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/)

Fixing a Power Grid That Loses Over Half Its Power to Inefficiency and Theft
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/fixing-a-power-grid-that-loses-over-half-its-power-to-inefficiency-and-theft/

[Mini Shaji Thomas] has a deeply interesting article on IEEE Spectrum detailing how the power distribution system for a city of over twenty million people went from failing to first-class. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/fixing-a-power-grid-that-loses-over-half-its-power-to-inefficiency-and-theft/)

The ESP32, An SDR In Itself
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/the-esp32-an-sdr-in-itself/

Perhaps the most famous of all the software-defined radio (SDR) receivers is the RTL-SDR, a digital TV receiver on which an undocumented feature was found. Perhaps other radio-enabled chips also …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/the-esp32-an-sdr-in-itself/)

2026 Retrocomputer Challenge: Vectron65 Plus Puts the Emphasis on Plus
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/2026-retrocomputer-challenge-vectron65-plus-puts-the-emphasis-on-plus/

[Nick Bild] evidently has a soft spot for the 6502, given that his Vectron65 Plus home computer project uses at least one of them, depending on the add-ons. You see, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/2026-retrocomputer-challenge-vectron65-plus-puts-the-emphasis-on-plus/)

A Good DIY Solder Stencil Begins With a Cleanly-Sliced Soda Can
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/a-good-diy-solder-stencil-begins-with-a-cleanly-sliced-soda-can/

Solder stencils are a fantastic way to accurately apply solder paste to a PCB. Professionally-made stencils are cut from steel, but for the home hacker, soda cans continue to be …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/a-good-diy-solder-stencil-begins-with-a-cleanly-sliced-soda-can/)

Play PlayStation 2 and XBox 1 Games on Your Jailbroken PS5
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/play-playstation-2-and-xbox-1-games-on-your-jailbroken-ps5/

Whereas PlayStation 3 and earlier were rather specialized consoles, today’s consoles like the PlayStation 5 are essentially x86-based gaming PCs in a fancy case, with custom firmware to lock it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/play-playstation-2-and-xbox-1-games-on-your-jailbroken-ps5/)

Debloat The Internet With a Self-Hosted Compressing Proxy
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/03/debloat-the-internet-with-a-self-hosted-compressing-proxy/