Collaborate Disseminate
If you’ve ever run a game server or used BitTorrent, you probably know that life is easier if your router supports UPnP (Universal Plug and Play). This is a fairly …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: UPNP A Port Mapping Odyssey
In the early days of aviation, pilots or their navigators used a plethora of tools to solve common navigation and piloting problems. There was definitely a need for some kind …read more Continue reading The Zero-Power Flight Computer
In the early days of the Internet, having a high-speed IP connection in your home or even a small business was, if not impossible, certainly a rarity. Connecting to a …read more Continue reading The Rise and Fall of Free Dial Up Internet
It is a safe bet that nearly all Hackaday readers like to at least imagine what it would be like to build and live in an orbital station, on the …read more Continue reading Fictional Moon: Reality TV and SciFi Don’t Mix
They say you should never throw out old clothes because they will come back in style one day. Maybe they are right. We noted in a recent BBC post that, …read more Continue reading Ask Hackaday: Wired or Wireless Headphones?
If you have ever read science fiction, you’ve probably seen “alternate history” stories. You know, where Europeans didn’t discover the New World until the 19th century, or the ancient Egyptians …read more Continue reading The IPV4 We Didn’t Get
If you think about it, you can’t be sure that what you see for the color red, for example, is what anyone else in the world actually sees. All you …read more Continue reading Seeing the World Through Animal Eyes
Admit it. If you haven’t created your own little programming language, you’ve probably at least thought about it. [Muffed] decided to create a unique — and sweet — programming language …read more Continue reading The Sweetest Programming Language: MNM
While it might not be comprehensive, [Bret.dk] recently posted a retrospective titled “Every Single Board Computer I Tested in 2025.” The post covers 15 boards from 8 different companies. The …read more Continue reading Last Year in SBCs
You are at war. Trains are key to keeping your army supplied with fuel, ammunition, food, and medical supplies. But, inexplicably, your trains keep blowing up. Sabotage? Enemy attack? There’s …read more Continue reading Hiding a Bomb in Plain Sight