As easy as the Sun is to observe, it’s simultaneously very hard to study due to how extreme the conditions are, even on the surface of a rather unassuming star. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/07/kelvin-helmholtz-instabilities-found-to-drive-plasma-mixing-on-the-sun/)

How Bats Prevent Doppler Acoustic Interference
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/07/how-bats-prevent-doppler-acoustic-interference/

As great as echolocation is, things can get rather messy once it’s not just you chirping away, but also hundreds of your buddies in roughly the same area. This is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/07/how-bats-prevent-doppler-acoustic-interference/)

Old iPad Keyboard Makes For a Modern Netbook
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/08/old-ipad-keyboard-makes-for-a-modern-netbook/

Netbooks were a class of tiny laptops which hit their peak over a decade ago, with the idea being that you could use the Internet and do your computing on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/08/old-ipad-keyboard-makes-for-a-modern-netbook/)

A 1024 Byte Python Interpreter
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/08/a-1024-byte-python-interpreter/

Like many of us, [Austin] finds writing code satisfying — especially if it is challenging. His latest challenge: shoehorn something that looks like Python into 512 bytes. Ok, that didn’t …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/08/a-1024-byte-python-interpreter/)

Disassembling a Mini Air Blower to Make RC Airplanes
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/08/disassembling-a-mini-air-blower-to-make-rc-airplanes/

As a certified RC airplane fan, the [RCMakerLab] on YouTube found themselves looking at one of those nifty mini air blowers that provide an alternative to a compressor and canned …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/08/disassembling-a-mini-air-blower-to-make-rc-airplanes/)

Hackaday Europe 2026: Outdoors with Robots
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/08/hackaday-europe-2026-outdoors-with-robots/

Erin Kennedy has been building robots for over a decade now, with a focus on smaller bots that interact with, or maybe even clean up, the outdoor environment. Still other …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/08/hackaday-europe-2026-outdoors-with-robots/)

Fixing a 1990s LEGO Electric Train Speed Regulator
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/08/fixing-a-1990s-lego-electric-train-speed-regulator/

Before LEGO train sets moved to battery-powered locomotives with plastic rails, all of them worked pretty much like any other train set of the era. This meant metal rails that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/08/fixing-a-1990s-lego-electric-train-speed-regulator/)