Most people love arcade games, but putting a full-sized arcade cabinet in the living room can lead to certain unpleasant complications. Ergo the market for fun-sized cabinets has exploded alongside …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/11/mini-multi-arcade-game-cabinets-with-an-esp32-and-galagino/)

German Fireball’s 15 Minutes of Fame
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Sunday night, around 7:00 PM local time, a bright fireball streaked across the western German sky, exploded, and rained chunks of space rock down on the region around Koblenz. One …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/11/german-fireballs-15-minutes-of-fame/)

A Rotary Dial The 3D Printed Way
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There’s a meme which may have a basis in truth, of a teenager left clueless when presented with a rotary telephone. The dial, in reality a mechanical pulse chain generator, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/11/a-rotary-dial-the-3d-printed-way/)

Are We Finally At The Point Where Phones Can Replace Computers?
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There was an ideal of convergence, a long time ago, when one device would be all you need, digitally speaking. [ETA Prime] on YouTube seems to think we’ve reached that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/11/are-we-finally-at-the-point-where-phones-can-replace-computers/)

3D Printing a Harmonic Pin-Ring Gearing Drive
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Cycloidal drives are a type of speed reducer that are significantly more compact than gearboxes, but they still come with a fair number of components. In comparison, the harmonic pin-ring …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/11/3d-printing-a-harmonic-pin-ring-gearing-drive/)