DARPA Lift Challenge Won by Helicopter
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/12/darpa-lift-challenge-won-by-helicopter/

America’s mad scientists all have one dream: DARPA money. DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, regularly throws round sweet, sweet tax dollars to push the envelope on any number …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/12/darpa-lift-challenge-won-by-helicopter/)

The Hexa-Bouncer May Be The Most Overengineered Thing You See This Week
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/12/the-hexa-bouncer-may-be-the-most-overengineered-thing-you-see-this-week/

Sometimes, you want to build a simple project– the minimum viable product that solves your problem and nothing else. Other times you might be feeling a little extra, and want …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/12/the-hexa-bouncer-may-be-the-most-overengineered-thing-you-see-this-week/)

The Prusa Core One+ INDX, a Troubled Multi-Extruder Upgrade?
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/12/the-prusa-core-one-indx-a-troubled-multi-extruder-upgrade/

The Prusa Core One+ INDX is an interesting upgrade to the base FDM printer by Prusa, featuring eight independent extruders – hence the INDX – that in theory should allow …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/12/the-prusa-core-one-indx-a-troubled-multi-extruder-upgrade/)

WiFi Router Does Software-Defined Radio
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/12/wifi-router-does-software-defined-radio/

Perhaps the most famous of software-defined radios is the RTL-SDR, which is very cheap because it’s a digital TV receiver that’s been pressed into service delivering raw I and Q …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/12/wifi-router-does-software-defined-radio/)

Using Kirigami Techniques to Make Functional Designs
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/12/using-kirigami-techniques-to-make-functional-designs/

The variant of origami called kirigami (‘cut paper’ in Japanese) also starts off with a sheet of paper, but it allows for cutting the paper to increase the number of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/12/using-kirigami-techniques-to-make-functional-designs/)

Emulating a Floppy Drive By Emulating The Drive Itself
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/12/emulating-a-floppy-drive-by-emulating-the-drive-itself/

The Commodore 1541 is famously the floppy drive for the Commodore 64 series of 8-bit computers, and can be found with relative ease. Not so well known is its 1551 …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/12/emulating-a-floppy-drive-by-emulating-the-drive-itself/)

Open Firmware Fixes Dead Onkyo AV Receivers
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/13/open-firmware-fixes-dead-onkyo-av-receivers/