Recently [TheRetroChannel] came across an interesting failure mode on a Commodore 1541 5.25″ floppy disk drive, in the form of the activity LED blinking just once after power-up with the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/09/diagnosing-a-mysterious-fault-with-a-commodore-1541-disk-drive/)

Seeing the World Through Animal Eyes
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/10/seeing-the-world-through-animal-eyes/

If you think about it, you can’t be sure that what you see for the color red, for example, is what anyone else in the world actually sees. All you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/10/seeing-the-world-through-animal-eyes/)

Arduino’s New AI-Centric Board is the VENTUNO Q
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/10/arduinos-new-ai-centric-board-is-the-ventuno-q/

There have been many questions about what direction Arduino would take after being bought by Qualcomm. Now it would seem that we’re getting a clearer picture. Perhaps unsurprisingly the answer …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/10/arduinos-new-ai-centric-board-is-the-ventuno-q/)

The “Tin Blimp” Was a Neither Tin Nor a Blimp: The Detroit ZMC-2 Story
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/10/the-tin-blimp-was-a-neither-tin-nor-a-blimp-the-detroit-zmc-2-story/

After all the crashing and burning of Imperial Germany’s Zeppelins in the later part of WWI – once the Brits managed to build interceptors that could hit their lofty altitude, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/10/the-tin-blimp-was-a-neither-tin-nor-a-blimp-the-detroit-zmc-2-story/)

Power Control for a Busy Workbench
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/10/power-control-for-a-busy-workbench/

Who among us does not have a plethora of mains-powered devices on their workbench, and a consequent mess of power strips to run them all? [Jeroen Brinkman] made his more …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/10/power-control-for-a-busy-workbench/)

Blood Tests Could Provide Early Warning of Alzheimers Disease
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/10/blood-tests-could-provide-early-warning-of-alzheimers-disease/

Alzheimer’s disease remains a frustratingly difficult condition to manage for the millions of patients affected worldwide and their families. The cause of the disease is still not properly understood, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/10/blood-tests-could-provide-early-warning-of-alzheimers-disease/)

Turning a GDB Coredump Debug Session Into a Murder Mystery
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/10/turning-a-gdb-coredump-debug-session-into-a-murder-mystery/

Debugging an application crash can oftentimes feel like you’re an intrepid detective in a grimy noir detective story, tasked with figuring out the sordid details behind an ugly crime. Slogging …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/10/turning-a-gdb-coredump-debug-session-into-a-murder-mystery/)

There Are No LEDs Around the Face of This Clock
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/10/there-are-no-leds-around-the-face-of-this-clock/