Open Source Hardware, How Open Do You Want It To Be?
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/07/open-source-hardware-how-open-do-you-want-it-to-be/

In our wider community we are all familiar with the idea of open source software. Many of us run it as our everyday tools, a lot of us release our …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/07/open-source-hardware-how-open-do-you-want-it-to-be/)

Run Xbox 360 Games on Your PC With XenonDecomp
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/07/run-xbox-360-games-on-your-pc-with-xenondecomp/

Inspired by the N64: Recompiled project, XenonRecomp does something similar, except for the PowerPC-equipped Microsoft Xbox 360 game console. Based around the triple-core IBM CPU codenamed ‘Xenon‘, the Xbox 360 …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/07/run-xbox-360-games-on-your-pc-with-xenondecomp/)

Trio of Mods Makes Delta Printer More Responsive, Easier to Use
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/07/trio-of-mods-makes-delta-printer-more-responsive-easier-to-use/

Just about any 3D printer can be satisfying to watch as it works, but delta-style printers are especially hypnotic. There’s just something about the way that three linear motions add …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/07/trio-of-mods-makes-delta-printer-more-responsive-easier-to-use/)

Tearing Down a Vintage Word Processor
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/07/tearing-down-a-vintage-word-processor/

There was a time when the line between typewriters and word processing software was a bit fuzzy. [Poking Technology] found a Xerox 6040 which can’t decide what it is. It …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/07/tearing-down-a-vintage-word-processor/)

This Laser Knows about Gasses
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/07/this-laser-knows-about-gasses/

What’s that smell? If you can’t tell, maybe a new laser system from CU Bolder and NIST can help. The device is simple and sensitive enough to detect gasses at …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/07/this-laser-knows-about-gasses/)

The Road to Lucid Dreaming Might be Paved With VR
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/07/the-road-to-lucid-dreaming-might-be-paved-with-vr/

Lucid dreaming is the state of becoming aware one is dreaming while still being within the dream. To what end? That awareness may allow one to influence the dream itself, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/07/the-road-to-lucid-dreaming-might-be-paved-with-vr/)

Get Into Meshtastic On the Cheap With This Tiny Node Kit
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/08/get-into-meshtastic-on-the-cheap-with-this-tiny-node-kit/

There’s been a lot of buzz about Meshtastic lately, and with good reason. The low-power LoRa-based network has a ton of interesting use cases, and as with any mesh network, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/08/get-into-meshtastic-on-the-cheap-with-this-tiny-node-kit/)

The Pentium Processor’s Innovative (and Complicated) Method of Multiplying by Three, Fast
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/08/the-pentium-processors-innovative-and-complicated-method-of-multiplying-by-three-fast/

[Ken Shirriff] has been sharing a really low-level look at Intel’s Pentium (1993) processor. The Pentium’s architecture was highly innovative in many ways, and one of [Ken]’s most recent discoveries …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/08/the-pentium-processors-innovative-and-complicated-method-of-multiplying-by-three-fast/)

Physical Computing Used to be a Thing
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/08/physical-computing-used-to-be-a-thing/