Retrotechtacular: Julius Sumner Miller Breaks Lamps with Magnets
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/retrotechtacular-julius-sumner-miller-breaks-lamps-with-magnets/

If you watched the Mickey Mouse Club way back when, you might remember Professor Wonderful, who was, in reality, physics professor [Julius Sumner Miller]. He also had his own show, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/retrotechtacular-julius-sumner-miller-breaks-lamps-with-magnets/)

Why Opposed Piston Internal Combustion Engines Are Great
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/why-opposed-piston-internal-combustion-engines-are-great/

Converting the ignition of a fuel-air mixture into usable mechanical energy lies at the core of a dizzying number of internal combustion engines developed over the course of more than …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/why-opposed-piston-internal-combustion-engines-are-great/)

AI On Every Machine: The LLM You Probably Didn’t Want
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/ai-on-every-machine-the-llm-you-didnt-know-about-and-probably-didnt-want/

It’s been a story of the last week or so if you follow the kind of news channels a Hackaday scribe does, that Google have quietly installed an LLM as …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/ai-on-every-machine-the-llm-you-didnt-know-about-and-probably-didnt-want/)

Taking Polyphony to a New Level
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/taking-polyphony-to-a-new-level/

There are all manner of musical synthesis techniques, from the early electromechanical instruments through analogue tape systhesis, the all-electronic waveform synthesisers of the 1960s onwards, and Yamaha’s FM systhesis of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/taking-polyphony-to-a-new-level/)

Direct FDM Printing with Granules
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/direct-fdm-printing-with-granules/

The idea of FDM 3D printing using granules rather than filament is an appealing one: rather than having to wrangle spools of filament that need to adhere to strict dimensions …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/direct-fdm-printing-with-granules/)

A 1947 Radio Gets A Face Lift
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/a-1947-radio-gets-a-face-lift/

We’ve all done it. We spy an old radio at a garage sale or resale shop. We know someone should bring it back to life, but it looks like a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/a-1947-radio-gets-a-face-lift/)

Learn Programming Without a Computer
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/learn-programming-without-a-computer/

Presumably aimed at children, NHK World’s Texico program teaches the main ideas about programming without actually using a computer. Instead, it uses items like a toy train, playing cards, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/learn-programming-without-a-computer/)