The NES was Nintendo’s smash hit console of the 1980s, the international version of their Japanese Famicom system. It wasn’t a particularly complex device, so it was the subject of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/01/reverse-engineering-a-rock-bottom-nes-clone/)

Revisiting Making Your Own Internet Router in 2026
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/01/revisiting-making-your-own-internet-router-in-2026/

an Ethernet cable pluged into a network router
" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/internet_router.jpg?w=800">After my recent misadventures setting up an OpenWrt installation on a scruffy e-waste-level x86 PC, quite a few people chimed in with feedback, criticism and friendly hostility regarding things like …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/01/revisiting-making-your-own-internet-router-in-2026/)

Like a Wire Bender, But For Pop Tubes
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/01/like-a-wire-bender-but-for-pop-tubes/

Are you familiar with pop tubes? Resembling the corrugated section of a bendy straw, they are at the core of PopTuber, an intriguing research project from the Actuated Experience Lab …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/01/like-a-wire-bender-but-for-pop-tubes/)

Know Your Food: Cheesemaking
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/01/know-your-food-cheesemaking/

There’s a thing that people who grew up on farms all share: a connection with food production that isn’t some mystical rose-tinted woo from a TV chef, but instead a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/01/know-your-food-cheesemaking/)

On the Wisdom of Replacing a NiMH Module in a Prius Battery Pack
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/01/on-the-wisdom-of-replacing-a-nimh-module-in-a-prius-battery-pack/

It’s possible to get a pretty good deal on used Toyota Prius cars, but as with all hybrid cars that also means a used battery pack and resulting issues. In …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/01/on-the-wisdom-of-replacing-a-nimh-module-in-a-prius-battery-pack/)

Bilingual E-paper News Feed Helps Brush Up Language Skills
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/01/bilingual-e-paper-news-feed-helps-brush-up-language-skills/

[Bob] recently completed LanguageLearner, a desktop device that increases his exposure to a second language by offering up bite-sized news items in Italian, with a complementary English translation. Even better, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/01/bilingual-e-paper-news-feed-helps-brush-up-language-skills/)

After the Dust Settles: Building Pebble Apps
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/01/after-the-dust-settles-building-pebble-apps/

For a piece of wearable technology, Pebble has had a fairly “rocky” history. One of the most successful Kickstarters of its era, it went on to get acquired by FitBit, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/01/after-the-dust-settles-building-pebble-apps/)

Restoring Apple’s Terrible but Awesome iBook Laptop
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/01/restoring-apples-terrible-but-awesome-ibook-laptop/