VCF East and Maker Faire Make For a Busy Weekend
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/23/vcf-east-and-maker-faire-make-for-a-busy-weekend/

For those of us with an interest in hacking and making, events where we can meet up with like minded folks and check out the projects they’re working on don’t …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/23/vcf-east-and-maker-faire-make-for-a-busy-weekend/)

A Solar Powered Plant Monitor That Almost Works
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/23/a-solar-powered-plant-monitor-that-almost-works/

Keeping plants alive is easy if you’re diligent and never forget to check on your green friends. However, a little electronic help never hurts. To that end, [Narrow Studios] built …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/23/a-solar-powered-plant-monitor-that-almost-works/)

2026 Green Powered Challenge: Cook With The Sun!
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/23/2026-green-powered-challenge-cook-with-the-sun/

One of the problems facing any solar power installation comes in storing enough power for high-intensity operations such as cooking. The high-tech and expensive way involves battery banks and inverters, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/23/2026-green-powered-challenge-cook-with-the-sun/)

How Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol Allows for Easy Remote Execution
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/24/how-anthropics-model-context-protocol-allows-for-easy-remote-execution/

As part of the effort to push Large Language Model (LLM) ‘AI’ into more and more places, Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) has been adopted as the standard to connect …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/24/how-anthropics-model-context-protocol-allows-for-easy-remote-execution/)

This Week in Security: Annoyed Researchers, Dangling DNS, and Hacks that Could Have Been Worse
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/24/this-week-in-security-annoyed-researchers-dangling-dns-and-hacks-that-could-have-been-worse/

The author of the BlueHammer exploit, which was released earlier this month and addressed in the last Patch Tuesday, continues to be annoyed with the responses from the Microsoft security …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/24/this-week-in-security-annoyed-researchers-dangling-dns-and-hacks-that-could-have-been-worse/)

Spool Roller Gets Touch Screen
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/24/spool-roller-gets-touch-screen/

If you have a desktop 3D printer, you probably want something to hang filament spools on. [LVTRC] has a spool roller that fits the bill. It also incorporates a scale …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/24/spool-roller-gets-touch-screen/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 367: Radioactive Weather, Continuous Pickles, and Moon Junk
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/24/hackaday-podcast-episode-367-radioactive-weather-continuous-pickles-and-moon-junk/