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hackaday.com > 09/13/2026 > keeping-time-on-tumbling-icosahedra

Keeping Time On Tumbling Icosahedra

4+ hour, 59+ min ago   (212+ words) Hackaday Clocks are almost the ideal devices to inspire creativity in hackers — they have a simple, well-defined task, but there’s an almost unlimited number of ways to carry it out [ekaggrat singh kalsi]’s OVODYO is a…...

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hackaday.com > 09/12/2026 > making-an-air-powered-circular-saw-with-lego

Making An Air-Powered Circular Saw With LEGO

20+ hour, 35+ min ago   (38+ words) [caption id="attachment_1160852" align="alignright" width="400"] The all-LEGO version barely cuts paper. (Credit: Jamie's Brick Jams, YouTube)[/caption] Although building a table saw out of LEGO is p......

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hackaday.com > 09/11/2026 > all-the-best-computers-boot-to-python

All The Best Computers Boot To… Python?

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (35+ words) Among all the machines of the 8-bit home computer era which booted straight to a BASIC prompt, there were a very few that went their own way with another language. The Jupiter Ace springs immediately......

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hackaday.com > 09/11/2026 > how-to-fold-curved-lines-in-metal-without-fancy-tools

How To Fold Curved Lines In Metal Without Fancy Tools

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (37+ words) Folding a sheet of metal in a straight line is one thing, but how does one fold multiple curved lines into a sheet of aluminum without fancy machines? [John] demonstrates how to do exactly that with l......

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hackaday.com > 09/10/2026 > custom-amoled-wearable-makes-great-icebreaker

Custom AMOLED Wearable Makes Great Icebreaker

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (38+ words) Nifty little AMOLED screens are easy to get nowadays, and [Sophie D] demonstrates they are both thin and light enough to be worn with OpenChoker, a design for a choker necklace that was a hit at DEF C......

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hackaday.com > 09/09/2026 > origami-sensors-that-you-can-wear

Origami Sensors That You Can Wear

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (181+ words) Hackaday Origami is a wonderful art form, but as a new project from the Shibaura Institute of Technology demonstrates, it can also have applications in the world of wearable tech The project involved creating paper-based sensors that could be worn…...

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hackaday.com > 09/09/2026 > local-llms-can-work-better-than-claude-at-least-for-some

Local LLMs Can Work Better Than Claude, At Least For Some

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (302+ words) Hackaday This is going to be a very personal question, because when you’re talking cloud vs local anything, it comes down to this: how much are you willing to pay for independence? The local option might save you long…...

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hackaday.com > 09/09/2026 > reverse-engineering-the-philips-pm5139

Reverse Engineering The Philips PM5139

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (34+ words) The Philips PM5139 is not famous. It won no great victories on the battlefield, nor was instrumental in changing the political landscape. It was just a useful function generator that you might find on......

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hackaday.com > 09/09/2026 > its-gnu-radio-companion-but-in-the-browser

It’s GNU Radio Companion, But In The Browser

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (30+ words) The progression of the web browser from a tool for simple static information browsing into a do-everything computing environment has been inexorable, with package after package making the jump. Today......

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hackaday.com > 09/09/2026 > sick-of-wayland-vs-xorg-how-about-gem

Sick Of Wayland Vs. Xorg? How About GEM?

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (37+ words) Between lawsuits from Apple, and Microsoft being Microsoft, Digital Research's GEM desktop for DOS never really had a chance. It did have another life on Atari home computers, but it's the DOS version......