Abusing x86 SIMD Instructions to Optimize PlayStation 3 Emulation
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/24/abusing-x86-simd-instructions-to-optimize-playstation-3-emulation/

Key to efficient hardware emulation is an efficient mapping to the underlying CPU’s opcodes. Here one is free to target opcodes that may or may not have been imagined for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/24/abusing-x86-simd-instructions-to-optimize-playstation-3-emulation/)

Mesh “Lens” Lets Your Camera Make Weird Pixel Art
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/24/mesh-lens-lets-your-camera-make-weird-pixel-art/

We seldom talk about 3D printing lenses because most techniques can’t possibly produce transparent parts of optical quality. However, you can 3D print something like a lens, as [Luke Edwin] demonstrates, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/24/mesh-lens-lets-your-camera-make-weird-pixel-art/)