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/)

Ebike Charges At Car Charging Stations
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/05/ebike-charges-at-car-charging-stations/

Electric vehicles are everywhere these days, and with them comes along a whole slew of charging infrastructure. The fastest of these are high-power machines that can deliver enough energy to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/05/ebike-charges-at-car-charging-stations/)

Building a Heading Sensor Resistant To Magnetic Disturbances
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/06/building-a-heading-sensor-resistant-to-magnetic-disturbances/

Light aircraft often use a heading indicator as a way to know where they’re going. Retired instrumentation engineer [Don Welch] recreated a heading indicator of his own, using cheap off-the-shelf …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/06/building-a-heading-sensor-resistant-to-magnetic-disturbances/)