These days there are emulators for all the great consoles of yesteryear, as well as old retrocomputers and arcade machines and so much else to boot. Now, though, a particularly …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/26/emulating-the-ipod/)
Making An LCD UI Look More Like Classic Indicator Lamps
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/26/making-an-lcd-ui-look-more-like-classic-indicator-lamps/
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/26/making-an-lcd-ui-look-more-like-classic-indicator-lamps/
The TermDriver 2 is a USB-to-serial interface with a twist—it has a built-in screen for displaying relevant information. It can run at anywhere from 100 bit/s to 2Mbit/s, while showing …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/26/making-an-lcd-ui-look-more-like-classic-indicator-lamps/)
Sloan Digital Sky Survey Releases New Map of Supermassive Black Holes
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/26/sloan-digital-sky-survey-releases-new-map-of-supermassive-black-holes/
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/26/sloan-digital-sky-survey-releases-new-map-of-supermassive-black-holes/
The Universe is a large place, yet despite it being mostly empty space, there are still a lot of things to find and catalogue. This includes mildly terrifying things like …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/26/sloan-digital-sky-survey-releases-new-map-of-supermassive-black-holes/)
Encoding MOD Files Optically On Paper, Because Amiga’s Legacy Will Outlast M-Disks
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/26/encoding-mod-files-optically-on-paper-because-amigas-legacy-will-outlast-m-disks/
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/26/encoding-mod-files-optically-on-paper-because-amigas-legacy-will-outlast-m-disks/
All but a few of our very youngest readers are surely familiar with music formats that rely on optical disks. When we say [RobDevBuilds] made a MOD tracker that uses …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/26/encoding-mod-files-optically-on-paper-because-amigas-legacy-will-outlast-m-disks/)
eenk Provides eInk, ESP32 Powered Text Adventures
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/27/eeink-provides-eink-esp32-powered-text-adventures/
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/27/eeink-provides-eink-esp32-powered-text-adventures/
There’s a niche genre of text adventure that’s halfway between a traditional novel and a videogame. Think Zork if it had an extra few novels worth of words of well-crafted …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/27/eeink-provides-eink-esp32-powered-text-adventures/)
Analog Optical Feedback Generates 4K Fractals With No Computer
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/27/analog-optical-feedback-generates-4k-fractals-with-no-computer/
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/27/analog-optical-feedback-generates-4k-fractals-with-no-computer/
For users of a certain age, fractal patterns and computers are nearly synonymous. Typing in BASIC programs and seeing the Mandelbrot set or other fractals slowly render on screen is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/27/analog-optical-feedback-generates-4k-fractals-with-no-computer/)
Australia’s Nationwide Phone Outage Was An Embarrassing Failure
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/27/australias-nationwide-phone-outage-was-an-embarrassing-failure/
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/27/australias-nationwide-phone-outage-was-an-embarrassing-failure/