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/

This week Jonathan chats with Bill Shotts about The Linux Command Line! That’s Bill’s book published by No Starch Press, all about how to make your way around the Linux …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/floss-weekly-episode-864-work-hard-save-money-retire-early/)

Thermoforming: Shaping Curvy Grilles With No Supports
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/thermoforming-shaping-curvy-grilles-with-no-supports/

Although hobbyists these days most often seem to use thermoplastics as a print-and-done material in FDM printers, there’s absolutely nothing stopping you from taking things further with thermoforming. Much like …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/thermoforming-shaping-curvy-grilles-with-no-supports/)