It’s a cliché in movies that whenever an airplane’s pilots are incapacitated, some distraught crew member queries the self-loading freight if any of them know how to fly a plane. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/how-advanced-autopilots-make-airplanes-safer-when-humans-go-awol/)

The use of Ultrasound to take on Cancerous Tumors
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/the-use-of-ultrasound-to-take-on-cancerous-tumors/

As areas of uncontrolled cell growth, cancerous growth form a major problem for a multi-celled organism like us humans. Thus before they can begin to affect our long-term prospects of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/the-use-of-ultrasound-to-take-on-cancerous-tumors/)

Linux Fu: Yet Another Shell Script Trick
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/linux-fu-yet-another-shell-script-trick/

I’m going to go ahead and admit it: I really have too many tray icons. You know the ones. They sit on your taskbar, perhaps doing something in the background …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/linux-fu-yet-another-shell-script-trick/)

PiStorm68K Offers Supercharged Retro Amiga Experience
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/pistorm68k-offers-supercharged-retro-amiga-experience/

[AmiCube] has announced their new PiStorm68K special edition MiniMig accelerator board. This board was developed to replace the 68000 CPU in a MiniMig — a recreation of the original Amiga …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/pistorm68k-offers-supercharged-retro-amiga-experience/)

Tired of Burnt Fingers? Try PID Tuning the Hot Glue Gun
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/tired-of-burnt-fingers-try-pid-tuning-the-hot-glue-gun/

Hot glue guns are pretty simple beasts: there’s an on/off switch, a heating element, and a source of current, be it battery or wired. You turn it on, and the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/tired-of-burnt-fingers-try-pid-tuning-the-hot-glue-gun/)

The Many Questions and Challenges with DIY Hydroelectric Generators
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/the-many-questions-and-challenges-with-diy-hydroelectric-generators/

The concept of building your own hydroelectric generator seems simple at face value: use gravity to impart as much force as possible onto a turbine, which spins a generator, thus …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/the-many-questions-and-challenges-with-diy-hydroelectric-generators/)

Faraday Effects Emerging from the Optical Magnetic Field
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/faraday-effects-emerging-from-the-optical-magnetic-field/

As an electromagnetic radiation phenomenon, it’s perhaps not so surprising that light is affected by a magnetic field. This Faraday effect (FE) has been used since its discovery by [Michael …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/faraday-effects-emerging-from-the-optical-magnetic-field/)

This 8-Bit Commodore PET Was Hard to Fix
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/this-8-bit-commodore-pet-was-hard-to-fix/