It’s a Famiclone, Jim, but not as we know it.
" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bit79Feat.jpg?w=800">While the original name of what much of the world knows as the NES was the Nintendo Family Computer, or Famicom for short, it was very rarely used as a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/06/__trashed-14/)

How to Rebuild an 1800s Victorian Leclanché cell
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The 19th century was an absolutely electrifying era, including in a literal sense. Although the phenomenon of electricity had been known by that time for centuries, actually making it do …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/06/how-to-rebuild-an-1800s-victorian-leclanche-cell/)

Flight Sim Tracking from Spatial Audio
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Flight sims are wonderful to play around with to get immersed in the position of a pilot. Racing sims can give you a thrill that can only be beaten by …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/06/flight-sim-tracking-from-spatial-audio/)

Performance Improvements For Open-Source 80386
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The Intel 80386 is a rather fascinating slice of computer history. It marked the first 32 bit X86 processor, and was a staple of early desktop computing. Like all chips, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/06/performance-improvements-for-open-source-80386/)

Belt Fed Potato Cannon Spits Spuds
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Spud guns are a staple of summertime fun for the maker set, especially on the Eagleland side of the pond, combining as they do two of our favourite things: firearms …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/06/belt-fed-potato-cannon-spits-spuds/)

Why the NES Put Out a Wobbly Picture
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The NTSC television standard is a masterpiece of mid-century engineering, to pack a color image into the transmission bandwidth of a monochrome one, and to do so while maintaining backward …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/07/why-the-nes-put-out-a-wobbly-picture/)

An Interactive Tomato Farm Overseen by AI
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Oh, the farming lifestyle…living off the land, fending for yourself. But who’s got time for all that? For the modern hacker, the best option in the garden space may be …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/07/an-interactive-tomato-farm-overseen-by-ai/)

Is Now the Time for Volumetric 3D Printing?
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