On this episode, Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi discuss their love of electronic paper, clunky cartridges, and keeping old games alive by any means possible. You’ll also hear …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/24/hackaday-podcast-episode-379-driving-e-ink-diy-nes-on-esp-and-the-other-irc/)

E-ink Writing Deck Rocks a Typewriter Aesthetic
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/24/e-ink-writing-deck-rocks-a-typewriter-aesthetic/

[Myth Made] has a goal to get into writing. However, she likes to do things the aesthetic way, rather than the easy way. Thus, she has eschewed simple word processing on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/24/e-ink-writing-deck-rocks-a-typewriter-aesthetic/)

Keeping Mosquitoes Away with Catnip-Based Repellent
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/24/keeping-mosquitoes-away-with-catnip-based-repellent/

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Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency and LLM-Generated Code Projects
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/24/codeberg-bans-cryptocurrency-and-llm-generated-code-projects/

Community-led open source project hosting site Codeberg has formally announced that projects whose code is largely or fully machine-generated through LLMs and other ‘AI’ tools will no longer be welcome. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/24/codeberg-bans-cryptocurrency-and-llm-generated-code-projects/)

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' data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Mosquito_on_human_skin.jpg?w=800">Despite their small size, mosquitoes are one of the deadliest creatures on Earth, and keeping them away from you is one of the best ways to stay safe. DEET has …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/24/keeping-mosquitoes-away-with-catnip-based-repellent/)

Hands-Free Mouse Uses Eyes And Muscles Instead
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/24/hands-free-mouse-uses-eyes-and-muscles-instead/

The standard computer mouse is a perfectly useful peripheral if your hands work. If you’ve got some trouble in that area, you might appreciate an alternative input solution. To that end, [Varun …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/24/hands-free-mouse-uses-eyes-and-muscles-instead/)

Fast Volumetric Imaging of Seizures with Adaptive Optics Light Sheet Microscopy
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/24/fast-volumetric-imaging-of-seizures-with-adaptive-optics-light-sheet-microscopy/

Key to understanding something like epilepsy is to be able to record highly transient events in biological tissues. Generally this is done using light sheet microscopy, which provides effectively a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/24/fast-volumetric-imaging-of-seizures-with-adaptive-optics-light-sheet-microscopy/)

3D Printed Go Kart Designed to Fit in a Suitcase
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/24/3d-printed-go-kart-designed-to-fit-in-a-suitcase/