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Haiku Isn’t Just for X86 Anymore, Boots on ARM in QEMU

Posted on April 16, 2026 by Tyler August

Ever since it was called OpenBeOS, Haiku has targeted the x86 platform. That makes good sense: it’s hard enough maintaining a niche system on ubiquitous hardware. But x86 isn’t the …read more Continue reading Haiku Isn’t Just for X86 Anymore, Boots on ARM in QEMU→

Posted in ARM, ARM architecture, beos, haiku, RISCV, software development

Hacking Fermentation for Infinite Pickles from Pass-thru Bioreactor

Posted on April 15, 2026 by Tyler August

Home-fermented foods are great– they’re healthier, more flavourful, and cheaper than store-bought alternatives. What they aren’t is convenient: you need to prep a big batch of veggies, let it sit, …read more Continue reading Hacking Fermentation for Infinite Pickles from Pass-thru Bioreactor→

Posted in @Pickle, bioreactor, fermentation, misc hacks | Tagged Biohack, Food

Four Choppers and a Blimp: The Bizarre Piasecki Helistat

Posted on April 14, 2026 by Tyler August

Over two decades after it was last deflated, detached from its gondola, and crated up at Lakehurst, the gas bag of an N-class ZPG-2W blimp was broken out and dusted …read more Continue reading Four Choppers and a Blimp: The Bizarre Piasecki Helistat→

Posted in aeronautics, blimp, engineering, Featured, heliostat, history | Tagged Quad

They Weren’t Joking: Gentoo WAS ported to GNU Hurd

Posted on April 14, 2026 by Tyler August

Long ago, in the aftermath of the UNIX wars, three kernels emerged from the rubble: BSD, Linux, and Hurd. BSD, being UNIX, was held back by legal wrangling in the …read more Continue reading They Weren’t Joking: Gentoo WAS ported to GNU Hurd→

Posted in Gentoo, gnu, Hurd, kernel, Microkernel, software development

ESP32 Weather Display Runs Macintosh System 3

Posted on April 13, 2026 by Tyler August

It seems like everybody takes their turn doing an ESP32-based weather display, and why not? They’re cheap, they’re easy, and you need to start somewhere. With the Cheap Yellow Display …read more Continue reading ESP32 Weather Display Runs Macintosh System 3→

Posted in Cheap Yellow Display, ESP32-S3, macintosh 128k, retrocomputing

Who had “New OS for the Z80” On Their 2026 Bingo Card?

Posted on April 12, 2026 by Tyler August

Some might say the venerable Z80 doesn’t need another operating system, but [Scott Baker] obviously disagrees. He has come up with a brand new, from scratch OS called NostOS for …read more Continue reading Who had “New OS for the Z80” On Their 2026 Bingo Card?→

Posted in bubble memory, NostOS, RC2014, retrocomputing, SP0256A-AL2, vfd, z80

Green Powered Challenge: Solar Powered Pi Hosts Websites in RAM

Posted on April 12, 2026 by Tyler August

If you started with computers early enough, you’ll remember the importance of the RAMdisk concept: without a hard drive and with floppies slow and swapping constantly, everything had to live …read more Continue reading Green Powered Challenge: Solar Powered Pi Hosts Websites in RAM→

Posted in green hacks, mini web server, Pi Zero W, ramdisk, Raspberry Pi, solar power, web server

Rust-y Firmware for Waveshare Smartwatch

Posted on April 11, 2026 by Tyler August

Waveshare makes a nifty little ESP32-S3 based smartwatch product, but its firmware is apparently not to everyone’s liking. Specifically, it’s not to [infiniton] a.k.a [Bright_Warning_8406]’s liking, as they rewrote the …read more Continue reading Rust-y Firmware for Waveshare Smartwatch→

Posted in ESP32, rust, Smartwatch, software hacks, wearable hacks

Otamatone Hacked Into Different, Cooler Synth: Trautonium

Posted on April 11, 2026 by Tyler August
The omatraumatone. Or something. It's a synth.

Analog synths are fun because they combine music, which all humans seem hard-wired to enjoy in one form or another, and electronics, which… uh, this is Hackaday. If you don’t …read more Continue reading Otamatone Hacked Into Different, Cooler Synth: Trautonium→

Posted in analog synthesizer, musical hacks, Otamatone, trautonium

Variable-Pitch Propellers for More Efficient Quadcopter

Posted on April 8, 2026 by Tyler August

Quadcopters tend to have very poor efficency because of their high disk loading. High disk loading– that is, how much weight each square meter of area swept by the propellers …read more Continue reading Variable-Pitch Propellers for More Efficient Quadcopter→

Posted in drone hacks, quadcopter | Tagged Variable pitch

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