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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

The phones! They were one of the basic utilities of the 20th century, and were just about as reliable as death and taxes. Even when then power grid went down, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/27/australias-nationwide-phone-outage-was-an-embarrassing-failure/)

All The Best Computers Boot To BASIC
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/27/all-the-best-computers-boot-to-basic/