Ever wanted to know how engineers made their calculations before digital calculators were on every workbench? [Richard Carpenter] and [Robert Wolf] have just the thing—a sliderule simulator that can teach …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/18/sliderule-simulator-teaches-you-how-to-do-calculations-the-old-fashioned-way/)
Mag-Lev Lemming Refuses To Fall
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/19/mag-lev-lemming-refuses-to-fall/
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/19/mag-lev-lemming-refuses-to-fall/
Are you ready to feel old? Lemmings just turned thirty-five. The famous puzzle game first came out in February of 1991 for the Commodore Amiga, before eventually being ported to just about …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/19/mag-lev-lemming-refuses-to-fall/)
New Tool Makes 3D Printed PCBs, Fast
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/19/new-tool-makes-3d-printed-pcbs-fast/
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/19/new-tool-makes-3d-printed-pcbs-fast/
Getting PCBs made is often the key step in taking a dodgy lab experiment and turning it into a functional piece of equipment. However, it can be tedious to wait …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/19/new-tool-makes-3d-printed-pcbs-fast/)
The media is full of breathless reports that AI can now code and human programmers are going to be put out to pasture. We aren’t convinced. In fact, we think …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/19/the-requirements-of-ai/)
Thermoforming Printed Parts with Hot Water
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/19/thermoforming-printed-parts-with-hot-water/
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/19/thermoforming-printed-parts-with-hot-water/
Thermoforming is the process of softening a material enough so that it can be tweaked into a new shape, with the source of the thermal energy being not particularly relevant. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/19/thermoforming-printed-parts-with-hot-water/)
The History of the View-Master
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/19/the-history-of-the-view-master/
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/19/the-history-of-the-view-master/
We are going to bet that as a kid, you had a View-Master. This toy has been around for decades and is, more or less, a handheld stereoscope. We never …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/19/the-history-of-the-view-master/)
Fixing a Destroyed XBox 360 Development Kit
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/19/fixing-a-destroyed-xbox-360-development-kit/
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/19/fixing-a-destroyed-xbox-360-development-kit/
As common as the Xbox 360 was, the development kits (XDKs) for these consoles are significantly less so. This makes it even more tragic when someone performs a botched surgery …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/19/fixing-a-destroyed-xbox-360-development-kit/)