Reconstructing the Ancient Chinese Storm of Crows Weapon
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/reconstructing-the-ancient-chinese-storm-of-crows-weapon/

The Chinese had been using large crossbows – akin to Greek and Roman ballistae – for warfare for many of the same reasons that European armies loved them. Their single, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/reconstructing-the-ancient-chinese-storm-of-crows-weapon/)

Automatic Coil Winder Takes the Tedium out of Actuators
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/automatic-coil-winder-takes-the-tedium-out-of-actuators/

Anyone who’s ever built their own motors knows how tedious winding the coils soon becomes; in [Larry]’s case, the issue was even worse. He’s building his own flip-dot matrix display, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/automatic-coil-winder-takes-the-tedium-out-of-actuators/)

RepRapMicron Uses Fibre Optics To Print Tiny Benchy in Resin
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/reprapmicron-uses-fibre-optics-to-print-tiny-benchy-in-resin/

The RepRapMicron (also µRepRap) is pretty much the microscopic take on what RepRap did for more macroscale manufacturing, with the most recent innovation being a UV print head, called the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/reprapmicron-uses-fibre-optics-to-print-tiny-benchy-in-resin/)

Using an Unmodded GBA as a Music Synth
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/using-an-unmodded-gba-as-a-music-synth/

The style and sound of older video games is unique enough that they’re still copied in relatively modern games like Undertale, Celeste, or Shovel Knight. There’s also a vibrant chiptune community making music …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/23/using-an-unmodded-gba-as-a-music-synth/)

A Walkie Talkie Interface For Claude
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/a-walkie-talkie-interface-for-claude/

[Bookmari] had a problem — working as a delivery driver, they wanted to work on various projects with Claude Code while out and about. Unfortunately, it simply wasn’t practical to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/a-walkie-talkie-interface-for-claude/)

Watch VCF Southwest in Retrotastic SGI-Edited Footage
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/watch-vcf-southwest-in-retrotastic-sgi-edited-footage/

There’s just something about backing way, way off the cutting edge to rediscover the simpler joys of yesteryear. We’ve got a contest about to wrap up along those lines, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/watch-vcf-southwest-in-retrotastic-sgi-edited-footage/)