White Rails are the Infrastructure Hack We Didn’t Know We Needed
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/16/white-rails-are-the-infrastructure-hack-we-didnt-know-we-needed/

Railroads might be a nineteenth century technology, but they’re still the backbone of cargo transportation in the 21st century. They’ve also far from run out of innovation, including this one …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/16/white-rails-are-the-infrastructure-hack-we-didnt-know-we-needed/)

A Sloshing-Mercury-Powered Neon Light
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/16/a-sloshing-mercury-powered-neon-light/

In 1675, while transporting a barometer by night, the astronomer Jean Picard noticed a glow inside its glass tube, just above the mercury. As the mercury sloshed and splashed across …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/16/a-sloshing-mercury-powered-neon-light/)

Wireless LCD Streaming for the ANENG AN870 Multimeter
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/wireless-lcd-streaming-for-the-aneng-an870-multimeter/

Having the information shown on the display of a digital multimeter also recorded off-screen can be incredibly useful, but unless the device exposes something like SCPI on a network interface, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/wireless-lcd-streaming-for-the-aneng-an870-multimeter/)

EU Adds Exemptions to User-Serviceable Batteries Rules
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/eu-adds-exemptions-to-user-serviceable-batteries-rules/

Built-in batteries put a timebomb inside devices, with especially the calendar aging feature of Li-ion chemistries setting a hard limit on when you’ll have to toss the device or figure …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/eu-adds-exemptions-to-user-serviceable-batteries-rules/)

This Week in Security: Another Record Patch Tuesday, LAME is More Secure, Secure Boot is Less Secure, and Milk Malware
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/this-week-in-security-another-record-patch-tuesday-lame-is-more-secure-secure-boot-is-less-secure-and-milk-malware/

Following the reports last week using the Windows Global Device ID (GDID) in tracking a malware operators behavior, here is a comprehensive write-up about what goes into the GDID and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/this-week-in-security-another-record-patch-tuesday-lame-is-more-secure-secure-boot-is-less-secure-and-milk-malware/)

MacSurf Hits 2.0 To Bring PowerPCs back Online
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/macsurf-hits-2-0-to-bring-powerpcs-back-online/

There’s an interesting thing about retrocomputing — the moment that you realize your 25-year-old machine can do almost everything your average person uses a computer for. The problem is that the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/macsurf-hits-2-0-to-bring-powerpcs-back-online/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 378: C Coders, Ceramic Printers, and Shadow Archives
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/hackaday-podcast-episode-378-c-coders-ceramic-printers-and-shadow-archives/