Battery Prototype Uses Superextensive Quantum Effects to Charge Faster
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/28/battery-prototype-uses-superextensive-quantum-effects-to-charge-faster/

Although the term ‘quantum battery’ is a bit of a vague term, the cell that [Kieran Hymas] et al. demonstrate in a recent paper does seem to suggest that it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/28/battery-prototype-uses-superextensive-quantum-effects-to-charge-faster/)

2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: Custom RISC-V Processor For Retro System
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/28/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-custom-risc-v-processor-for-retro-system/

Although once little more than an academic endeavor, the RISC-V architecture is slowly supplanting applications that would have normally gone to ARM. Even a few microcontrollers have chips running this …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/28/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-custom-risc-v-processor-for-retro-system/)

Magnetic Lock Opens By Magic
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/29/magnetic-lock-opens-by-magic/

Over on IEEE Spectrum, [Stephen Cass] has a project that would probably have seemed like a magic a few centuries ago. Imagine a box that uses a magnetic device to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/29/magnetic-lock-opens-by-magic/)

An AI Chatbot for the Apocalypse
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/29/an-ai-chatbot-for-the-apocalypse/

You don’t have to be a full-on “prepper” to at least occasionally wonder what would happen if civilization collapsed. One thing you probably couldn’t do is go on the Internet …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/29/an-ai-chatbot-for-the-apocalypse/)