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Building an ADS-B Receiver For Less Than You Think

Posted on November 1, 2026 by Zoe Skyforest

If you’ve ever wondered about the planes flying above your head, you could always listen in to ADS-B transmissions to learn more about them. [thefatmoop] has built a rig to …read more Continue reading Building an ADS-B Receiver For Less Than You Think→

Posted in ADS-b, ESP32-S3, LoRa, Microcontrollers, radio hacks | Tagged Radio

C64 Keycaps For Everybody

Posted on October 28, 2026 by Zoe Skyforest

If you’ve got an MX-style keyboard and want some retro charm, you might like a recent project from [Levente Szabadkai]. It’s a set of C64-style keycaps that you can print …read more Continue reading C64 Keycaps For Everybody→

Posted in c64, commodore 64, Keyboard, keycap, keycaps, peripherals hacks

JPEG-XL Is Back On The Menu

Posted on October 28, 2026 by Zoe Skyforest

Many of the image formats we’re familiar with have been around for decades. We all know JPEG and PNG like the back of our hands, and GIF even had a …read more Continue reading JPEG-XL Is Back On The Menu→

Posted in Chrome, Current Events, Featured, image format, image formats, JPEG, jpeg-xl, News | Tagged Image

Emulate the 486 in Your Browser

Posted on October 28, 2026 by Zoe Skyforest

You might fondly remember the days of the Intel 486, but you probably don’t have one on your desk anymore. If you’d like to emulate that classic hardware, you can …read more Continue reading Emulate the 486 in Your Browser→

Posted in 486, 80486, dos, emulator, Intel 486, intel 80486, retrocomputing, software hacks

SLAM Navigation For an Arduino Powered Car

Posted on October 28, 2026 by Zoe Skyforest

There are plenty of “robot” projects out there that are really just a small remote control platform of some sort. We often like to think of robots of having some …read more Continue reading SLAM Navigation For an Arduino Powered Car→

Posted in arduino, Arduino Hacks, robot, robots hacks, SLAM

Hacking a Marine Radio Dish

Posted on October 28, 2026 by Zoe Skyforest

Having watched some fun videos on repurposed satellite dishes on YouTube, [Melan] wanted to get in on the action. She managed to source herself an Intellian i4, a dish built …read more Continue reading Hacking a Marine Radio Dish→

Posted in nmea, radio hacks, satellite dish | Tagged Satellite

How Bad Is That Bridge: A Government Database

Posted on October 27, 2026 by Zoe Skyforest

Bridges! We kind of expect them to just be there and do their job, ad infinitum. They are built into the landscape, and we often take them and the routes …read more Continue reading How Bad Is That Bridge: A Government Database→

Posted in Bridge, bridges, Current Events, engineering, Featured, Interest, performance forecast

Remembering the Weirdest Nintendo DSi Accessory

Posted on October 25, 2026 by Zoe Skyforest

The Nintendo DSi was released in November 2008, and boasted a new feature not formerly seen on the brand’s handhelds—it had two cameras, inside and outside. It let the console …read more Continue reading Remembering the Weirdest Nintendo DSi Accessory→

Posted in camera, nintendo, Nintendo DS Hacks, nintendo dsi | Tagged Lens

A Walkie Talkie Interface For Claude

Posted on October 24, 2026 by Zoe Skyforest

[Bookmari] had a problem — working as a delivery driver, they wanted to work on various projects with Claude Code while out and about. Unfortunately, it simply wasn’t practical to …read more Continue reading A Walkie Talkie Interface For Claude→

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Claude Code, Speech recognition, text to speech | Tagged Voice

Running a Philips CD-i Off USB-C

Posted on October 23, 2026 by Zoe Skyforest

The Philips CD-i is a console with many shortcomings, and those include the power supply. For whatever reason, the engineering team decided it should use an 8P8C connector just like …read more Continue reading Running a Philips CD-i Off USB-C→

Posted in CD-i, console, games, peripherals hacks, philips cd-i, USB-C

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