Bringing Bluetooth to the Zune
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/bringing-bluetooth-to-the-zune/

The Zune might have joined the portable media player game too late to ever really be competition for the iPod, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t pick up some devoted …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/bringing-bluetooth-to-the-zune/)

Whither the Chip Shortage?
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/whither-the-chip-shortage/

Do you remember the global chip shortage? Somehow it seems so long ago, but it’s not even really been three years yet. Somehow, I had entirely forgotten about it, until …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/whither-the-chip-shortage/)

Bluetooth Earrings Pump Out The Tunes
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/bluetooth-earrings-pump-out-the-tunes/

When you think of a Bluetooth speaker, you’re probably picturing a roughly lunchbox-sized device that pumps out some decent volume for annoying fellow beachgoers, hikers, or public transport users. [Matt …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/bluetooth-earrings-pump-out-the-tunes/)

NEC V20: The Original PC Processor Upgrade
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/nec-v20-the-original-pc-processor-upgrade/

In the early 1980s, there was the IBM PC, with its 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 processor. It was an unexpected hit for the company, and within a few years there …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/nec-v20-the-original-pc-processor-upgrade/)

How Many Phones Sport a 5 and 1/4 Diskette Drive? This One.
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/how-many-phones-sport-a-5-and-1-4-diskette-drive-this-one/

It all started with a sarcastic comment right here on Hackaday.com: ” How many phones do you know that sport a 5 and 1/4 inch diskette drive?” — and [Paul …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/how-many-phones-sport-a-5-and-1-4-diskette-drive-this-one/)

Drones At Danish Airports, A Plea For Responsible Official Response
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/drones-at-danish-airports-a-plea-for-responsible-official-response/

In Europe, where this is being written, and possibly further afield, news reports are again full of drone sightings closing airports. The reports have come from Scandinavia, in particular Denmark, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/drones-at-danish-airports-a-plea-for-responsible-official-response/)

Kinethreads: A Low Cost Haptic Exo-Suit
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/kinethreads-a-low-cost-haptic-exo-suit/