Self-Driving Cars and the Fight Over the Necessity of Lidar
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/self-driving-cars-and-the-fight-over-the-necessity-of-lidar/

If you haven’t lived underneath a rock for the past decade or so, you will have seen a lot of arguing in the media by prominent figures and their respective …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/self-driving-cars-and-the-fight-over-the-necessity-of-lidar/)

Why You Shouldn’t Trade Walter Cronkite for an LLM
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/why-you-shouldnt-trade-walter-cronkite-for-an-llm/

Has anyone noticed that news stories have gotten shorter and pithier over the past few decades, sometimes seeming like summaries of what you used to peruse? In spite of that, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/why-you-shouldnt-trade-walter-cronkite-for-an-llm/)

The Time Of Year For Things That Go Bump In The Night
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/the-time-of-year-for-things-that-go-bump-in-the-night/

Each year around the end of October we feature plenty of Halloween-related projects, usually involving plastic skeletons and LED lights, or other fun tech for decorations to amuse kids. It’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/the-time-of-year-for-things-that-go-bump-in-the-night/)

Build Your Own Force-Feedback Joystick
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/build-your-own-force-feedback-joystick/

Force feedback joysticks are prized for creating a more realistic experience when used with software like flight sims. Sadly, you can’t say the same thing about using them with mech …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/build-your-own-force-feedback-joystick/)

Iconic Xbox Prototype Brought to Life
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/iconic-xbox-prototype-brought-to-life/

When Microsoft decided they wanted to get into the game console market, they were faced with a problem. Everyone knew them as a company that developed computer software, and there …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/iconic-xbox-prototype-brought-to-life/)

100-Year Old Wagon Wheel Becomes Dynamometer
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/100-year-old-wagon-wheel-becomes-dynamometer/

If you want to dyno test your tuner car, you can probably find a couple of good facilities in any  nearby major city. If you want to do similar testing …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/100-year-old-wagon-wheel-becomes-dynamometer/)

PhantomRaven Attack Exploits NPM’s Unchecked HTTP URL Dependency Feature
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/phantomraven-attack-exploits-npms-unchecked-http-url-dependency-feature/