British Street Addresses, When Licenses Collide
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/14/british-street-addresses-when-licenses-collide/

The world of open source — and in particular open source licenses — is something we cover regularly here at Hackaday with respect to hardware and software, but it’s not …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/14/british-street-addresses-when-licenses-collide/)

Teardown: ChargeTab Emergency Phone Charger
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/14/teardown-chargetab-emergency-phone-charger/

If you own a modern smartphone, there’s an excellent chance that its battery has run dangerously low on you at least a few times. Murphy’s Law dictates that this will …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/14/teardown-chargetab-emergency-phone-charger/)

Automating Window Shades With Home Assistant
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/14/automating-window-shades-with-home-assistant/

Most people love window shades, but many dislike the tedium of having to open and close them over the course of each day. While there are automation options here, if …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/14/automating-window-shades-with-home-assistant/)

Ask Hackaday: Do We Need a 21st Century Calculator?
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/14/ask-hackaday-do-we-need-a-21st-century-calculator/

Three resistors in parallel: 4.7 k,Ω 22 kΩ, and 3.3 kΩ. Quick! What’s the equivalent value? You can estimate it, of course, but if you want the actual 1.8 kΩ …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/14/ask-hackaday-do-we-need-a-21st-century-calculator/)

Using a Nintendo Switch to Speed Up a 3D Printer
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/15/using-a-nintendo-switch-to-speed-up-a-3d-printer/

3D printers are almost never fast enough. [Cocoanix] had a Prusa MK3S with this very problem. He found it to be disappointingly tedious when completing even simple prints, and sought …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/15/using-a-nintendo-switch-to-speed-up-a-3d-printer/)

preFlight Slicer Brings Added Part Strength Feature, and Many More
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/15/preflight-slicer-brings-added-part-strength-feature-and-many-more/

Interested in taking some wild new 3D printing features for a test drive? preFlight is free and open source slicer that brings a host of processing improvements as well as …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/15/preflight-slicer-brings-added-part-strength-feature-and-many-more/)

Hacking Hard Drive Firmware
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/15/hacking-hard-drive-firmware/