The Philips PM5139 is not famous. It won no great victories on the battlefield, nor was instrumental in changing the political landscape. It was just a useful function generator that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/reverse-engineering-the-philips-pm5139/)

Local LLMs Can Work Better Than Claude, At Least For Some
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/local-llms-can-work-better-than-claude-at-least-for-some/

This is going to be a very personal question, because when you’re talking cloud vs local anything, it comes down to this: how much are you willing to pay for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/local-llms-can-work-better-than-claude-at-least-for-some/)

3D Printable Lenticular Indicators
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/3d-printable-lenticular-indicators/

You can 3D print all kinds of things, from Yoda heads to little models of Pikachu. Eventually, though, most of us get to a point where we want to print …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/3d-printable-lenticular-indicators/)

Origami Sensors That You Can Wear
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/origami-sensors-that-you-can-wear/

Origami is a wonderful art form, but as a new project from the Shibaura Institute of Technology demonstrates, it can also have applications in the world of wearable tech. The …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/origami-sensors-that-you-can-wear/)

If It’s Electronic Paper, Why Not Print To It?
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/10/if-its-electronic-paper-why-not-print-to-it/

E-ink is supposed to be the electronic version of dead-tree paper, but there’s one enormous difference: how you get your images and text onto it. For paper, you print on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/10/if-its-electronic-paper-why-not-print-to-it/)

Open Source Acoustic Drone Detection
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/10/open-source-acoustic-drone-detection/

Drones have become a potent military threat, particularly on the small scale. Nimble multi-rotor drones are fast, difficult to spot, and can cause plenty of harm if allowed to go …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/10/open-source-acoustic-drone-detection/)

Tech In Plain Sight: Meet The Robot That Does CPR
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/10/tech-in-plain-sight-meet-the-robot-that-does-cpr/

Usually in Tech In Plain Sight, we talk about technology you probably see every day, even if you don’t notice it. But we hope you don’t get to see one …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/10/tech-in-plain-sight-meet-the-robot-that-does-cpr/)