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In 2024, [Jan Roetz] decided to see whether he could 3D print a Benchy – the boat-shaped benchmarking tool used in 3D printer calibration – in less than one minute. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/30/the-final-steps-to-a-sub-minute-benchy/)
The monitors used on older computers are now becoming difficult to find, as we doubt anything for MDA, CGA, Hercules, or EGA has been manufactured in decades. Even VGA, though …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/31/modern-graphics-via-displaylink-for-your-isa-era-pc/)
Although LCD displays have been used in almost every type of consumer electronics display over the last two decades, many of these screens have a few downsides that limit their …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/31/ebike-display-uses-reflective-lcd/)
Recently [Throaty Mumbo] took a poke at another daft idea, in the form of loading Sega Genesis games off vinyl records. Although a whacky idea, it’s made possible through the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/31/loading-sega-genesis-games-off-a-vinyl-record/)
What’s one to do with some nice little relays of questionable pinout, and prototyping board? How about a quietly clicky 4-bit counter using relay logic with tons of buttons? [Agatha …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/31/4-bit-relay-logic-counter-begs-to-have-its-buttons-pushed/)
When we think of CRT camera viewfinders, most of us probably imagine the tiny CRTs you’d find in a 1980s camcorder. They’re super cute and a load of fun to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/31/a-camera-viewfinder-makes-a-great-tv/)
If you’re located in the Northeast United States and thought you heard an explosion yesterday afternoon, it wasn’t just your imagination — multiple sources have now confirmed that a 1 …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/31/hackaday-links-may-31-2026/)
Running an optical character recognition (OCR) server might sound like it would need some powerful hardware, like a rack-mounted, water-cooled machine, or at least a nice desktop or laptop. But …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/31/off-grid-ocr-server-powered-by-iphone/)