Airport runways seem pretty simple, just another strip of asphalt or concrete not unlike the roads that our cars drive upon every day. We can even use these same highways …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/10/the-complex-engineering-of-runways/)

Scanning Table for the Professional Maker
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/10/scanning-table-for-the-professional-maker/

Sometimes the simplest objects need some overthinking. This is exactly what [Chris Borge] realized when using his 3D scanner and finding that the included rotation table left quite a bit …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/10/scanning-table-for-the-professional-maker/)

Designing a Compact RGB 14-Segment Display
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/designing-a-compact-rgb-14-segment-display/

Sometimes you’re looking for a component for a project that you know should exist, but you just cannot find it. Something like a 14-segment LED display, but not just one …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/designing-a-compact-rgb-14-segment-display/)

Forget Waldo. Where’s Luna 9?
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/forget-waldo-wheres-luna-9/

Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. In 1966, the main spacecraft ejected a 99-kg lander module that used a landing bag to survive impact. The …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/forget-waldo-wheres-luna-9/)

PROFS: The Office Suite of the 1980s
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/profs-the-office-suite-of-the-1980s/

Today, we take office software suites for granted. But in the 1970s, you were lucky to have a typewriter and access to a photocopier. But in the early 1980s, IBM …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/profs-the-office-suite-of-the-1980s/)

Vintage Film Editor Becomes HDMI Monitor
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/vintage-film-editor-becomes-hdmi-monitor/

With the convenience of digital cameras and editing software, shooting video today is so easy. But fifty years ago it wasn’t electronics that stored the picture but film, and for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/vintage-film-editor-becomes-hdmi-monitor/)

Motorola’s Password Pill Was Just One Idea
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/motorolas-password-pill-was-just-one-idea/

Let’s face it; remembering a bunch of passwords is the pits, and it’s just getting worse as time goes on. These days, you really ought to have a securely-generated key-smash …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/motorolas-password-pill-was-just-one-idea/)

FLOSS Weekly Episode 864: Work Hard, Save Money, Retire Early
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/floss-weekly-episode-864-work-hard-save-money-retire-early/