It’s a common ritual: whipping out those calipers or similar measuring devices to measure part of a physical object that we’re trying to transfer into a digital model in an …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/turning-a-bluetooth-caliper-into-a-freecad-input-device/)

Re-Learning How to Run
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/re-learning-how-to-run/

As I write this, four astronauts are on their way around the moon for the first time in 50 years. A lot us have asked ourselves just exactly why you’d …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/re-learning-how-to-run/)

Despite Penalties, Lawyers Can’t Stop Using AI
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/despite-penalties-lawyers-cant-stop-using-ai/

Despite a few high-profile cases in recent years with lawyers getting caught using LLM-generated documents and facing disciplinary action due to this, it would seem that this is not deterring …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/despite-penalties-lawyers-cant-stop-using-ai/)

Tiny Moves, Big Depth: An Open-Source Macro Focus Slider
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/tiny-moves-big-depth-an-open-source-macro-focus-slider/

When taking macro photographs, you often need just a tiny bit of controlled motion — so little that it’s tough to pull off by hand. To address this, [Salveo] designed …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/tiny-moves-big-depth-an-open-source-macro-focus-slider/)

Building a Vise Stand with Pen-Like Retracting Wheels
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/building-a-vise-stand-with-pen-like-retracting-wheels/

Old shop tools have a reputation for resilience and sturdiness, and though some of this is due to survivorship bias, some of it certainly comes down to an abundance of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/building-a-vise-stand-with-pen-like-retracting-wheels/)

Making the Case Against Markdown
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/making-the-case-against-markdown/

For some reason, Markdown has not just become the format of choice for giving READMEs in GitHub repositories some flair, but also for writing entire websites and documents. In a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/making-the-case-against-markdown/)

Pocket-Sized e-Ink Gets a Firmware Upgrade
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/pocket-sized-e-ink-gets-a-firmware-upgrade/

Not so long ago, e-ink devices were rare and fairly pricey. As they have become more common and cheaper, some cool form-factor devices have emerged that suffer from subpar software. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/pocket-sized-e-ink-gets-a-firmware-upgrade/)

Flying Cell Towers for Lower-Latency
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/06/flying-cell-towers-for-lower-latency/

When the inevitable Kessler Syndrome cascade sweeps Starlink and its competitors from Low Earth Orbit in what will doubtless be a spectacular meteor shower of debris, the people behind Sceye …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/06/flying-cell-towers-for-lower-latency/)