The Haxophone is an open source MIDI saxophone project that has achieved some popularity. It’s caught the attention of [Shieladixon] not because she is a saxophonist but because she plays …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/26/building-the-haxocorder/)

Driving WS2812Bs With Pure Logic
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/26/driving-ws2812bs-with-pure-logic/

The WS2812B has become one of the most popular addressable LEDs out there. They’re easy to drive from just about any microcontroller you can think of. But what if you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/26/driving-ws2812bs-with-pure-logic/)

Robot Looks Exactly Like a Roll of Filament, If Filament Had Eyes
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/26/robot-looks-exactly-like-a-roll-of-filament-if-filament-had-eyes/

[Matt Denton]’s SpoolBot is a surprisingly agile remote-controlled robot that doesn’t just repurpose filament spool leftovers. It looks exactly like a 2 kg spool of filament; that’s real filament wound …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/26/robot-looks-exactly-like-a-roll-of-filament-if-filament-had-eyes/)

Wind Power Is Taking Off In China– All The Way to 2000 m AGL
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/26/wind-power-is-taking-off-in-china-all-the-way-to-2000-m-agl/

2000 m above ground level (AGL), winds are stronger and much, much more consistent than they are at surface. Even if the Earth were a perfect sphere, there’d be a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/26/wind-power-is-taking-off-in-china-all-the-way-to-2000-m-agl/)

Fixing the Damage of a Botched SNES SuperCIC Mod
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/26/fixing-the-damage-of-a-botched-snes-supercic-mod/

The good part about older game consoles like the Super Nintendo is that they have rather rudimentary region locks, but unfortunately this also gives some people the idea that installing …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/26/fixing-the-damage-of-a-botched-snes-supercic-mod/)

CSS, Now It’s Got Your 8086
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/27/css-now-its-got-your-8086/

The modern web browser is now far more than a thing for rendering web pages, it’s a multi-faceted environment that can provide a home for almost any application you could …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/27/css-now-its-got-your-8086/)

Why Peeling Adhesive Tape is so Unreasonably Noisy
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/27/why-peeling-adhesive-tape-is-so-unreasonably-noisy/

Although not as reviled as the sound of nails on chalkboard, the sound of adhesive tape being peeled is quite probably at least as distinctive. With every millimeter of the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/27/why-peeling-adhesive-tape-is-so-unreasonably-noisy/)