Bicycle Tows 15,000 Pounds
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/bicycle-tows-15000-pounds/

An old joke in physics is that of the “spherical cow”, poking fun at some of the assumptions physicists make when tackling a new problem. Making the problem simple like …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/bicycle-tows-15000-pounds/)

Reviving ReBoot With a Tape Deck Repair
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/reviving-reboot-with-a-tape-deck-repair/

Do you remember ReBoot? If you were into early CGI, the name probably rings a bell, since when it premiered in 1994 it was the first fully computer-animated show on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/reviving-reboot-with-a-tape-deck-repair/)

An RPN Calculator and a Bonus VFD Clock From Casio Revival
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/an-rpn-calculator-and-a-bonus-vfd-clock-from-casio-revival/

Have you heard the saying “the problem is the solution”? It seems to originate in the permaculture movement, but it can apply equally well to electronics. Take the problem [shiura] …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/an-rpn-calculator-and-a-bonus-vfd-clock-from-casio-revival/)

GitHub Disables Rockchip’s Linux MPP Repository After DMCA Request
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/github-disables-rockchips-linux-mpp-repository-after-dmca-request/

Recently GitHub disabled the Rockchip Linux MPP repository, following a DMCA takedown request from the FFmpeg team. As of writing the affected repository remains unavailable. At the core of this …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/github-disables-rockchips-linux-mpp-repository-after-dmca-request/)

2025: As The Hardware World Turns
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/2025-as-the-hardware-world-turns/

If you’re reading this, that means you’ve successfully made it through 2025! Allow us to be the first to congratulate you — that’s another twelve months of skills learned, projects …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/2025-as-the-hardware-world-turns/)

Popular Science Experiments in Sound During the 19th-Century
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/popular-science-experiments-in-sound-during-the-19th-century/

Check one, two; check one, two; is this thing on? Over on The Public Domain Review [Lucas Thompson] takes us for a spin through sound, as it was in Britain …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/popular-science-experiments-in-sound-during-the-19th-century/)

Hands On WIth The Raspberry Pi Compute Module Zero
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/hands-on-with-the-raspberry-pi-compute-module-zero/