The Nintendo Game Boy is quite possibly the most popular console in the international chiptune community. You might have seen musicians cranking out tunes with LSDJ or Nanoloop, but now …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/drum-machina-go-as-a-new-music-tool-for-the-game-boy/)

A Mechanical Radio, Sort Of
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/a-mechanical-radio-sort-of/

[The Mike Stuff] has an interesting proposition. He asserts that ancient people like the Greeks could have built a form of radio that was purely mechanical. We aren’t sure we …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/a-mechanical-radio-sort-of/)

Elgato Key Lights Get Matter Upgrade
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/elgato-key-lights-get-matter-upgrade/

[Michael H Thiesen] had a couple of Elgato Key Lights in his home streaming setup. The only problem was that they would stop responding regularly, requiring a power cycle to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/elgato-key-lights-get-matter-upgrade/)

Power It With Sodium (But Please Don’t)
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/power-it-with-sodium-but-please-dont/

[Applied Science] has a new demo of an old 1970s patent for a portable generator that is both interesting and terrifying. The generator uses sodium and water, which, if you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/power-it-with-sodium-but-please-dont/)

Gardening With…OpenSCAD?
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/gardening-with-openscad/

Unless it’s automated or using some other form of high-tech trickery, a vegetable garden isn’t exactly the sort of thing you’d expect to see on Hackaday. Be that as it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/gardening-with-openscad/)

The Game Boy Test Lab Provides a Cartridge-Sized Diagnostic Lab
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/02/the-game-boy-test-lab-provides-a-cartridge-sized-diagnostic-lab/

Most of the time when you see a repair video of a Game Boy it’ll be demonstrated with a cartridge inserted and booting up into the game, but does this …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/02/the-game-boy-test-lab-provides-a-cartridge-sized-diagnostic-lab/)