Making headlines everywhere is the CopyFail Linux kernel vulnerability, which allows local privilege escalation (LPE) from any user to root privileges on most kernels and distributions. Local privileges escalations are never good, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/01/this-week-in-security-state-malware-state-hardware-bans-and-stuxnet-before-stuxnet-was-cool/)

3D Printed Orrery Runs On A Single Motor
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/01/3d-printed-orrery-runs-on-a-single-motor/

The solar system is kind of hard to observe in motion all at once. Sometimes, it’s nice to have a little model to look at, so you can see the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/01/3d-printed-orrery-runs-on-a-single-motor/)

Rust Helps Make A $1 Handheld Console
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/01/rust-helps-make-a-1-handheld-console/

These days, even an old Game Boy will set you back $100 or more, and a new handheld console will be many multiples of that. However, you can build a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/01/rust-helps-make-a-1-handheld-console/)

Debugging a Stopped Foucault Pendulum’s Electronics
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/02/debugging-a-stopped-foucault-pendulums-electronics/

After the Foucault pendulum at the Houston Museum of Natural Science stopped working a while back after maintenance on the building, workers set out to determine what was wrong with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/02/debugging-a-stopped-foucault-pendulums-electronics/)

This Handy Synth Packs An ESP32
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/02/this-handy-synth-packs-an-esp32/

Since the first electronic hobbyist wired up a multivibrator to a keyboard many decades ago, electonic synthesisers have been a staple of home-made projects. Now with the proliferation of significantly …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/02/this-handy-synth-packs-an-esp32/)

Peripherals Hacks
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/02/peripherals-hacks/

Custom peripheral projects are among the most rewarding. Especially if you’re like me and you sit at the computer eight hours per day, anything that you can use on a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/02/peripherals-hacks/)

IR Device Control That Lives Off The Cloud
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/02/ir-device-control-that-lives-off-the-cloud/

There are lots of smart home systems that will let you blast your older dumb appliances with infrared to control them. However, many are tied to ugly cloud systems that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/02/ir-device-control-that-lives-off-the-cloud/)

Pushing as Many Pixels as Possible to a CRT: Interlaced 4K
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/02/pushing-as-many-pixels-as-possible-to-a-crt-interlaced-4k/