The dream of fully powering everything from aircraft to cars on just the power generated from solar panels attached to the machine remains a tempting one, but always seems to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/how-long-can-a-quadcopter-drone-fly-on-just-solar/)

Conway’s Game of Life With Physical Buttons
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/conways-game-of-life-with-physical-buttons/

Conway’s Game of Life excels in its simplicity, creating a cellular automaton on a 2D grid where each cell obeys a set of very simple rules that determine whether a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/conways-game-of-life-with-physical-buttons/)

Slug Algorithm for On-GPU Rendering of Fonts with Bézier Curves now in Public Domain
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/slug-algorithm-for-on-gpu-rendering-of-fonts-with-bezier-curves-now-in-public-domain/

The Slug Algorithm has been around for a decade now, mostly quietly rendering fonts and later entire GUIs using Bézier curves directly on the GPU for games and other types …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/slug-algorithm-for-on-gpu-rendering-of-fonts-with-bezier-curves-now-in-public-domain/)