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/)

Simulating the AVR8 for a browser-based Arduino emulator
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/06/simulating-the-avr8-for-a-browser-based-arduino-emulator/

It’s always nice to simulate a project before soldering a board together. Tools like QUCS run locally and work quite well for analog circuits, but can fall short with programmable …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/06/simulating-the-avr8-for-a-browser-based-arduino-emulator/)

Testing the Wave-Particle Duality with Gamma Rays
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/06/testing-the-wave-particle-duality-with-gamma-rays/

Everything on the electromagnetic spectrum has some properties of both waves and particles, but it’s difficult to imagine a radio wave, for example, behaving like a particle. The main evidence …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/06/testing-the-wave-particle-duality-with-gamma-rays/)

Playing DVDs on the Sega Dreamcast
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/06/playing-dvds-on-the-sega-dreamcast/

Although the Sega Dreamcast had many good qualities that made it beloved by the thousands of people who bought the console, one glaring omission was the lack of DVD video …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/06/playing-dvds-on-the-sega-dreamcast/)

CCA Ethernet Cables: Not Up To Scratch, But Are They Dangerous?
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/07/cca-ethernet-cables-not-up-to-scratch-but-are-they-dangerous/