Aside from global access to cat videos, the presence of thousands of Starlink broadband internet access satellites in LEO has a very pleasant side effect for atmospheric researchers. Starlink publicly …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/using-starlinks-satellites-to-study-earths-upper-atmosphere/)

OLEDs Have Gained Brightness, Not Burn-In Resistance
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/oleds-have-gained-brightness-not-burn-in-resistance/

OLED displays solve many of the problems suffered by LC displays, including color fidelity, dynamic range and power usage. That said, especially in the early days OLED gained a reputation …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/oleds-have-gained-brightness-not-burn-in-resistance/)

One Man’s Perfect Retro-Style Monitor Takes All Inputs
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/one-mans-perfect-retro-style-monitor-takes-all-inputs/

Perfection is an inherently subjective measure, in that one must choose the criteria against which to measure. A perfect circle is an absolutely rubbish octagon, for example. So when you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/one-mans-perfect-retro-style-monitor-takes-all-inputs/)

Edison Motors Offering All-Mechanical Trucks, At Least to Start
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/edison-motors-offering-all-mechanical-trucks-at-least-to-start/

We’ve been following Canadian startup Edison Motors for some time now, but their latest offering caught us a bit off guard– their BDE-sieries truck will be offered first without the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/edison-motors-offering-all-mechanical-trucks-at-least-to-start/)

Using Acoustic Resonators as Thrusters for Small Robots
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/using-acoustic-resonators-as-thrusters-for-small-robots/

There are quite a few rather unconventional methods of propulsion, but perhaps one of the more curious approaches involved Helmholtz resonance, as demonstrated by [Junsun Hwang] et al. with a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/using-acoustic-resonators-as-thrusters-for-small-robots/)

Store Tunes on Paper and Stream Them Over LoRA
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/18/store-tunes-on-paper-and-stream-them-over-lora/

Some projects seem too good to be true until you dig into it and find the secret magic that makes it all work. Take Paper Tunes by [Makestreame], a project …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/18/store-tunes-on-paper-and-stream-them-over-lora/)

Watch Soldering Up Close and From Any Angle, in VR
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/18/watch-soldering-up-close-and-from-any-angle-in-vr/

A manual skill like soldering is so much easier to learn and grasp when one can watch it in action, and there’s a brand new way to do that using …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/18/watch-soldering-up-close-and-from-any-angle-in-vr/)

Smartphones and the Next Generation of Hearing Aids
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/18/smartphones-and-the-next-generation-of-hearing-aids/