Two-Component H-shifter for Racing Sims
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/09/two-component-h-shifter-for-racing-sims/

Flying and driving simulators can go as far as money will take you, and at some point it might end up being cheaper to buy a plane or race car …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/09/two-component-h-shifter-for-racing-sims/)

Embedded 3D Printing with Liquids on a Bricked Prusa FDM Printer
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/09/embedded-3d-printing-with-liquids-on-a-bricked-prusa-fdm-printer/

Recently [Riley] got his paws on an old Prusa i3 FDM printer that had clearly seen better days, with a hot-end that had suffered an explosive blow-out. For the project …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/09/embedded-3d-printing-with-liquids-on-a-bricked-prusa-fdm-printer/)

2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: NEC 286 Laptop Rides Again
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/09/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-nec-286-laptop-rides-again/

The sad reality is that all consumer electronics are going to be e-waste eventually. [Cory Whitesell] was determined his old NEC ProSpeed 286 Laptop wouldn’t meet that fate until absolutely …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/09/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-nec-286-laptop-rides-again/)

Super Mario 64 Comes to the Microsoft Zune
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/09/super-mario-64-comes-to-the-microsoft-zune/

As a portable media player, Microsoft’s Zune simply couldn’t compete with Apple’s juggernaut iPod — the latter essentially becoming the de facto personal media player until smartphones took over. But …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/09/super-mario-64-comes-to-the-microsoft-zune/)

Another IKEA Product Yields an LED Matrix
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/10/another-ikea-product-yields-an-led-matrix/

The IKEA Kortlinje is a digital clock that costs around 20 dollars, featuring a hygrometer and thermometer. It’s another cheap appliance, you might think, were it not that the display …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/10/another-ikea-product-yields-an-led-matrix/)

Why Every Microwave Has a “Popcorn” Button, But Every Bag Warns You Not to Use It
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/10/why-every-microwave-has-a-popcorn-button-but-every-bag-warns-you-not-to-use-it/

[Hyperfixed] has a podcast episode that does a deep dive into exactly why bags of microwave popcorn advise against using your microwave’s popcorn setting (in North America, anyway.) The answer …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/10/why-every-microwave-has-a-popcorn-button-but-every-bag-warns-you-not-to-use-it/)

The Weirdest Video Games were Hacks
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/10/the-weirdest-video-games-were-hacks/

We were looking into the marvelous recent project by [Throaty Mumbo] to recreate and reimagine the forgotten world of VHS-tape-based video games. Wait, what? Yes, back in the day, when …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/10/the-weirdest-video-games-were-hacks/)