We suspect there are three kinds of people in the world. People who have access to a Michelson Interferometer and are glad, those who don’t have one and don’t know …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/12/michelson-interferometer-comes-home-cheap/)

The Distroless Linux Future May Be Coming
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/12/the-distroless-linux-future-may-be-coming/

“Penguins” (https://www.flickr.com/photos/65143725@N08/5927271192) by TomaLaPlaya (https://www.flickr.com/photos/65143725@N08)
' data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/LinuxMarketing.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/LinuxMarketing.jpg?w=800">Over the decades the number of Linux distributions has effectively exploded, from a handful in the late ’90s to quite literally hundreds today, not counting minor variations. There lately seems …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/12/the-distroless-linux-future-may-be-coming/)

Optimizing a Desktop, 3D Printed Wind Tunnel
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/12/optimizing-a-desktop-3d-printed-wind-tunnel/

You’ve heard of wind tunnels– get some airflow going over a thingy, put some some smoke on, and voila! Flow visualization. How hard could it be? Well, as always, the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/12/optimizing-a-desktop-3d-printed-wind-tunnel/)

Electronic Nose Sniffs out Mold
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/12/electronic-nose-sniffs-out-mold/

It turns out, that mold is everywhere. The problem is when it becomes too much, as mold infestations can have serious health effects on both humans and animals. Remediation is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/12/electronic-nose-sniffs-out-mold/)

The ARCTURUS Computer Developed at Sydney University in the 1960s
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/12/the-arcturus-computer-developed-at-sydney-university-in-the-1960s/

[State of Electronics] have released their latest video about ARCTURUS, the 14th video in their series The Computer History of Australia. ARCTURUS was a research computer system developed on a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/12/the-arcturus-computer-developed-at-sydney-university-in-the-1960s/)

Fixing a KS Jive DAB Radio with a Dash of Fake ICs
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/13/fixing-a-ks-jive-dab-radio-with-a-dash-of-fake-ics/

The exciting part about repairing consumer electronics is that you are never quite sure what you are going to find. In a recent video by [Mick] of Buy it Fix …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/13/fixing-a-ks-jive-dab-radio-with-a-dash-of-fake-ics/)

An SD Card of Your Own For Microcontroller Projects
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/13/an-sd-card-of-your-own-for-microcontroller-projects/

If you’ve wiring up a microcontroller and need some kind of storage, it’s likely you’ll reach for an SD card. Compared to other ways of holding data on your project, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/13/an-sd-card-of-your-own-for-microcontroller-projects/)