[Casey Bralla] got his hands on a Rockwell AIM 65 microcomputer, a fantastic example of vintage computing from the late 70s. It sports a full QWERTY keyboard, and a twenty …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/28/play-a-wav-instead-of-typing-line-after-line-into-vintage-microcomputer/)

Soviet CDs And CD Players Existed, And They Were Strange
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/soviet-cds-and-cd-players-existed-and-they-were-strange/

Until the fall of the Soviet Union around 1990 you’d be forgiven as a proud Soviet citizen for thinking that the USSR’s technology was on par with the decadent West. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/soviet-cds-and-cd-players-existed-and-they-were-strange/)

Multicolor 5-Axis 3D Printing
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/multicolor-5-axis-3d-printing/

Usually, when we see non-planar 3D printers, they’re rather rudimentary prototypes, intended more as development frames than as workhorse machines. [multipoleguy]’s Archer five-axis printer, on the other hand, breaks this …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/multicolor-5-axis-3d-printing/)

Self-healing CMOS Imager to Withstand Jupiter’s Radiation Belt
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/self-healing-cmos-imager-to-withstand-jupiters-radiation-belt/

Ionizing radiation damage from electrons, protons and gamma rays will over time damage a CMOS circuit, through e.g. degrading the oxide layer and damaging the lattice structure. For a space-based …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/self-healing-cmos-imager-to-withstand-jupiters-radiation-belt/)

Clean Enclosures, No Printing Necessary
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/clean-enclosures-no-printing-necessary/

Unless you’re into circuit sculptures, generally speaking, a working circuit isn’t the end-point of a lot of electronics projects. To protect your new creation from grabby hands, curious paws, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/clean-enclosures-no-printing-necessary/)

Laser Ranging Makes GPS Satellites More Accurate
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/laser-ranging-makes-gps-satellites-more-accurate/

Although GNSS systems like GPS have made pin-pointing locations on Earth’s sphere-approximating surface significantly easier and more precise, it’s always possible to go a bit further. The latest innovation involves …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/laser-ranging-makes-gps-satellites-more-accurate/)

Hackaday Links: March 29, 2026
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/hackaday-links-march-29-2026/

Whether it’s a new couch or a rare piece of hardware picked up on eBay, we all know what it feels like to eagerly await a delivery truck. But the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/hackaday-links-march-29-2026/)

Training a Transformer with 1970s-era Technology
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/training-a-transformer-with-1970s-era-technology/