Although the number of uses for a 2009-era Mac Mini aren’t very long, using them to run new-and-upcoming operating systems like Haiku on would seem to be an interesting use …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/12/trying-to-install-haiku-on-a-2009-mac-mini/)

We’re All Abuzz About the Bee Write Back Writerdeck
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/12/were-all-abuzz-about-the-bee-write-back-writerdeck/

Friends, there will likely come a time in your life when you have trouble sleeping. When this happens, it may behoove you to do some writing, any kind of writing. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/12/were-all-abuzz-about-the-bee-write-back-writerdeck/)

3D-Printed Parts Nearly Sink RC Submarine
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/13/3d-printed-parts-nearly-sink-rc-submarine/

Of all the remote-control vehicles one can build, a submarine is possibly the hardest: if something goes wrong with almost any other vehicle, it’s easy to recover and repair, but …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/13/3d-printed-parts-nearly-sink-rc-submarine/)

Reverse-Engineering an Amazon Blink Gen 3 Camera
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/13/reverse-engineering-an-amazon-blink-gen-3-camera/

After some water intrusion apparently killed one of [electronupdate]’s Amazon Blink Gen 3 cameras he took this opportunity to do a full teardown and analysis of all the major components. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/13/reverse-engineering-an-amazon-blink-gen-3-camera/)

Skylab Under the Ocean
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/13/skylab-under-the-ocean/

A crew lives on a station in a hostile environment. Leaving that environment requires oxygen tanks and specialized gear to deal with pressure differentials. A space station? Nah. A base …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/13/skylab-under-the-ocean/)

From Lunar Dust to Breathable Air
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/13/from-lunar-dust-to-breathable-air/

Moon missions are hot again for the first bit since the space race. While the previous period had us land on the big lunar rock, the missions of tomorrow have …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/13/from-lunar-dust-to-breathable-air/)

Reverse-Engineering Human Cognition and Decision Making in a Modern Age
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/13/the-use-of-llm-chatbots-and-human-cognitive-surrender/

Cognitive processes are not something that we generally pay much attention to until something goes wrong, but they cover the entire scope of us ingesting sensory information, the processing and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/13/the-use-of-llm-chatbots-and-human-cognitive-surrender/)

ESP32 Weather Display Runs Macintosh System 3
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/13/esp32-weather-display-runs-macintosh-system-3/