Typically, when we think of touch screens, we think of LCDs or OLEDs with a resistive or capacitive sensing layer laid over the top. However, a team from the University …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/23/touchable-pov-display-blooms-in-mid-air/)

PCB Map Display Keeps An Eye On Family
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/23/pcb-map-display-keeps-an-eye-on-family/

PCBs are traditionally designed with traces laid out to support a circuit full of electronic components. However, they’ve become increasingly popular as a way to produce functional visual artworks. This …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/23/pcb-map-display-keeps-an-eye-on-family/)

Putting Version 7.1 of the Direct Granules FDM Extruder Through Its Paces
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/23/putting-version-7-1-of-the-direct-granules-fdm-extruder-through-its-paces/

Whether you’re using granules or filament, FDM printing relies heavily on a consistent flowrate of the extruder. This is also the challenge with [HomoFaciens]’s direct granule extruder. Version 7.1 here …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/23/putting-version-7-1-of-the-direct-granules-fdm-extruder-through-its-paces/)

Designing a Printable Cyclone Dust Separator for 99.95% Efficiency
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/24/designing-a-printable-cyclone-dust-separator-for-99-95-efficiency/

Filtering sawdust out of an airflow is easy until you try to do it with cyclone separation, but the obvious appeal here is of course not spending a fortune on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/24/designing-a-printable-cyclone-dust-separator-for-99-95-efficiency/)

Meet the Raven: an Atari Clone Computer Based on the Motorola 68060
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/24/meet-the-raven-an-atari-clone-computer-based-on-the-motorola-68060/

Some people who have a hankering to run GEM/TOS applications might just fire up an emulator, or maybe coax an old Motorola 68k-based Atari ST system back to life. Then …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/24/meet-the-raven-an-atari-clone-computer-based-on-the-motorola-68060/)

Spacelab’s Mitra 125 MS
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/24/spacelabs-mitra-125-ms/

[Ken Shirriff] does some of the most interesting teardowns. This time, he’s looking at a French-built minicomputer called the Mitra 125 MS from around 1980. In particular, it was the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/24/spacelabs-mitra-125-ms/)

Adorable ASCII Aquarium Lives On Your Desk
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/24/adorable-ascii-aquarium-lives-on-your-desk/

[Kert Gartner]’s ASCII Aquarium turns a cheap yellow display (CYD) into a tiny simulated aquarium, complete with ASCII sea creatures each with their own behaviors. There’s all kinds of options …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/24/adorable-ascii-aquarium-lives-on-your-desk/)

NoiseCloud: Storing Data On YouTube
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/24/noisecloud-storing-data-on-youtube/

Storage is expensive these days, whether you’re looking at the prices of spinning rust or magic little sticks of silicon. But what if there was some benevolent overlord that you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/24/noisecloud-storing-data-on-youtube/)