Times are tough out there, and many are starting to feel the pressure at the grocery store checkout line or the gas pump. But whenever you start to worry about …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/14/hackaday-links-june-14-2026/)

Building Your Own X-Ray Detector Screen
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Fluoroscopy is probably the best-known method of X-ray imaging: an X-ray beam passes through the subject to be imaged, and the transmitted X-rays illuminate a phosphor screen. Dense objects, such …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/14/building-your-own-x-ray-detector-screen/)

IKEA Storage Box Just Happens To Make Great Printer Cover
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The Snapmaker U1 3D printer is an impressive machine for the price, but [Beaver Works] found the optional factory-offered top cover a wee bit expensive for his tastes. The solution? …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/14/ikea-storage-box-just-happens-to-make-great-printer-cover/)

The Y2K Bug in BSD 2.11 that Survived 2000
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The PDP-11/70, [Oscar]’s next project
" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/11-70.jpg?w=702">A year before the arrival of the brand-new 21st millennium, the Year 2000 Bug was predicted to grind modern society to a halt and ensure that at the dawn of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/15/the-y2k-bug-in-bsd-2-11-that-survived-2000/)

Wooden Piano Keys Hold Your Less-Wooden, Not-Piano Keys
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There are many ways to deal with keys: a bowl next to the entryway, a junk drawer, or you can just leave them in your pockets and hope you remember …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/15/wooden-piano-keys-hold-your-less-wooden-not-piano-keys/)

Picking a CRC
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You send a file, but how do you know it arrived intact? In other words, how do you know that it didn’t get cut off, garbled, or changed somehow? Simplistically, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/15/picking-a-crc/)

Downloadable Xbox Thumbstick Toppers Give Gamers Accessibility Options
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Microsoft has a history of taking accessibility options seriously for gaming controllers, and that trend continues with downloadable thumbstick toppers for Xbox controllers. Being straight from the source, the 3D …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/15/downloadable-xbox-thumbstick-toppers-give-gamers-accessibility-options/)

Custer’s Revenge: eVTOL Drone Brings Back Channel Wings
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You have to be a pretty big aviation nerd to know about [Willard Ray Custer] and his channel wing concept, but if you are, you’ll be giddy to hear about …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/15/custers-revenge-evtol-drone-brings-back-channel-wings/)