Airborne Particle Monitoring, the BIG way
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/airborne-particle-monitoring-the-big-way/

Airborne micro particles can be a significant health hazard in a workshop, and thus it’s important to maintain a high standard of ventilation. But monitoring their concentration is also important, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/airborne-particle-monitoring-the-big-way/)

Hacking a Marine Radio Dish
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/hacking-a-marine-radio-dish/

Having watched some fun videos on repurposed satellite dishes on YouTube, [Melan] wanted to get in on the action. She managed to source herself an Intellian i4, a dish built …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/hacking-a-marine-radio-dish/)

SLAM Navigation For an Arduino Powered Car
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/28/slam-navigation-for-an-arduino-powered-car/

There are plenty of “robot” projects out there that are really just a small remote control platform of some sort. We often like to think of robots of having some …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/28/slam-navigation-for-an-arduino-powered-car/)

Emulate the 486 in Your Browser
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/28/emulate-the-486-in-your-browser/

You might fondly remember the days of the Intel 486, but you probably don’t have one on your desk anymore. If you’d like to emulate that classic hardware, you can …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/28/emulate-the-486-in-your-browser/)

Battery Prototype Uses Superextensive Quantum Effects to Charge Faster
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/28/battery-prototype-uses-superextensive-quantum-effects-to-charge-faster/

Although the term ‘quantum battery’ is a bit of a vague term, the cell that [Kieran Hymas] et al. demonstrate in a recent paper does seem to suggest that it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/28/battery-prototype-uses-superextensive-quantum-effects-to-charge-faster/)

2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: Custom RISC-V Processor For Retro System
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/28/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-custom-risc-v-processor-for-retro-system/

Although once little more than an academic endeavor, the RISC-V architecture is slowly supplanting applications that would have normally gone to ARM. Even a few microcontrollers have chips running this …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/28/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-custom-risc-v-processor-for-retro-system/)

Magnetic Lock Opens By Magic
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/29/magnetic-lock-opens-by-magic/