During the Cold War, the specter of a nuclear “dead man’s switch” was central to the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). In the event that one side was annihilated …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/20/ask-hackaday-do-you-have-a-dead-mans-switch/)
True or false? Your green laser pointer is more powerful than your red one. The answer is almost certainly false. They are, most likely, the same power, but your eye …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/20/displaying-the-rainbow/)
Electric Jeep With Modified Prius Hardware
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/20/electric-jeep-with-modified-prius-hardware/
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/20/electric-jeep-with-modified-prius-hardware/
On the list of cars widely regarded as the most reliable vehicles ever built, up there with the Toyota Land Cruiser, the Honda Civic, and the Mercedes W123 diesels, is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/20/electric-jeep-with-modified-prius-hardware/)
MicroGPT Lets You Peek with Your Browser
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/microgpt-lets-you-peek-with-your-browser/
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/microgpt-lets-you-peek-with-your-browser/
Regardless of what you think of GPT and the associated AI hype, you have to admit that it is probably here to stay, at least in some form. But how, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/microgpt-lets-you-peek-with-your-browser/)
Love Complex Automata? Don’t Miss The Archer
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/love-complex-automata-dont-miss-the-archer/
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/love-complex-automata-dont-miss-the-archer/
[Oliver Pett] loves creating automata; pieces of art whose physicality and motion come together to deliver something unique. [Oliver] also has a mission, and that mission is to complete the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/love-complex-automata-dont-miss-the-archer/)
In Praise of the Proof of Concept
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/in-praise-of-the-proof-of-concept/
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/in-praise-of-the-proof-of-concept/
Your project doesn’t necessarily have to be a refined masterpiece to have an impact on the global hacker hivemind. Case in point: this great demo of using a 64-point time-of-flight …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/in-praise-of-the-proof-of-concept/)
Retrotechtacular: Bleeding-Edge Memory Devices of 1959
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/retrotechtacular-bleeding-edge-memory-devices-of-1959/
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/retrotechtacular-bleeding-edge-memory-devices-of-1959/
Although digital computers are – much like their human computer counterparts – about performing calculations, another crucial element is that of memory. After all, you need to fetch values from …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/retrotechtacular-bleeding-edge-memory-devices-of-1959/)
Miranda’s Unlikely Ocean Has Us Asking If There’s Life Clinging On Around Uranus
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/mirandas-unlikely-ocean-has-us-asking-if-theres-life-clinging-on-around-uranus/
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/mirandas-unlikely-ocean-has-us-asking-if-theres-life-clinging-on-around-uranus/