For whatever reason, [Jeremy] wants to photograph bees in flight. This is one of those things that doesn’t seem that hard until you try to do it. He’s got the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/08/tracking-bees-with-a-stereo-camera/)

Whatever Happened to the Computer of Tomorrow, Anyway? The Xerox Alto Story
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/09/whatever-happened-to-the-computer-of-tomorrow-anyway-the-xerox-alto-story/

You’ve almost certainly heard of the Xerox Alto, the machine that pioneered the desktop-mouse-keyboard interface and inspired Steve Jobs to produce the Apple Lisa and Macintosh computers. It wasn’t just …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/09/whatever-happened-to-the-computer-of-tomorrow-anyway-the-xerox-alto-story/)

Continously Extruding 3D Printed Tubes with Compressed Air
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/09/continously-extruding-3d-printed-tubes-with-compressed-air/

[Jan] of [Roetz 4.0] has a unique approach to multi-material 3D printing: he’s designed an extruder which takes two different materials and extrudes one as a shell around the other. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/09/continously-extruding-3d-printed-tubes-with-compressed-air/)

Transmitting Analog Video Via Frikkin’ Laser Beams
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/09/transmitting-analog-video-via-frikkin-laser-beams/

Transmitting analog video via photons is old hat: that’s how everything started, after all, back in the day with over-the-air TV. Up the frequency of those photons from radio to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/09/transmitting-analog-video-via-frikkin-laser-beams/)

The Chinese Smart Glasses Proving that Smart Glasses can be Repairable
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/09/the-chinese-smart-glasses-proving-that-smart-glasses-can-be-repairable/

It’s often claimed that wearable devices cannot have user-replaceable batteries or even be serviceable at all due to how compact and waterproof they must be, yet there are plenty of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/09/the-chinese-smart-glasses-proving-that-smart-glasses-can-be-repairable/)

The Stages of Grief in Repairing a Trinitron Found in the Trash
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/09/the-stages-of-grief-in-repairing-a-trinitron-found-in-the-trash/

Sometimes you see a project just staring at you with proverbial puppy dog eyes and you just cannot look away. In the case of a once rather nice Sony TV …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/09/the-stages-of-grief-in-repairing-a-trinitron-found-in-the-trash/)

Hackaday Links: August 9, 2026
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/09/hackaday-links-august-9-2026/

Bad news for anyone who was hoping for some relief from the memory shortage — Digitimes is reporting that the production capacity of major players such as Samsung, Micron, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/09/hackaday-links-august-9-2026/)

Retrotechtacular: A View of the Moon from 1964
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/09/retrotechtacular-a-view-of-the-moon-from-1964/