Humans of all ages like music, but you can’t exactly pass a toddler the aux cable. That’s not to say the younger set don’t have their own particular tastes– they …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/09/radio-gaga-is-a-toddler-friendly-remote-in-a-radio/)

Mechanosynthesis of Atomic Carbon Structures Using Inverted-Mode STM
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/09/mechanosynthesis-of-atomic-carbon-structures-using-inverted-mode-stm/

Generally chemical synthesis involves putting a variety of compounds together in an environment where they will react and self-assemble into the desired product. Direct mechanical manipulation could be significantly more …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/09/mechanosynthesis-of-atomic-carbon-structures-using-inverted-mode-stm/)

Three Different Digital Counters To Remind Us How Good We Have It
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/09/three-different-digital-counters-to-remind-us-how-good-we-have-it/

Integrated electronic modules like counters and displays are convenient and space-saving, which may also make them easy to take for granted. [Nagy Krisztián] demonstrates this by making three very different …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/09/three-different-digital-counters-to-remind-us-how-good-we-have-it/)

A Super Cheap Desk Toy Becomes a Hackable Desktop Notifier
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/10/a-super-cheap-desk-toy-becomes-a-hackable-desktop-notifier/

The GeekMagic SmallTV is as its name suggests, a tiny, vaguely TV-styled, device with a screen, that’s sold as a desktop notifier. Depending on the firmware running on the device …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/10/a-super-cheap-desk-toy-becomes-a-hackable-desktop-notifier/)

Browser-Based Image Inpainting Runs Locally, If One Doesn’t Mind A Big Download
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/10/browser-based-image-inpainting-runs-locally-if-one-doesnt-mind-a-big-download/

[Simon Willison] ported the Moebuis 0.2B image inpainting model to run locally in a web browser.  The web tool simply requires a user to provide an image, mark a section …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/10/browser-based-image-inpainting-runs-locally-if-one-doesnt-mind-a-big-download/)

This Week in Security: Escaping Linux VMs, Vulnerable Solar, Confusing AI (Again), and Confusing NPM Malware
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/10/this-week-in-security-escaping-linux-vms-vulnerable-solar-confusing-ai-again-and-confusing-npm-malware/

The Januscape vulnerability allows a user in a guest VM managed by the Linux Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) to corrupt memory in the host system and break out of isolation. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/10/this-week-in-security-escaping-linux-vms-vulnerable-solar-confusing-ai-again-and-confusing-npm-malware/)

3D Printed Scooter Fits in Your Luggage, Some Assembly Required
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/10/3d-printed-scooter-fits-in-your-luggage-some-assembly-required/

Though [Ivan Miranda] calls the 3D printed vehicle in his recent video a motorbike, what he ultimately pulls out of his suitcase is clearly a scooter. Linguistic confusion aside, the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/10/3d-printed-scooter-fits-in-your-luggage-some-assembly-required/)