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In Praise of the Proof of Concept

Posted on February 21, 2026 by Elliot Williams

Your project doesn’t necessarily have to be a refined masterpiece to have an impact on the global hacker hivemind. Case in point: this great demo of using a 64-point time-of-flight …read more Continue reading In Praise of the Proof of Concept→

Posted in Hackaday Columns, nerdsniping, newsletter, proof of concept, rants

2026 Hackaday Europe Call for Participation: We Want You!

Posted on February 18, 2026 by Elliot Williams

Here’s the Hackaday Europe 2026 announcement that you’ve all been waiting for. But wait! This year there’s a twist, or rather two. What absolutely hasn’t changed, though, is that we’d …read more Continue reading 2026 Hackaday Europe Call for Participation: We Want You!→

Posted in 2026 Hackaday Europe, cons, Hackaday Columns, hackaday europe, Italy, Superconference

Honor Thy Error

Posted on February 14, 2026 by Elliot Williams

Musician Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies are like a Tarot card deck full of whimsical ideas meant to break up a creative-block situation, particularly in the recording studio. They’re loads of …read more Continue reading Honor Thy Error→

Posted in Creativity, Hackaday Columns, mistakes, newsletter, oblique strategies, rants | Tagged Art

Secret Ingredients

Posted on January 31, 2026 by Elliot Williams

We were talking on the podcast about rope. But not just any rope – especially non-stretchy rope for using in a mechanical context. The hack in question was a bicycle …read more Continue reading Secret Ingredients→

Posted in cable robots, Hackaday Columns, magic, newsletter, rants | Tagged Dyneema

Crazy Old Machines

Posted on January 24, 2026 by Elliot Williams

Al and I were talking about the IBM 9020 FAA Air Traffic Control computer system on the podcast. It’s a strange machine, made up of a bunch of IBM System …read more Continue reading Crazy Old Machines→

Posted in computer architecture, computer hacks, computer history, Hackaday Columns, newsletter, retrocomputing

Get Bored!

Posted on January 17, 2026 by Elliot Williams

My son went over to a friends house this afternoon, when my wife had been planning on helping him with his French homework. This meant she had an hour or …read more Continue reading Get Bored!→

Posted in boredom, Creativity, Hackaday Columns, newsletter, rants

For the Fun of It

Posted on January 10, 2026 by Elliot Williams

I was off at the Chaos Communication Congress last weekend, and one of the big attractions for one who is nerdily inclined is seeing all of the personal projects that …read more Continue reading For the Fun of It→

Posted in fun, Hackaday Columns, Hacking, newsletter, rants

39C3: Liberating ESP32 Bluetooth

Posted on December 30, 2025 by Elliot Williams

Bluetooth is everywhere, but it’s hard to inspect. Most of the magic is done inside a Bluetooth controller chip, accessed only through a controller-specific Host-Controller Interface (HCI) protocol, and almost …read more Continue reading 39C3: Liberating ESP32 Bluetooth→

Posted in 39C3, cons, Reverse-engineering, wireless hacks | Tagged Bluetooth

39C3: Recreating Sandstorm

Posted on December 29, 2025 by Elliot Williams

Some synthesizer sounds are just catchy, but some of them are genre-defining. We think you could make that case for the Roland JP-8000 patch “Sandstorm”, which you’ve heard if you …read more Continue reading 39C3: Recreating Sandstorm→

Posted in 39C3, DSP, musical hacks, Reverse-engineering, synthesizers

39C3: Hacking Washing Machines

Posted on December 29, 2025 by Elliot Williams

Many of us have them, few of us really hack on them: well, here we’re talking about large home appliances. [Severin von Wnuck-Lipinski] and [Hajo Noerenberg] were both working on …read more Continue reading 39C3: Hacking Washing Machines→

Posted in 39C3, classic hacks, cons, Hacking, Reverse-engineering, washing machine

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