To emulate vintage microprocessor hardware, it’s normal to find a modern host that provides alongside the number-crunching grunt, sufficient physical connections to interface with its support hardware. Thus if you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/an-unlikely-host-for-an-8080-emulator/)

3D Printing a Miniature CoreXY Printer
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/3d-printing-a-miniature-corexy-printer/

Although no longer so common as during the heyday of the RepRap movement, it’s easier than ever to build your own largely-printed 3D printer, with designs such as Voron’s delivering …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/3d-printing-a-miniature-corexy-printer/)

Homebrew Webcam Support for the Original Xbox
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/homebrew-webcam-support-for-the-original-xbox/

These days, we take it for granted that a video game console will have multiple USB ports. There’s even an expectation that basic peripherals such as storage devices will “Just …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/homebrew-webcam-support-for-the-original-xbox/)

Stratasys vs Bambu Lab: Industrial vs Consumer ABS Showdown
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/stratasys-vs-bambu-lab-industrial-vs-consumer-abs-showdown/

Professional Stratasys FDM printers demand a pretty hefty price premium over your typical hobbyist-level machine, with the gold-plating continuing even with the special filament cartridges that you buy for some …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/stratasys-vs-bambu-lab-industrial-vs-consumer-abs-showdown/)

Pi Pico Puts Bluetooth Keyboards on the I2C Bus
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/pi-pico-puts-bluetooth-keyboards-on-the-i2c-bus/

If you’ve ever worked with I2C, you know its one of those things that makes working with modern microcontrollers such a pleasure. With a few wires and not many more …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/pi-pico-puts-bluetooth-keyboards-on-the-i2c-bus/)

Pi Pico Demos, Therefore It Is
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/pi-pico-demos-therefore-it-is/

A good demo, like [Linus Akesson]’s Sum Ergo Demonstrato, looks like magic to the average hacker. To normies who don’t know the limitations of the RP2350, they don’t see the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/pi-pico-demos-therefore-it-is/)

Building a Gifford-McMahon Cryocooler With 3D-Printed Parts
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/building-a-gifford-mcmahon-cryocooler-with-3d-printed-parts/

Although cryocoolers are capable of pretty impressive cooling, for many of them the underlying working principle is simple enough that you do not need any special skills or a big …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/building-a-gifford-mcmahon-cryocooler-with-3d-printed-parts/)

A RayCast FPS in COBOL
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/a-raycast-fps-in-cobol/

COBOL is not the first language anyone would ever think of when writing a First Person Shooter– after all , it’s the Common Business Oriented Language, not the Common Game …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/a-raycast-fps-in-cobol/)

Less Than 10 Years? Commonwealth Fusion Systems Applies to Plug into Grid in 2030s
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/07/less-than-10-years-commonwealth-fusion-systems-applies-to-plug-into-grid-in-2030s/