Hackaday Editors Tom Nardi and Al Williams spent the weekend at Supercon and had to catch up on all the great hacks. Listen in as they talk about their favorites. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/07/hackaday-podcast-episode-344-board-with-lasers-op-amp-torture-and-farewell-supercon-9/)

An LED Projector as a Lighting Effect
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/07/an-led-projector-as-a-lighting-effect/

If you had an array of high power addressable LEDs, how would you project them onto a wall? Perhaps you’d use a Fresnel lens, or maybe an individual lens on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/07/an-led-projector-as-a-lighting-effect/)

Medium Format, 3 GigaPixel Camera Puts It All On the Line (Sensor)
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/07/medium-format-3-gigapixel-camera-puts-it-all-on-the-line-sensor/

It’s a bit of a truism that bigger sensors lead to better pictures when it comes to photography. Of course everyone who isn’t a photographer knows that moar megapixles is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/07/medium-format-3-gigapixel-camera-puts-it-all-on-the-line-sensor/)

Screen-Accurate Lightsaber As a Practical Effect
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/07/screen-accurate-lightsaber-as-a-practical-effect/

The lightsaber was one of the coolest and most iconic visual effects from the original Star Wars, and people have been trying to get that particular piece of movie magic …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/07/screen-accurate-lightsaber-as-a-practical-effect/)

OldVersion.com Archive Facing Shutdown Due to Financing Issues
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/07/oldversion-com-archive-facing-shutdown-due-to-financing-issues/

Finding older versions of particular software can be a real chore, all too often only made possible by the sheer grace and benevolence of their creators. At the same time …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/07/oldversion-com-archive-facing-shutdown-due-to-financing-issues/)

2025 Component Abuse Challenge: Using Inductors to Steal Power from Qi Wireless Charging Base Station
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/07/2025-component-abuse-challenge-using-inductors-to-steal-power-from-qi-wireless-charging-base-station/

Over on Hackaday.IO our hacker [bornach] has his entry into the Component Abuse Challenge: Inductors are Wireless Power Sources. Some time back [bornach] was gifted a Qi wireless charging base …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/07/2025-component-abuse-challenge-using-inductors-to-steal-power-from-qi-wireless-charging-base-station/)

BIOS Detectives Find Ghost Of Previously Unknown PC
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/08/bios-detectives-find-ghost-of-previously-unknown-pc/

Old parts such as EPROMs will often find themselves for sale on sites such as eBay, where they are sometimes snapped up by retrocomputing enthusiasts in search of interesting code. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/08/bios-detectives-find-ghost-of-previously-unknown-pc/)