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/)

Simple D-STAR Transceiver Uses Inexpensive Hardware
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/simple-d-star-transceiver-uses-inexpensive-hardware/

[Yeckel] recently put the finishing touches on an ambitious implementation of a simple D-STAR (Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio) transceiver using some very accessible and affordable hardware. The project …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/simple-d-star-transceiver-uses-inexpensive-hardware/)

Accidental Climate Engineering With Disintegrating Satellites
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/accidental-climate-engineering-with-disintegrating-satellites/

For many decades humankind has entertained the notion that we can maybe tweak the Earth’s atmosphere or biosphere in such a way that we can for example undo the harms …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/accidental-climate-engineering-with-disintegrating-satellites/)

Homemade Liquid Oxygen Demonstrates Paramagnetism
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/homemade-liquid-oxygen-demonstrates-paramagnetism/

Liquid nitrogen isn’t exactly an everyday material, but it’s acquired conveniently enough to be used in extreme overclocking experiments, classroom demonstrations, chemistry and physics experiments, and a number of other …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/homemade-liquid-oxygen-demonstrates-paramagnetism/)

LED Printers: The Quiet Achievers You May Not Have Heard Of
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/led-printers-the-quiet-achievers-you-may-not-have-heard-of/

Many different types of printers have entered the market over the years. Most of us are intimately familiar with the common inkjet and laser, both of which can be found …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/led-printers-the-quiet-achievers-you-may-not-have-heard-of/)

Cynus Chess Robot: a Chess Board With a Robotic Arm
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/cynus-chess-robot-a-chess-board-with-a-robotic-arm/

There are many chess robots, most of which require the human player to move the opposing pieces themselves, or have a built-in mechanism that can slide the opposing pieces around …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/cynus-chess-robot-a-chess-board-with-a-robotic-arm/)

SNES Controllers are (Almost) SPI-Compatible
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/snes-controllers-are-almost-spi-compatible/

Considering that the Serial Peripheral Interface bus semi-standard has been around since the early 1980s, it’s perhaps not that shocking that the controllers of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/snes-controllers-are-almost-spi-compatible/)