Bike Spokes, Made of Rope
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/25/bike-spokes-made-of-rope/

We know this one is a few years old, but unless you’re deep into the cycling scene, there’s a good chance this is the first time you’ve heard of [Ali …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/25/bike-spokes-made-of-rope/)

Augmented Reality Project Utilizes the Nintendo DSi
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/25/augmented-reality-project-utilizes-the-ancient-nintendo-dsi/

[Bhaskar Das] has been tinkering with one of Nintendo’s more obscure handhelds, the DSi. The old-school console has been given a new job as part of an augmented reality app …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/25/augmented-reality-project-utilizes-the-ancient-nintendo-dsi/)

LLM-Generated Newspaper Provides Ultimate in Niche Publications
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/26/llm-generated-newspaper-provides-ultimate-in-niche-publications/

If you’re reading this, you probably have some fondness for human-crafted language. After all, you’ve taken the time to navigate to Hackaday and read this, rather than ask your favoured …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/26/llm-generated-newspaper-provides-ultimate-in-niche-publications/)

The cURL Project Drops Bug Bounties Due To AI Slop
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/26/the-curl-project-drops-bug-bounties-due-to-ai-slop/

Over the past years, the author of the cURL project, [Daniel Stenberg], has repeatedly complained about the increasingly poor quality of bug reports filed due to LLM chatbot-induced confabulations, also …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/26/the-curl-project-drops-bug-bounties-due-to-ai-slop/)