Despite faster CPUs, RAM and storage, today’s Windows experience doesn’t feel noticeably different from back in the 2000s when XP and later Windows 7 ruled the roost. To quantify this …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/02/benchmarking-windows-against-itself-from-windows-xp-to-windows-11/)

Zork Running on 4-Bit Intel Computer
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/zork-running-on-4-bit-intel-computer/

Before DOOM would run on any computing system ever produced, and indeed before it even ran on its first computer, the game that would run on any computer of the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/zork-running-on-4-bit-intel-computer/)

Printing in Metal with DIY SLM
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/printing-in-metal-with-diy-slm/

An accessible 3D printer for metals has been the holy grail of amateur printer builders since at least the beginning of the RepRap project, but as tends to be the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/printing-in-metal-with-diy-slm/)

Pickle Diodes, Asymmetric Jacobs Ladders, and Other AC Surprises
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/pickle-diodes-asymmetric-jacobs-ladders-and-other-ac-surprises/

While we’re 100 years past Edison’s fear, uncertainty, and doubt campaign, the fact of the matter is that DC is a bit easier to wrap one’s head around. It’s just …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/pickle-diodes-asymmetric-jacobs-ladders-and-other-ac-surprises/)

The Setun Was a Ternary Computer from the USSR in 1958
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/the-setun-was-a-ternary-computer-from-the-ussr-in-1958/

[Codeolences] tells us about the FORBIDDEN Soviet Computer That Defied Binary Logic. The Setun, the world’s first ternary computer, was developed at Moscow State University in 1958. Its troubled and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/the-setun-was-a-ternary-computer-from-the-ussr-in-1958/)

Teardown of Boeing 777 Cabin Pressure Control System
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/teardown-of-boeing-777-cabin-pressure-control-system/

Modern passenger airliners are essentially tubes-with-wings, they just happen to be tubes that are stuffed full with fancy electronics. Some of the most important of these are related to keeping …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/teardown-of-boeing-777-cabin-pressure-control-system/)

Apollo Lunar Module Thrust Meter Lives Again
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/apollo-lunar-module-thrust-meter-lives-again/

[Mike Stewart] powers up a thrust meter from an Apollo lunar module. This bit of kit passed inspection on September 25, 1969. Fortunately [Mike] was able to dig up some …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/apollo-lunar-module-thrust-meter-lives-again/)