Vape-powered Car Isn’t Just Blowing Smoke
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/vape-powered-car-isnt-just-blowing-smoke/

Disposable vapes aren’t quite the problem/resource stream they once were, with many jurisdictions moving to ban the absurdly wasteful little devices, but there are still a lot of slightly-smelly lithium …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/vape-powered-car-isnt-just-blowing-smoke/)

Embossing Precision Ball Joints for a Micromanipulator
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/embossing-precision-ball-joints-for-a-micromanipulator/

[Diffraction Limited] has been working on a largely 3D-printed micropositioner for some time now, and previously reached a resolution of about 50 nanometers. There was still room for improvement, though, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/embossing-precision-ball-joints-for-a-micromanipulator/)

Trying a Vibe-Coded Operating System
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/trying-a-vibe-coded-operating-system/

If you were to read the README of the Vib-OS project on GitHub, you’d see it advertised as a Unix-like OS that was written from scratch, runs on ARM64 and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/trying-a-vibe-coded-operating-system/)

Running Video Through A Guitar Effects Pedal
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/running-video-through-a-guitar-effects-pedal/

Guitar pedals are designed to take in a sound signal, do fun stuff to it, and then spit it out to your amplifier where it hopefully impresses other people. However, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/running-video-through-a-guitar-effects-pedal/)

Using a Solid-State Elastocaloric Cooler to Freeze Water
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/05/using-a-solid-state-elastocaloric-cooler-to-freeze-water/

Elastocaloric materials are a class of materials that exhibit a big change in temperature when exposed to mechanical stress. This could potentially make them useful as solid-state replacement for both …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/05/using-a-solid-state-elastocaloric-cooler-to-freeze-water/)