Classic Mac OS was prized for its clean, accessible GUI when it first hit the scene in the 1980s. Back then, developers hadn’t even conceived of all the weird gewgaws …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/12/controlling-vintage-mac-os-with-ai/)

How Would a Field Sequential Home Computer Have Worked?
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The early history of colour TV had several false starts, of which perhaps one of the most interesting might-have-beens was the CBS field-sequential system. This was a rival to the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/12/how-would-a-field-sequential-home-computer-have-worked/)

Mapping The Sound Field Of An Acoustic Levitator
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Sound! It’s a thing you hear, moreso than something you see with your eyes. And yet, it is possible to visualize sound with various techniques. [PlasmatronX] demonstrates this well, using …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/12/mapping-the-sound-field-of-an-acoustic-levitator/)

Building a Robot Partner to Play Air Hockey With
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/12/building-a-robot-partner-to-play-air-hockey-with/

Air hockey is one of those sports that’s both incredibly fun, but also incredibly frustrating as playing it by yourself is a rather lonely and unfulfilling experience. This is where …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/12/building-a-robot-partner-to-play-air-hockey-with/)

Replicating a Nuclear Event Detector For Fun and Probably Not Profit
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Last year, we brought you a story about the BhangmeterV2, an internet-of-things nuclear war monitor. With a cold-war-era HSN-1000 nuclear event detector at its heart, it had one job: announce …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/12/replicating-a-nuclear-event-detector-for-fun-and-probably-not-profit/)

Nintendo’s Family BASIC Keyboard Gets USB Upgrade
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/12/nintendos-family-basic-keyboard-gets-usb-upgrade/

America knew it as the Nintendo Entertainment System, but in Japan, it was the Family Computer (Famicom). It was more than just a home console—it was intended to actually do …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/12/nintendos-family-basic-keyboard-gets-usb-upgrade/)