A common sight in ‘smart homes’, door sensors allow you to detect whether a door is closed or open, enabling the triggering of specific events. Unfortunately, most solutions for these …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/10/making-a-hidden-door-status-sensor/)
The Complex Engineering of Runways
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/10/the-complex-engineering-of-runways/
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/10/the-complex-engineering-of-runways/
Airport runways seem pretty simple, just another strip of asphalt or concrete not unlike the roads that our cars drive upon every day. We can even use these same highways …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/10/the-complex-engineering-of-runways/)
Scanning Table for the Professional Maker
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/10/scanning-table-for-the-professional-maker/
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/10/scanning-table-for-the-professional-maker/
Sometimes the simplest objects need some overthinking. This is exactly what [Chris Borge] realized when using his 3D scanner and finding that the included rotation table left quite a bit …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/10/scanning-table-for-the-professional-maker/)
Designing a Compact RGB 14-Segment Display
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/designing-a-compact-rgb-14-segment-display/
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/designing-a-compact-rgb-14-segment-display/
Sometimes you’re looking for a component for a project that you know should exist, but you just cannot find it. Something like a 14-segment LED display, but not just one …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/designing-a-compact-rgb-14-segment-display/)
Forget Waldo. Where’s Luna 9?
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/forget-waldo-wheres-luna-9/
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/forget-waldo-wheres-luna-9/
Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. In 1966, the main spacecraft ejected a 99-kg lander module that used a landing bag to survive impact. The …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/forget-waldo-wheres-luna-9/)
PROFS: The Office Suite of the 1980s
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/profs-the-office-suite-of-the-1980s/
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/profs-the-office-suite-of-the-1980s/
Today, we take office software suites for granted. But in the 1970s, you were lucky to have a typewriter and access to a photocopier. But in the early 1980s, IBM …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/11/profs-the-office-suite-of-the-1980s/)