As good as a desktop OS may be, at some point it has to feature accelerated 3D graphics. This has been a bit of a sticking point for Haiku OS, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/12/porting-the-nvidia-gpu-driver-to-haiku-for-3d-acceleration/)

Hackaday Links: July 12, 2026
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/12/hackaday-links-july-12-2026/

Although we’d rather bring you news of clever modifications and repairs down on the farm, more often than not, the name “John Deere” has appeared on the pages of Hackaday …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/12/hackaday-links-july-12-2026/)

Musing on AI from 1964
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/12/musing-on-ai-from-1964/

[Irving John Good] was at Trinity College, Oxford back in 1964. His paper, “Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine” could have been a topic for today, as we deal with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/12/musing-on-ai-from-1964/)

CGI Motion Capture with only a Camera
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/12/cgi-motion-capture-with-only-a-camera/

Computer-generated imagery (CGI) has largely replaced physical models in major film productions these days, but the transition didn’t exactly happen overnight. For a time there was an effort to blend …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/12/cgi-motion-capture-with-only-a-camera/)

Newton’s Cradle Isn’t Really Perpetual
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/13/newtons-cradle-isnt-really-perpetual/

If any astute Hackaday reader saw [dongvua90]’s Newton’s cradle go on without human intervention all day long, they’d probably suspect the truth: there’s a battery and a magnet involved. But …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/13/newtons-cradle-isnt-really-perpetual/)

DIY Steam Controller Puck Offers Xbox, Switch, PlayStation Emulation Modes
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/13/diy-steam-controller-puck-offers-xbox-switch-playstation-emulation-modes/

Valve recently released a new version of the Steam Controller, which features a wired USB puck that serves both as charger and dedicated, low-latency wireless receiver. The downside is they …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/13/diy-steam-controller-puck-offers-xbox-switch-playstation-emulation-modes/)

The Death of Physical Media and the Real Challenges to Software Archiving
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/13/the-death-of-physical-media-and-the-real-challenges-to-software-archiving/

Along with the many displays of outrage, gnashing of teeth and other displays of profound grief at the recent news that Sony will no longer manufacture physical game discs come …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/13/the-death-of-physical-media-and-the-real-challenges-to-software-archiving/)

Voltmeter-Based Floating Point Calculator Does It In Style
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/13/voltmeter-based-floating-point-calculator-does-it-in-style/