The Long Afterlife Of The Console Modchip
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/01/the-long-afterlife-of-the-console-modchip/

For a late-1990s engineer with good soldering skills, many a free pint of beer could be earned by installing modchips on the game consoles of the day. Modchips were usually …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/01/the-long-afterlife-of-the-console-modchip/)

Fish Drives Tank
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/01/fish-drives-tank/

Fish are popular animals to keep as pets, and for good reason. They’re relatively low maintenance, relaxing to watch, and have a high aesthetic appeal. But for all their upsides, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/01/fish-drives-tank/)

Turning a Cast-Iron Radiator into a Water-Cooled PC
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/01/turning-a-cast-iron-radiator-into-a-water-cooled-pc/

Water-cooled PCs generally have in common that there’s a radiator somewhere in the loop, yet nobody said that you can’t build the PCB into the radiator. Something like a genuine …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/01/turning-a-cast-iron-radiator-into-a-water-cooled-pc/)

Hackaday Links: March 1, 2026
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/01/hackaday-links-march-1-2026/

We’ll start this week off with a bit of controversy from Linux Land. Anyone who’s ever used the sudo command knows that you don’t see any kind of visual feedback …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/01/hackaday-links-march-1-2026/)

Making a 286 Think It’s Alive Again
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/01/making-a-286-think-its-alive-again/

[Nagy Krisztián] had an Intel 286 CPU, only… There was no motherboard to install it in. Perhaps not wanting the processor to be lonely, [Nagy] built a simulated system to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/01/making-a-286-think-its-alive-again/)

Teardown of Dangerous Fake Wago Connectors
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/01/teardown-of-dangerous-fake-wago-connectors/

Everyone loves Wago connectors for how versatile and effective they are for quickly and securely connecting conductors, but it can be tempting to buy a bag of the significantly cheaper …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/01/teardown-of-dangerous-fake-wago-connectors/)

Examining A World’s Record From The Age Of Steam
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/examining-a-worlds-record-from-the-age-of-steam/

There aren’t many speed records that remain unbroken for the greater part of a century, but one of them is that of the fastest steam locomotive. As with so many …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/examining-a-worlds-record-from-the-age-of-steam/)