If you are interested in historical big computers, you probably think of IBM, with maybe a little thought of Sperry Rand or, if you go smaller, HP, DEC, and companies …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/26/the-history-of-tandem-computers/)

Why Diffraction Gratings Create Fourier Transforms
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/27/why-diffraction-gratings-create-fourier-transforms/

When last we saw [xoreaxeax], he had built a lens-less optical microscope that deduced the structure of a sample by recording the diffraction patterns formed by shining a laser beam …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/27/why-diffraction-gratings-create-fourier-transforms/)

Pi Compute Module Powers Fully Open Smartphone
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/27/pi-compute-module-powers-fully-open-smartphone/

With the powerful off-the-shelf hardware available to us common hardware hobbyist folk, how hard can it be to make a smartphone from scratch? Hence [V Electronics]’s Spirit smartphone project, with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/27/pi-compute-module-powers-fully-open-smartphone/)

Zombie Netscape Won’t Die
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/27/zombie-netscape-wont-die/

The very concept of the web browser began with a humble piece of software called NCSA Mosaic, all the way back in 1993. It was soon eclipsed by Netscape Navigator, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/27/zombie-netscape-wont-die/)