Supercon is Nigh!
The 2026 Hackaday Superconference is just around the corner in November. It’s hard to believe that we’ve been having an annual gathering for so long, but this is number ten. …read more Continue reading Supercon is Nigh!
Author Archives: Elliot Williams
Hunting the Wild Vibrotruck
A few weeks ago, my wife was out walking the dog, and she sent me four or five photos of small orange boxes planted all around our neighborhood. (OK, I’ll …read more Continue reading Hunting the Wild Vibrotruck
Hackaday Europe 2026: Outdoors with Robots
Erin Kennedy has been building robots for over a decade now, with a focus on smaller bots that interact with, or maybe even clean up, the outdoor environment. Still other …read more Continue reading Hackaday Europe 2026: Outdoors with Robots
If at First You Don’t Succeed…
… at least document what failed and give the failure analysis a good effort. And then later on, you can “try, try again” or let someone else carry on with …read more Continue reading If at First You Don’t Succeed…
Same As It Ever Was
Whether you like it or not, the use of LLMs to write code is kind of a big deal at the moment. We’ve been asking ourselves what, if anything, this …read more Continue reading Same As It Ever Was
You Gotta Want It
On Hackaday last week, and on the podcast, we were talking about one of the educational toys of yesteryear that launched a thousand careers, at least if the comment section …read more Continue reading You Gotta Want It
Announcing the 2026 Hackaday Retrocomputing Challenge
What is it about retrocomputing? For some people, it’s nostalgia. For others, it’s the appeal of simplicity. For still others, it’s the chance to save old machines from the graveyard. …read more Continue reading Announcing the 2026 Hackaday Retrocomputing Challenge
Fully Characterized Systems
A friend from my old hackerspace was in grad school for electrical engineering. He had a professor who would ask, when something went wrong with a student project, “Have you …read more Continue reading Fully Characterized Systems
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 Continue reading Supercon Ten Tickets on Sale Now
Procrastineers Rejoice! 2026 Supercon Call For Participation Extended
A few weeks ago, we put out the call for participation for this year’s 2026 Hackaday Supercon, taking place in Pasadena, CA this November. Today was going to be the …read more Continue reading Procrastineers Rejoice! 2026 Supercon Call For Participation Extended