Hackaday Links: August 30, 2026
Hackadayby Tom Nardi30 Aug 2026
The big news today is, of course, the successful launch and deployment of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope earlier this morning.
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Hackadayby Bryan Cockfield30 Aug 2026
In the business world, a moat is a quality of a business that makes it difficult for competitors to take that company’s profits.
Woodstove Assistant Keeps The Heat On Safely
Hackadayby Bryan Cockfield30 Aug 2026
Those who have never lived in a cold climate might romanticize winters around a fire, keeping warm under blankets while snow gently falls outside.
Fat Tire Brakes Get Wireless Upgrade
Hackadayby Bryan Cockfield30 Aug 2026
At first glance, wireless brakes seem like a recipe for disaster. For something as critical as braking, many bicyclists might prefer a physical connection to their method of safely controlling...
Motorized Planer Height Adjustment Dials In
Hackadayby Bryan Cockfield29 Aug 2026
Having access to a planer opens up a lot of options for woodworking. It enables a craftsman to work with much rougher lumber and the finished results generally have tighter tolerances.
Same As It Ever Was
Hackadayby Elliot Williams29 Aug 2026
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 means for us here at Hackaday.
3D Printed Piano Action Faithful To The Original
Hackadayby Bryan Cockfield29 Aug 2026
A piano’s internal mechanism for translating a key press into sound is surprisingly complicated. It has to do a lot of things simultaneously and quickly: provide precise control over velocity...
Playing Snake With A Pneumatic Display
Hackadayby Aaron Beckendorf29 Aug 2026
[soiboi soft]’s vacuum-driven dot matrix display is part suction gripper, part touchscreen, and altogether impressive.
This Week In Security: Android Malware, VOIP Hijack, Signal Contact Discovery, And TeamPCP Arrests
Hackadayby Mike Kershaw28 Aug 2026
On GitHub, [AyaanB] details buying a cheap Android TV streaming device, looking for, and finding, baked-in malware.
Support Bath Enables An Epoxy Benchy
Hackadayby Aaron Beckendorf28 Aug 2026
There’s plenty of substances that can theoretically be extruded from a nozzle, but only a regrettably small subset of them can actually be used for 3D printing.
Rooftop Camper For Roofless Vehicle
Hackadayby Bryan Cockfield27 Aug 2026
The Honda Goldwing is one of the more famous motorcycles ever produced. It’s known for its reliability and comfort, but also for being one of the first motorcycles Honda rolls out new technology...
The Farador Quack Medical Device
Hackadayby Maya Posch27 Aug 2026
Over the centuries there have been an incredible number of purported medical devices released onto the market, with some having more outrageous claims than others.
Australia’s Nationwide Phone Outage Was An Embarrassing Failure
Hackadayby Zoe Skyforest27 Aug 2026
The phones! They were one of the basic utilities of the 20th century, and were just about as reliable as death and taxes.
Analog Optical Feedback Generates 4K Fractals With No Computer
Hackadayby Tyler August27 Aug 2026
For users of a certain age, fractal patterns and computers are nearly synonymous. Typing in BASIC programs and seeing the Mandelbrot set or other fractals slowly render on screen is a key memory...
Encoding MOD Files Optically On Paper, Because Amiga’s Legacy Will Outlast M-Disks
Hackadayby Tyler August27 Aug 2026
All but a few of our very youngest readers are surely familiar with music formats that rely on optical disks.
Hackaday Europe 2026: PCBs With A Plot
Hackadayby Zoe Skyforest26 Aug 2026
Printed circuit boards were developed first for function over form. They were a way to mount components and connect them in a stable, robust fashion, while taking into regard things like packaging...
Cheap AI Token Resellers: The Secret Ingredient Is Fraud
Hackadayby Donald Papp26 Aug 2026
[Matt Lenhard] has an interesting writeup explaining exactly how fraudsters offer access to cutting-edge AI models at a tenth of the price.
Reject Fluid Simulations, Return To Rheoscopic Fluid
Hackadayby Tyler August25 Aug 2026
Fluid simulations are one of the “killer apps” of high-performance computing, but if you can’t afford the performance, they can take a depressingly long time to run.
AI Book Scanning: Just What Is A Rare Book?
Hackadayby Jenny List25 Aug 2026
One of the stories of the last few weeks has been that AI companies have been scanning books in very large numbers in order to train their models with content guaranteed to have been written before...
Anatomy Of An SLA Resin Printing Disaster
Hackadayby Maya Posch25 Aug 2026
When I got back into SLA resin printing recently, I knew that I’d inevitably have to deal with the agony of failed prints and of course resin spills.