Most home security sensors require a chemical battery or external power source to operate, which can be a point of weakness. If the battery in a window or door sensor …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/08/introducing-the-garlic-powered-door-and-window-sensor/)

Low Current Density Nickel Plating
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/08/low-current-density-nickel-plating/

We imagine that electroplating is like making PC boards or soldering surface-mount chips. Before you’ve done it, it seems like a lot. Afterward, you can’t remember why it was such …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/08/low-current-density-nickel-plating/)

Belt File from Old Mixer and Junk Bin Parts
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/09/belt-file-from-old-mixer-and-junk-bin-parts/

Making one’s own power tools can be a rewarding way to upcycle parts, and [bluesyann] does exactly that with a belt file made from an old mixer. We like how …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/09/belt-file-from-old-mixer-and-junk-bin-parts/)

Margret Hamilton, Pioneering Software Engineer, Dies Aged 90
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/09/margret-hamilton-pioneering-software-engineer-dies-aged-90/

As Director of the Software Engineering Division at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, Margret Hamilton was responsible for the software for the Apollo program. The code she was responsible for ran …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/09/margret-hamilton-pioneering-software-engineer-dies-aged-90/)

This Week in Security: New Spectre Attacks, Crushing Quantity of Linux Vulns, Google Gets Too Much AI, and Hacking Lawnmowers
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/09/this-week-in-security-new-spectre-attacks-crushing-quantity-of-linux-vulns-google-gets-too-much-ai-and-hacking-lawnmowers/

Just-in-time, or JIT, compilation could be considered a fundamental backbone of modern computing.  JIT compilation turns scripting languages like JavaScript or intermediary binary forms like Web Assembly into native code …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/09/this-week-in-security-new-spectre-attacks-crushing-quantity-of-linux-vulns-google-gets-too-much-ai-and-hacking-lawnmowers/)

Getting to Know the TP223 Capacitive Touch Sensor
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/09/getting-to-know-the-tp223-capacitive-touch-sensor/

Mechanical and prone to failure, switches can seem quaint these days. Plus, everyone is used to having touch screens on their phones and other devices. So why not use touch …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/09/getting-to-know-the-tp223-capacitive-touch-sensor/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 390: DOOM, Cranium Stuff, and Odd OpenSCAD Opportunities
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/09/hackaday-podcast-episode-390-doom-cranium-stuff-and-odd-openscad-opportunities/

This week, Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos met a few minutes later than usual, and somehow defeated a buzz together with the power of will before settling into the news, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/09/hackaday-podcast-episode-390-doom-cranium-stuff-and-odd-openscad-opportunities/)