These days, we take it for granted that a video game console will have multiple USB ports. There’s even an expectation that basic peripherals such as storage devices will “Just …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/homebrew-webcam-support-for-the-original-xbox/)

Stratasys vs Bambu Lab: Industrial vs Consumer ABS Showdown
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/stratasys-vs-bambu-lab-industrial-vs-consumer-abs-showdown/

Professional Stratasys FDM printers demand a pretty hefty price premium over your typical hobbyist-level machine, with the gold-plating continuing even with the special filament cartridges that you buy for some …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/stratasys-vs-bambu-lab-industrial-vs-consumer-abs-showdown/)

Pi Pico Puts Bluetooth Keyboards on the I2C Bus
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/pi-pico-puts-bluetooth-keyboards-on-the-i2c-bus/

If you’ve ever worked with I2C, you know its one of those things that makes working with modern microcontrollers such a pleasure. With a few wires and not many more …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/pi-pico-puts-bluetooth-keyboards-on-the-i2c-bus/)

Pi Pico Demos, Therefore It Is
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/pi-pico-demos-therefore-it-is/

A good demo, like [Linus Akesson]’s Sum Ergo Demonstrato, looks like magic to the average hacker. To normies who don’t know the limitations of the RP2350, they don’t see the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/pi-pico-demos-therefore-it-is/)

Building a Gifford-McMahon Cryocooler With 3D-Printed Parts
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/building-a-gifford-mcmahon-cryocooler-with-3d-printed-parts/

Although cryocoolers are capable of pretty impressive cooling, for many of them the underlying working principle is simple enough that you do not need any special skills or a big …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/building-a-gifford-mcmahon-cryocooler-with-3d-printed-parts/)

A RayCast FPS in COBOL
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/a-raycast-fps-in-cobol/

COBOL is not the first language anyone would ever think of when writing a First Person Shooter– after all , it’s the Common Business Oriented Language, not the Common Game …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/06/a-raycast-fps-in-cobol/)

Less Than 10 Years? Commonwealth Fusion Systems Applies to Plug into Grid in 2030s
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/07/less-than-10-years-commonwealth-fusion-systems-applies-to-plug-into-grid-in-2030s/

Whenever the topic of fusion power comes up, someone will say it’s only 10 years away from commercialization in an excited tone, and someone older or more cynical will point …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/07/less-than-10-years-commonwealth-fusion-systems-applies-to-plug-into-grid-in-2030s/)

A New Life For a Rare Console
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/07/a-new-life-for-a-rare-console/

One of the delights of our tips line is that from time to time it brings us retrocomputing hardware that, despite years of reporting, we were not aware existed. [Hitmanmcc] …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/07/a-new-life-for-a-rare-console/)

LIPS is an Open Source Sip-And-Puff Interface
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/07/lips-is-an-open-source-sip-and-puff-interface/