Long-Range Night Vision with an Infrared Laser
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/18/long-range-night-vision-with-an-infrared-laser/

Most consumer-grade night vision devices are basically a standard camera without the usual filter to block near infrared (NIR) light, which are then paired with a NIR light source that’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/18/long-range-night-vision-with-an-infrared-laser/)

Voltmeter Clock Has The Time Dialled In
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/18/voltmeter-clock-has-the-time-dialled-in/

You could make a clock with three hands spinning about nested central shafts. If you did that, we probably wouldn’t publish it on Hackaday unless you really found a way …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/18/voltmeter-clock-has-the-time-dialled-in/)

Electroplating 3D Prints Without Requiring a Big Vat
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/18/electroplating-3d-prints-without-requiring-a-big-vat/

Electroplating 3D prints is a good way to get a pretty nice coating on even a basic PLA part, but generally you’re expected to dunk the entire part into a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/18/electroplating-3d-prints-without-requiring-a-big-vat/)

Prolog Via Pokémon
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/18/prolog-via-pokemon/

Like many people who read Hackaday, we are fairly fluent in a number of computer languages, but we have to admit it is easier to pick up languages that look …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/18/prolog-via-pokemon/)

Digital Organizer Given Modern Upgrade
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/18/digital-organizer-given-modern-upgrade/

Remember digital organizers? They were like the lower-spec version of a PDA that couldn’t really do much more than store a few phone numbers and calendar entries. [TundraLegendZ] recently grabbed …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/18/digital-organizer-given-modern-upgrade/)

Remembering the Tech We Lost With a Virtual Graveyard
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/19/remembering-the-tech-we-lost-with-a-virtual-graveyard/

Although 1999 might still feel like yesterday for some of us, in the world of technology the intervening years are practically an eternity. New websites, applications and devices pop up …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/19/remembering-the-tech-we-lost-with-a-virtual-graveyard/)

How Search Engines Enabled Finding Needles in a WWW-Sized Haystack
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/19/how-search-engines-enabled-finding-needles-in-a-www-sized-haystack/