Pi Pico Recreates The Heathkit Pocket Packet
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/25/pi-pico-recreates-the-heathkit-pocket-packet/

Packet radio is a particularly fun part of the ham radio hobby. Once upon a time, you might have squirted data about the airwaves using something like the Heathkit HK-21 …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/25/pi-pico-recreates-the-heathkit-pocket-packet/)

Reviving the PoE++ Feature on a Ubiquiti Switch
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/25/reviving-the-poe-feature-on-a-ubiquiti-switch/

Recently [The Parallel Port] was asked to take a look at repairing the PoE++ feature on a Ubiquiti switch that otherwise worked fine. This is a pretty nice 24-port rackmounted …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/25/reviving-the-poe-feature-on-a-ubiquiti-switch/)

The Low-Level Waste Dumps in The Atlantic Have Become Ecosystems
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/25/the-low-level-waste-dumps-in-the-atlantic-have-become-ecosystems/

Recently French and international researchers took a look at the state of the thousands of barrels of radioactive waste that were dumped into the Atlantic Ocean between 1950 and 1990, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/25/the-low-level-waste-dumps-in-the-atlantic-have-become-ecosystems/)

Abusing SQL to Play DOOM
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/25/abusing-sql-to-play-doom/

Most laypeople who encounter SQL think of it purely as a tool for managing large datasets. While that is certainly what it was designed for, SQL is still a programming …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/25/abusing-sql-to-play-doom/)

Easy Ways Sink a Hardware Startup
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/26/easy-ways-sink-a-hardware-startup/

[Ryan Walker] may have written up his observations a few years ago, but the lessons are just as relevant today as they were back then. He shares five easy ways …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/26/easy-ways-sink-a-hardware-startup/)

You Can Make a Microprocessor That’s All Your Own
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/26/you-can-make-a-microprocessor-thats-all-your-own/

For a while now we’ve followed the slow progression of affordable integrated circuit fabrication, and through the likes of Tiny Tapeout we’ve seen impressive strides made. But they’re not the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/26/you-can-make-a-microprocessor-thats-all-your-own/)

The Least Annoying of All Evils
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/26/the-least-annoying-of-all-evils/