DR-DOS Is Back, But Not Quite as We Knew It
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/dr-dos-is-back-but-not-quite-as-we-knew-it/

If you weren’t around for the early PC era, or were a little more casual about operating systems, you could perhaps be forgiven for not knowing that DOS is not …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/dr-dos-is-back-but-not-quite-as-we-knew-it/)

Disassembling Opcodes with a Font
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/disassembling-opcodes-with-a-font/

Those who stay into the forbidden realm of font rendering quickly learn how convoluted and arcane it can be – LaTeX is a fully Turing-complete programming language, Unicode has over …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/disassembling-opcodes-with-a-font/)

New Aluminum-Based Catalyst Could De-Throne Platinum Group
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/new-aluminum-based-catalyst-could-de-throne-platinum-group/

Platinum-group metals (PGMs) are great catalysts, but they’re also great investments — in the sense that they are very, very expensive. Just ask the guy nicking car exhausts in the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/new-aluminum-based-catalyst-could-de-throne-platinum-group/)

Hackaday Links: March 15, 2026
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/hackaday-links-march-15-2026/

Some days, it feels like we’re getting all the bad parts of cyberpunk and none of the cool stuff. Megacorps and cyber warfare? Check. Flying cars and holograms? Not quite …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/hackaday-links-march-15-2026/)

Building a Rad Bluetooth Speaker that Didn’t Really Exist
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/building-a-rad-bluetooth-speaker-that-didnt-really-exist/

[Nick] came across an awesome Bluetooth speaker online, only, there was a problem. It didn’t really exist—it was just a render of a device that would be nice to have. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/building-a-rad-bluetooth-speaker-that-didnt-really-exist/)

Magnetic-Suspension Hoverboard is Only 11 Years Late
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/magnetic-suspension-hoverboard-is-only-11-years-late/

Anyone who saw Back to the Future II was disappointed when 2015 rolled around with nary a hoverboard in sight. There have been various attempts to fake it, but none …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/magnetic-suspension-hoverboard-is-only-11-years-late/)

ATtiny85 Plays the Chrome Dinosaur Game
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/16/attiny85-plays-the-chrome-dinosaur-game/