[Diffraction Limited] has been working on a largely 3D-printed micropositioner for some time now, and previously reached a resolution of about 50 nanometers. There was still room for improvement, though, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/embossing-precision-ball-joints-for-a-micromanipulator/)

Trying a Vibe-Coded Operating System
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/trying-a-vibe-coded-operating-system/

If you were to read the README of the Vib-OS project on GitHub, you’d see it advertised as a Unix-like OS that was written from scratch, runs on ARM64 and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/trying-a-vibe-coded-operating-system/)

Running Video Through A Guitar Effects Pedal
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/running-video-through-a-guitar-effects-pedal/

Guitar pedals are designed to take in a sound signal, do fun stuff to it, and then spit it out to your amplifier where it hopefully impresses other people. However, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/running-video-through-a-guitar-effects-pedal/)

Using a Solid-State Elastocaloric Cooler to Freeze Water
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/05/using-a-solid-state-elastocaloric-cooler-to-freeze-water/

Elastocaloric materials are a class of materials that exhibit a big change in temperature when exposed to mechanical stress. This could potentially make them useful as solid-state replacement for both …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/05/using-a-solid-state-elastocaloric-cooler-to-freeze-water/)

LEGO Space Computer Made Full Size, 47 Years On
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/05/lego-space-computer-made-full-size-47-years-on/

There’s just something delightful about scaled items. Big things shrunk down, like LEGO’s teeny tiny terminal brick? Delightful. Taking that terminal brick and scaling it back to a full-sized computer? …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/05/lego-space-computer-made-full-size-47-years-on/)

Prevent your Denon Receiver Turning on From Rogue Nvidia Shield CEC Requests
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/05/prevent-your-denon-receiver-turning-on-from-rogue-nvidia-shield-cec-requests/

In theory HDMI’s CEC feature is great, as it gives HDMI devices the ability to do useful things such as turning on multiple HDMI devices with a single remote control. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/05/prevent-your-denon-receiver-turning-on-from-rogue-nvidia-shield-cec-requests/)

California’s Problematic Attempt to add Age-Verification to Software
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/05/californias-problematic-attempt-to-add-age-verification-to-software/

Last year California’s Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043) was signed into law, requiring among other things that operating system providers implement an API for age verification purposes. With the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/05/californias-problematic-attempt-to-add-age-verification-to-software/)