Once upon a time, you had to carefully budget your microcontroller’s resources if you wanted to do something as simple as flash a bunch of LEDs. These days, they’re powerful …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/10/lara-croft-on-a-microcontroller/)

This Circuit Sculpture is an ESP32-Powered Console
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/11/this-circuit-sculpture-is-an-esp32-powered-console/

Expressif might not have intended the ESP32-S3 to become an emulation powerhouse, but that’s certainly what has happened. The little microcontroller seems perfect for recreating the Game Boys or Game …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/11/this-circuit-sculpture-is-an-esp32-powered-console/)

Purely Random TV In Your Browser
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/11/purely-random-tv-in-your-browser/

One of the things we used to appreciate about broadcast television is that… you kinda just got what you got. You didn’t have to choose beyond picking a channel, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/11/purely-random-tv-in-your-browser/)

This Week in Security: It’s Patch Tuesday Again, TVs Spying, Supply Chain Worms Return, Prolonged Hack Impacts, Stolen IDs
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/11/this-week-in-security-its-patch-tuesday-again-tvs-spying-supply-chain-worms-return-prolonged-hack-impacts-stolen-ids/

Several times this summer, Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday, the monthly roundup of major security patches for Microsoft products, has included record-breaking numbers of security fixes. The August 2026 patch set actually …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/11/this-week-in-security-its-patch-tuesday-again-tvs-spying-supply-chain-worms-return-prolonged-hack-impacts-stolen-ids/)

How To Fold Curved Lines in Metal Without Fancy Tools
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/11/how-to-fold-curved-lines-in-metal-without-fancy-tools/

Folding a sheet of metal in a straight line is one thing, but how does one fold multiple curved lines into a sheet of aluminum without fancy machines? [John] demonstrates …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/11/how-to-fold-curved-lines-in-metal-without-fancy-tools/)

All The Best Computers Boot To… Python?
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/11/all-the-best-computers-boot-to-python/

Among all the machines of the 8-bit home computer era which booted straight to a BASIC prompt, there were a very few that went their own way with another language. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/11/all-the-best-computers-boot-to-python/)

Looking at a TRS-80 12 MB External Hard Drive from 1983
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/12/looking-at-a-trs-80-12-mb-external-hard-drive-from-1983/

Although hard disks weren’t a common feature yet in many home computers in the 1980s, they were becoming increasingly more affordable. For relative meanings of the word ‘affordable’, naturally. This …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/12/looking-at-a-trs-80-12-mb-external-hard-drive-from-1983/)