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/

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:3782_Common_Raven_in_flight.jpg?useskin=vector
" data-image-caption="North American Common Raven (Corvus corax principalis) in flight at Muir Beach in Northern California
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/3782_Common_Raven_in_flight.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/3782_Common_Raven_in_flight.jpg?w=800">Having another security threat emanating from Node.js’ Node Package Manager (NPM) feels like a weekly event at this point, but this newly discovered one is among the more refined. It …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/phantomraven-attack-exploits-npms-unchecked-http-url-dependency-feature/)

Hacking Together an Expensive-Sounding Microphone At Home
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/hacking-together-an-expensive-sounding-microphone-at-home/

When it comes to microphones, [Roan] has expensive tastes. He fancies the famous Telefunken U-47, but doesn’t quite have the five-figure budget to afford a real one. Thus, he set …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/30/hacking-together-an-expensive-sounding-microphone-at-home/)

There’s Nothing Boring About Web Search on Retro Amigas
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/31/theres-nothing-boring-about-web-search-on-retro-amigas/

Do you have a classic Amiga computer? Do you want to search the web with iBrowse, but keep running into all that pesky modern HTML5 and HTTPS? In that case, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/31/theres-nothing-boring-about-web-search-on-retro-amigas/)