Powering on a 1985 Photophone CP220 Videoconference System
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/powering-on-a-1985-photophone-cp220-videoconference-system/

The concept of remote video calls has been worked on since Bell’s phone company began pitching upgrading from telegrams to real-time voice calls. It wasn’t until the era of digital …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/powering-on-a-1985-photophone-cp220-videoconference-system/)

Super Mario 64, Now With Microtransactions
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/super-mario-64-now-with-microtransactions/

Besides being a fun way to pass time, video gaming is a surprisingly affordable hobby per unit time. A console or budget PC might only cost a few hundred dollars, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/super-mario-64-now-with-microtransactions/)

How Advanced Autopilots Make Airplanes Safer When Humans go AWOL
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/how-advanced-autopilots-make-airplanes-safer-when-humans-go-awol/

It’s a cliché in movies that whenever an airplane’s pilots are incapacitated, some distraught crew member queries the self-loading freight if any of them know how to fly a plane. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/how-advanced-autopilots-make-airplanes-safer-when-humans-go-awol/)

The use of Ultrasound to take on Cancerous Tumors
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/the-use-of-ultrasound-to-take-on-cancerous-tumors/

As areas of uncontrolled cell growth, cancerous growth form a major problem for a multi-celled organism like us humans. Thus before they can begin to affect our long-term prospects of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/the-use-of-ultrasound-to-take-on-cancerous-tumors/)

Linux Fu: Yet Another Shell Script Trick
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/linux-fu-yet-another-shell-script-trick/

I’m going to go ahead and admit it: I really have too many tray icons. You know the ones. They sit on your taskbar, perhaps doing something in the background …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/linux-fu-yet-another-shell-script-trick/)

PiStorm68K Offers Supercharged Retro Amiga Experience
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/pistorm68k-offers-supercharged-retro-amiga-experience/

[AmiCube] has announced their new PiStorm68K special edition MiniMig accelerator board. This board was developed to replace the 68000 CPU in a MiniMig — a recreation of the original Amiga …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/pistorm68k-offers-supercharged-retro-amiga-experience/)

Tired of Burnt Fingers? Try PID Tuning the Hot Glue Gun
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/tired-of-burnt-fingers-try-pid-tuning-the-hot-glue-gun/