Porting Video Games to VHS
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/porting-video-games-to-vhs/

Although VHS-based games have existed for about as long as VHS players have sat in millions of living rooms, they always tended to be rather sparse gaming experiences. For example, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/porting-video-games-to-vhs/)

The FPGA Chronicles: Open Source It
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/the-fpga-chronicles-open-source-it/

Last time, we looked at getting started with the GOWIN tools and a Tang Nano 20K FPGA. The software from GOWIN isn’t bad, but it isn’t open source, and there …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/the-fpga-chronicles-open-source-it/)

Building a Cheap, Dexterous Robot Hand
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/building-a-cheap-dexterous-robot-hand/

Most of the time, assuming nothing’s gone wrong with them, we take our hands so much for granted that it’s easy to forget what remarkable pieces of engineering they are: …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/building-a-cheap-dexterous-robot-hand/)

How A British Engineer Homebrewed The Quietest Carbine
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/how-a-british-engineer-homebrewed-the-quietest-carbine/