A problem facing the designers of event badges is this: what happens to the badge after the event? It’s one that designers have tried to solve in many ways with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/the-bornhack-2026-cyber-aegg-is-a-badge-with-a-life-afterwards/)
How Octopuses Hacked their Ribosome to Become Smart
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/how-octopuses-hacked-their-ribosome-to-become-smart/
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/how-octopuses-hacked-their-ribosome-to-become-smart/
A fascinating aspect in evolutionary biology is that of convergent evolution — whereby similar structures and functions evolve independently from each other. The highly advanced nervous system of octopuses is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/how-octopuses-hacked-their-ribosome-to-become-smart/)
Using Solar Air Heating to Dry Clothes
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/using-solar-air-heating-to-dry-clothes/
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/using-solar-air-heating-to-dry-clothes/
About a month ago, [Greenhill Forge] built a few solar panels to collect energy from the sun. Unlike solar photovoltaics, which turn sunlight directly into electricity, these were designed to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/using-solar-air-heating-to-dry-clothes/)
Flex Filament Stuck To Your Build Platform? Reach For The Isopropanol
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/flex-filament-stuck-to-your-build-platform-reach-for-the-isopropanol/
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/flex-filament-stuck-to-your-build-platform-reach-for-the-isopropanol/
3D printing has been around long enough that everyone’s heard at least one weird trick regarding 3D prints. [Angus] of [Maker’s Muse] puts a few to the test, and came …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/flex-filament-stuck-to-your-build-platform-reach-for-the-isopropanol/)
Cross-Sectioning Crickets with a Femtosecond Laser
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/18/cross-sectioning-crickets-with-a-femtosecond-laser/
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/18/cross-sectioning-crickets-with-a-femtosecond-laser/
Unlike most cutting lasers, femtosecond lasers don’t vaporize materials; rather, they produce such short, intense bursts of light that the affected region is ablated without having the chance to heat …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/18/cross-sectioning-crickets-with-a-femtosecond-laser/)
Spidery Drone Goes Near-invisible By Spinning Really, Really Fast
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/18/spidery-drone-goes-near-invisible-by-spinning-really-really-fast/
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/18/spidery-drone-goes-near-invisible-by-spinning-really-really-fast/
Researchers demonstrate that something interesting happens when a small drone with a spindly airframe spins at a high speed: it very nearly turns invisible. The spidery device is shown mounted …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/18/spidery-drone-goes-near-invisible-by-spinning-really-really-fast/)
AI chatbots are everywhere these days, and they seem to “know” about everything. But while that is a strength, it can sometimes be a weakness because it isn’t laser-focused on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/18/your-ai-ham-radio-buddy/)
Write 2D and 3D Games in Modern MoonBASIC
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/18/write-2d-and-3d-games-in-modern-moonbasic/
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/18/write-2d-and-3d-games-in-modern-moonbasic/