Another all-European podcast for you this week, as Elliot Williams is joined by Jenny List for an evening looking at the past week in Hackaday. And this week there is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/02/hackaday-podcast-episode-389-spinning-lightfield-displays-and-jenny-visits-a-blast-furnace/)

2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: A Homebrew Computer In Only Three ICs
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/02/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-a-homebrew-computer-in-only-three-ics2026-retrocomputing-challenge-a-homebrew-computer-in-only-3-ics/

Homebrew computers don’t have to be retrocomputers, but [Just4Fun]’s all-through-hole, 68008-based “68k-MBC” certainly qualifies, so it is a worthy entry in our ongoing contest. While there are both “full” and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/02/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-a-homebrew-computer-in-only-three-ics2026-retrocomputing-challenge-a-homebrew-computer-in-only-3-ics/)

Electronic Busy Board is Fun for Kids and Hackers
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/02/electronic-busy-board-is-fun-for-kids-and-hackers/

While you may not be familiar with the term “busy board”, you’ve almost certainly seen one. It’s the sort of toy with a bunch of buttons, switches, and of course …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/02/electronic-busy-board-is-fun-for-kids-and-hackers/)

2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: Lunar Lander on the PDP-1
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/02/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-lunar-lander-on-the-pdp-1/

A lot of the retrocomputing world is focused on the 1980s, and for good reason– the home computer revolution was in full swing in that decade, and there is a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/02/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-lunar-lander-on-the-pdp-1/)

Is This The Smallest Internet Radio?
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/02/is-this-the-smallest-internet-radio/

Internet radios have been a thing in some form for the last quarter century, and the advent of cheap networked microcontrollers has made them easier than ever to build. But …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/02/is-this-the-smallest-internet-radio/)

That’s No Moon… That’s an Exoplanet!
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/thats-no-moon-thats-an-exoplanet/

It wasn’t that long ago that a science teacher would have told students that there was no evidence of planets around other star systems. Even more recently, they might have …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/thats-no-moon-thats-an-exoplanet/)

Own The OSD Chip In Your Cheap Composite Monitor
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/own-the-osd-chip-in-your-cheap-composite-monitor/

[Ogrinz Labs] has built a Robbie the Robot suit, which is super-cool, but has a huge flaw. When inside the suit, he’s too tall to do what the original Robbie …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/own-the-osd-chip-in-your-cheap-composite-monitor/)