Well, it depends when you’re going to be househunting– if it’s anytime soon, Betteridge’s law applies, but if your time horizon is a ways further out, [Miana Smith] at MIT …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/08/could-your-next-house-be-built-from-giant-lego-by-an-inchworm-robot/)
Reverse-engineering the 1998 Ultima Online demo server
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/08/reverse-engineering-the-1998-ultima-online-demo-server/
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/08/reverse-engineering-the-1998-ultima-online-demo-server/
In any MMORPG, the average user will generally only encounter the client side of the system. This makes building a compatible open source version of the proprietary server into a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/08/reverse-engineering-the-1998-ultima-online-demo-server/)
Getting a Proprietary-Bus GPU onto PCIe Enables Cheaper Local LLMs, For Now
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/09/getting-a-proprietary-bus-gpu-onto-pcie-enables-cheaper-local-llms-for-now/
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/09/getting-a-proprietary-bus-gpu-onto-pcie-enables-cheaper-local-llms-for-now/
If you’ve been thinking of getting into self-hosting generative AI, but don’t have a big budget for hardware, you might want to check out [Hardware Haven]’s latest video on an …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/09/getting-a-proprietary-bus-gpu-onto-pcie-enables-cheaper-local-llms-for-now/)
It’s an Apple Lisa, on a FPGA
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/09/its-an-apple-lisa-on-a-fpga/
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/09/its-an-apple-lisa-on-a-fpga/
Most of us will know that Apple’s precursor to the Macintosh series of computers was a machine called the Lisa. Something of a behemoth compared to those early Macs, it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/09/its-an-apple-lisa-on-a-fpga/)
We got asked a great question in the mailbag segment on the Podcast this week: are there hacks that we have read about on Hackaday that we use in our …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/09/copy-or-redesign/)
Machining a Two-Stroke Engine out of Aluminium
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/09/machining-a-two-stroke-engine-out-of-aluminium/
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/09/machining-a-two-stroke-engine-out-of-aluminium/
Recently [Camden Bowen] took a swing at machining a two-stroke engine out of billet aluminium, following adventures in 3D printing such an engine, as well as building one out of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/09/machining-a-two-stroke-engine-out-of-aluminium/)
Remembering the BBC Computer Literacy Project
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/09/remembering-the-bbc-computer-literacy-project/
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/09/remembering-the-bbc-computer-literacy-project/
There comes a point in everybody’s life when things that they were a part of are presented as history, and for the 8-bit generation, that time is now. It’s interesting …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/09/remembering-the-bbc-computer-literacy-project/)
The Noctua Fan Files and the Limits of 3D Printing PC Fans
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/09/the-noctua-fan-files-and-the-limits-of-3d-printing-pc-fans/
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/09/the-noctua-fan-files-and-the-limits-of-3d-printing-pc-fans/