We’ve heard of wave overhangs before. It is a new technique for printing horizontal overhangs with no supports. Building on some other techniques like arc overhangs. The idea is to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/more-on-wave-overhangs-for-3d-printing/)

May This Balloon Banjo Resonate With You
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/may-this-balloon-banjo-resonate-with-you/

Most instruments, with maybe the exception of pianos, have consumable parts. Guitars need string changes, bows need rosin, saxophones need reeds. [Co:Creation Lab]’s balloon banjo requires both fishing line and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/may-this-balloon-banjo-resonate-with-you/)

Printing FDM Filaments that are just Plain Weird
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/printing-fdm-filaments-that-are-just-plain-weird/

The fun thing about thermopolymers like PLA is that you can blend in additives, some of which are necessary to make it at all usable, while so many other additives …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/printing-fdm-filaments-that-are-just-plain-weird/)

Hackaday Europe 2026: Open Source Hardware Goes Underground, Literally
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/hackaday-europe-2026-open-source-hardware-goes-underground-literally/

These days open source is everywhere, and frankly, we couldn’t be happier about it. But even with as prevalent as open software and hardware has become, we still occasionally hear …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/hackaday-europe-2026-open-source-hardware-goes-underground-literally/)

Toy Computer Restored
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/looking-at-an-old-toy-computer/

In the 1960s, the home computer was barely a twinkle in anyone’s eye. This was the decade in which computers were used by a handful of companies and organizations and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/looking-at-an-old-toy-computer/)

Linux Fu: Improving FTP
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/linux-fu-improving-ftp/

FTP isn’t exactly cutting-edge technology. These days, if you control both ends of a connection, you’re probably using scp, SFTP, rsync, or something even fancier. But FTP refuses to die, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/linux-fu-improving-ftp/)

Using Starlink’s Satellites to Study Earth’s Upper Atmosphere
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/using-starlinks-satellites-to-study-earths-upper-atmosphere/

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/)