A Mechanical Radio, Sort Of
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/a-mechanical-radio-sort-of/

[The Mike Stuff] has an interesting proposition. He asserts that ancient people like the Greeks could have built a form of radio that was purely mechanical. We aren’t sure we …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/a-mechanical-radio-sort-of/)

Elgato Key Lights Get Matter Upgrade
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/elgato-key-lights-get-matter-upgrade/

[Michael H Thiesen] had a couple of Elgato Key Lights in his home streaming setup. The only problem was that they would stop responding regularly, requiring a power cycle to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/elgato-key-lights-get-matter-upgrade/)

Power It With Sodium (But Please Don’t)
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/power-it-with-sodium-but-please-dont/

[Applied Science] has a new demo of an old 1970s patent for a portable generator that is both interesting and terrifying. The generator uses sodium and water, which, if you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/power-it-with-sodium-but-please-dont/)

Gardening With…OpenSCAD?
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/gardening-with-openscad/

Unless it’s automated or using some other form of high-tech trickery, a vegetable garden isn’t exactly the sort of thing you’d expect to see on Hackaday. Be that as it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/01/gardening-with-openscad/)

The Game Boy Test Lab Provides a Cartridge-Sized Diagnostic Lab
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/02/the-game-boy-test-lab-provides-a-cartridge-sized-diagnostic-lab/

Most of the time when you see a repair video of a Game Boy it’ll be demonstrated with a cartridge inserted and booting up into the game, but does this …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/02/the-game-boy-test-lab-provides-a-cartridge-sized-diagnostic-lab/)

Teardown of an USB-C Cable with integrated LCD
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/02/teardown-of-an-usb-c-cable-with-integrated-lcd/

The past years we have been seeing screens pop up in many new places, but seeing them in USB-C cables is still a bit of a novel thing. Out of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/02/teardown-of-an-usb-c-cable-with-integrated-lcd/)

This Week in Security: ShinyHunters Won’t Dox the FBI, Pentagon Data Stolen, and OBS Vulnerable
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/02/this-week-in-security-shinyhunters-wont-dox-the-fbi-pentagon-data-stolen-and-obs-vulnerable/