In a recent article from IEEE Spectrum, [Alfred Poor] asks the question what do consumers really want in smart glasses? And are you finally ready to hang a computer screen …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/are-we-ready-for-ar-smart-glasses-yet/)

Exploring Nintendo 64DD Code Remnants in Ocarina of Time
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/exploring-nintendo-64dd-code-remnants-in-ocarina-of-time/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:64DD-Attached.jpg
" data-image-caption="The Nintendo 64DD, an N64 add-on released only in Japan in 1999.
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/nintendo_64_64DD-Attached.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/nintendo_64_64DD-Attached.jpg?w=784">What if you took a Nintendo 64 cartridge-based game and allowed it to also use a large capacity magnetic disc format alongside it? This was the premise of the Nintendo …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/exploring-nintendo-64dd-code-remnants-in-ocarina-of-time/)

Ray Marching in Excel
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/ray-marching-in-excel/

3D graphics are made up of little more then very complicated math. With enough time, you could probably compute a ray marching by hand. Or, you could set up Excel …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/ray-marching-in-excel/)

Sleeping Rough in Alaska with a USPS Cargo Bike
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/sleeping-rough-in-alaska-with-a-usps-cargo-bike/

Out of all 49 beautiful US states (plus New Jersey), the one you’d probably least want to camp outside in during the winter is arguably Alaska. If you were to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/sleeping-rough-in-alaska-with-a-usps-cargo-bike/)

Modifying a QingPing Air Quality Monitor for Local MQTT Access
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/modifying-a-qingping-air-quality-monitor-for-local-mqtt-access/

The QingPing Air Quality Monitor 2 is an Android-based device that not only features a touch screen with the current air quality statistics of the room, but also includes an …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/modifying-a-qingping-air-quality-monitor-for-local-mqtt-access/)

Print Pixel Art to a Floppy Disk
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/print-pixel-art-to-a-floppy-disk/

Here at Hackaday we love floppy disks. While they are by no means a practical or useful means of storing data in the age of solid state storage, there is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/print-pixel-art-to-a-floppy-disk/)

Bicycle Tows 15,000 Pounds
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/bicycle-tows-15000-pounds/

An old joke in physics is that of the “spherical cow”, poking fun at some of the assumptions physicists make when tackling a new problem. Making the problem simple like …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/bicycle-tows-15000-pounds/)