2026 Green Powered Challenge: A Portable Solar Panel, Made Better
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/26/2026-green-powered-challenge-a-portable-solar-panel-made-better/

Many of us will have seen the portable solar panels offered on our favourite online purveyors of electronics, but some who have bought them remain unimpressed with their performance.  [t.oster92] …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/26/2026-green-powered-challenge-a-portable-solar-panel-made-better/)

Freeze Moving Tools with a Stroboscopic Camera
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/26/freeze-moving-tools-with-a-stroboscopic-camera/

If you take a video of a spinning wheel, you’ll probably notice that the spokes appear to turn more slowly than the wheel is actually rotating, and sometimes in the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/26/freeze-moving-tools-with-a-stroboscopic-camera/)

A Sail and Oar Skiff Built from Common Lumber
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/26/a-sail-and-oar-skiff-built-from-common-lumber/

For those first venturing into sailing, it can be overwhelming since the experience is thick with jargon and skills that don’t often show up in life ashore. With endless choices, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/26/a-sail-and-oar-skiff-built-from-common-lumber/)

Hackaday Links: April 26, 2026
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/26/hackaday-links-april-26-2026/

It’s been three weeks since the Artemis II crew returned to Earth, and while the mission might be over for Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/26/hackaday-links-april-26-2026/)

Mist, Mirrors, Laser : Multi-view 3D Projection
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/26/mist-mirrors-laser-multi-view-3d-projection/

“Lights, camera, action!” might have been the call when recording back in the day, but for an awesome three-dimensional viewing experience, you might try yelling “Mist, Mirrors, Laser!” and following …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/26/mist-mirrors-laser-multi-view-3d-projection/)

A Trackball 3D Controller
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/27/a-trackball-3d-controller/

We use CAD packages in our 3D work, and it’s likely that many of us have become annoyed by the limitations of controlling the view of a 3D object using …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/27/a-trackball-3d-controller/)

How Pizza Tycoon Simulates Traffic on a 25 MHz CPU
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/27/how-pizza-tycoon-simulates-traffic-on-a-25-mhz-cpu/