Pity the poor Australians. Isolated on a jagged hunk of land far from everywhere else, these industrious people have to take two-legged flights (or more) to reach a great many …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/06/ultra-long-range-flights-to-ease-australian-air-travel/)

The Bit79 was a Famicom clone that took the “Family Computer” Name Seriously
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It’s a Famiclone, Jim, but not as we know it.
" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bit79Feat.jpg?w=800">While the original name of what much of the world knows as the NES was the Nintendo Family Computer, or Famicom for short, it was very rarely used as a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/06/__trashed-14/)

How to Rebuild an 1800s Victorian Leclanché cell
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The 19th century was an absolutely electrifying era, including in a literal sense. Although the phenomenon of electricity had been known by that time for centuries, actually making it do …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/06/how-to-rebuild-an-1800s-victorian-leclanche-cell/)

Flight Sim Tracking from Spatial Audio
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Flight sims are wonderful to play around with to get immersed in the position of a pilot. Racing sims can give you a thrill that can only be beaten by …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/06/flight-sim-tracking-from-spatial-audio/)

Performance Improvements For Open-Source 80386
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The Intel 80386 is a rather fascinating slice of computer history. It marked the first 32 bit X86 processor, and was a staple of early desktop computing. Like all chips, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/06/performance-improvements-for-open-source-80386/)

Belt Fed Potato Cannon Spits Spuds
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Spud guns are a staple of summertime fun for the maker set, especially on the Eagleland side of the pond, combining as they do two of our favourite things: firearms …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/06/belt-fed-potato-cannon-spits-spuds/)

Why the NES Put Out a Wobbly Picture
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The NTSC television standard is a masterpiece of mid-century engineering, to pack a color image into the transmission bandwidth of a monochrome one, and to do so while maintaining backward …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/07/why-the-nes-put-out-a-wobbly-picture/)

An Interactive Tomato Farm Overseen by AI
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