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/

This unusual clock by [Moritz v. Sivers] looks like a holographic dial surrounded by an LED ring, but that turns out to not be the case. What appears to be …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/10/there-are-no-leds-around-the-face-of-this-clock/)

Clear Resin Casting Replicates Old Acrylic for Selectric Repair
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/10/clear-resin-casting-replicates-old-acrylic-for-selectric-repair/

IBM Selectric typewriters have a lot of unique parts that can be tricky to source, but one we didn’t think of was the clear acrylic(?) dust covers, that are apparently …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/10/clear-resin-casting-replicates-old-acrylic-for-selectric-repair/)

It’s 1979 – What Exactly Did That ∫ Key Do?
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/10/its-1979-what-exactly-did-that-%E2%88%AB-key-do/

[Michel Jean] asked a question few others might: what exactly is going on under the hood of a classic HP scientific calculator when one presses the ∫ key? A numerical …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/10/its-1979-what-exactly-did-that-%E2%88%AB-key-do/)

Running Ocarina of Time on the Apple Watch
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/10/running-ocarina-of-time-on-the-apple-watch/