Holograms, From Your Plotter
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/13/holograms-from-your-plotter/

When mass-printed holograms appeared on magazines in the 1980s they were a huge novelty, before degrading to the level of kids’ stickers in the years since. At the time they …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/13/holograms-from-your-plotter/)

Supercon Ten Tickets on Sale Now
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/13/supercon-ten-tickets-on-sale-now/

Hackers, start your engines! We’re opening up ticket sales for our tenth, the 2026 Hackaday Supercon, to take place Nov 6-8 in Pasadena, CA. As always, because we haven’t announced …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/13/supercon-ten-tickets-on-sale-now/)

Bridging Older Tasmota Hardware Into Apple Home
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/13/bridging-older-tasmota-hardware-into-apple-home/

The Tasmota firmware is a popular choice for flashing to a range of Espressif microcontrollers to turn them into smart home devices. If you have such devices in your house, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/13/bridging-older-tasmota-hardware-into-apple-home/)

Tearing Down A Cheap Digital Caliper
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/13/tearing-down-a-cheap-digital-caliper/

Most hackers and makers end up with a cheap pair of calipers in the toolbox at some point or another. [DiodeGoneWild] decided to take a particularly cheap plastic pair and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/13/tearing-down-a-cheap-digital-caliper/)

Troubleshooting Video Delay On The Raspberry Pi
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/13/troubleshooting-video-delay-on-the-raspberry-pi/

The Raspberry Pi line of single-board computers are great little devices, and they can do great things with cameras and video. However, there can be a fair bit of latency …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/13/troubleshooting-video-delay-on-the-raspberry-pi/)

Removing Microplastics from Soil with Tumbling Magnetic Flakes
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/13/removing-microplastics-from-soil-with-tumbling-magnetic-flakes/

While in aquatic environments microplastics can be filtered out relatively easily, in soil it’s much harder to get to these microscopic particles. While you can certainly strip mine an entire …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/13/removing-microplastics-from-soil-with-tumbling-magnetic-flakes/)

Rare IBM PC Brought Back To Life
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/13/rare-ibm-pc-brought-back-to-life/