Those who stay into the forbidden realm of font rendering quickly learn how convoluted and arcane it can be – LaTeX is a fully Turing-complete programming language, Unicode has over …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/disassembling-opcodes-with-a-font/)
New Aluminum-Based Catalyst Could De-Throne Platinum Group
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/new-aluminum-based-catalyst-could-de-throne-platinum-group/
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/new-aluminum-based-catalyst-could-de-throne-platinum-group/
Platinum-group metals (PGMs) are great catalysts, but they’re also great investments — in the sense that they are very, very expensive. Just ask the guy nicking car exhausts in the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/new-aluminum-based-catalyst-could-de-throne-platinum-group/)
Hackaday Links: March 15, 2026
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/hackaday-links-march-15-2026/
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/hackaday-links-march-15-2026/
Some days, it feels like we’re getting all the bad parts of cyberpunk and none of the cool stuff. Megacorps and cyber warfare? Check. Flying cars and holograms? Not quite …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/hackaday-links-march-15-2026/)
Building a Rad Bluetooth Speaker that Didn’t Really Exist
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/building-a-rad-bluetooth-speaker-that-didnt-really-exist/
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/building-a-rad-bluetooth-speaker-that-didnt-really-exist/
[Nick] came across an awesome Bluetooth speaker online, only, there was a problem. It didn’t really exist—it was just a render of a device that would be nice to have. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/building-a-rad-bluetooth-speaker-that-didnt-really-exist/)
Magnetic-Suspension Hoverboard is Only 11 Years Late
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/magnetic-suspension-hoverboard-is-only-11-years-late/
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/magnetic-suspension-hoverboard-is-only-11-years-late/
Anyone who saw Back to the Future II was disappointed when 2015 rolled around with nary a hoverboard in sight. There have been various attempts to fake it, but none …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/magnetic-suspension-hoverboard-is-only-11-years-late/)
ATtiny85 Plays the Chrome Dinosaur Game
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/16/attiny85-plays-the-chrome-dinosaur-game/
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/16/attiny85-plays-the-chrome-dinosaur-game/
If you’ve ever had your internet connection drop out while running Chrome, you’ve probably seen a little dinosaur pop up to tell you what’s going on. You might have then …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/16/attiny85-plays-the-chrome-dinosaur-game/)
If you have ever read science fiction, you’ve probably seen “alternate history” stories. You know, where Europeans didn’t discover the New World until the 19th century, or the ancient Egyptians …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/16/the-ipv4-we-didnt-get/)