Kids vs Computers: Chisanbop Remembered - If you are a certain age, you probably remember the ads and publicity around Chisa... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/09/kids-vs-computers-chisanbop-remembered/ #classichacks #chisanbop #math

Kids vs Computers: Chisanbop Remembered - If you are a certain age, you probably remember the ads and publicity around Chisa... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/09/kids-vs-computers-chisanbop-remembered/ #classichacks #chisanbop #math
Oscillator Negativity is a Good Thing - Many people who get analog electronics still struggle a bit to design oscillators.... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/08/oscillator-negativity-is-a-good-thing/ #negativeresistance #classichacks #oscillator #parts
Reliving VHS Memories with NFC and ESPHome - Like many of us of a certain vintage, [Dillan Stock] at The Stock Pot is nostalgic... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/reliving-vhs-memories-with-nfc-and-esphome/ #homeentertainmenthacks #physicalmedia #classichacks #cartridge #esphome #esp32 #nfc
Subpixel Rendering For Impossibly Small Terminal Text - When it comes to text, how small is too small? The experts say a six point font is... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/subpixel-rendering-for-impossibly-small-terminal-text/ #subpixelrendering #softwarehacks #classichacks #pixelfont #subpixel
Keep Track of the Compost with LoRaWAN - Composting doesn’t seem difficult: pile up organic matter, let it rot. In practice... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/23/keep-track-of-the-compost-with-lorawan/ #temperaturesensor #classichacks #cubecellab01 #solarpanel #homehacks #compost #ds18b20 #lorawan
Tamagotchi Torture Chamber is Equal Parts Nostalgia and Sadism - Coming in hot from Cornell University, students [Amanda Huang], [Caroline Hohner],... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/21/tamagotchi-torture-chamber-is-equal-parts-nostalgia-and-sadism/ #accelerometer #classichacks #softphysics #tamagotchi #ece4760 #pipico #tftlcd
Tiny Tellurium Orbits Atop a Pencil - We like scale models here, but how small can you shrink the very large? If you’re ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/21/tiny-tellurium-orbits-atop-a-pencil/ #classichacks #cncmachined #clockwork #tellurium #space #brass
The Most Satisfying Way To Commit - Have you ever finished up a bit of code and thought that typing “git push” in a te... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/20/the-most-satisfying-way-to-commit/ #arduinohacks #classichacks #frontpanel #macropad #silicone #git
Spiral Connector Makes Fastener-Free Assemblies - [Anton Gaia]’s SPIRAL sculpture resembles an organizer or modern shelving unit, bu... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/20/spiral-connector-makes-fastener-free-assemblies/ #classichacks #goldenspiral #goldenratio #3dprinted #sculpture #spiral #art
Capturing Screenshots Using a Fake Printer - If you have very old pieces of analogue test equipment with CRTs on your bench, th... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/capturing-screenshots-using-a-fake-printer/ #testequipment #classichacks #oscilloscope #screenshot #toolhacks #gpib
The Most Trustworthy USB-C Cable is DIY - We like USB-C here at Hackaday, but like all specifications it is up to manufactur... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/the-most-trustworthy-usb-c-cable-is-diy/ #classichacks #diyorbuy #usbcable #usb-cpd
Dead Amstrad Becomes Something New - When you run into old hardware you cannot restore, what do you do? Toss it? Sell i... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/dead-amstrad-becomes-something-new/ #retrocomputing #retrocomputer #classichacks #sleeperpc #amstrad #casemod #minipc #pccase
Adapting an Old Rotary Dial for Digital Applications - Today in old school nostalgia our tipster [Clint Jay] wrote in to let us know abou... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/13/adapting-an-old-rotary-dial-for-digital-applications/ #telephonedial #classichacks #medicalhacks #phonehacks #rotarydial #hardware #pcbhacks
This Relay Computer Has Magnetic Tape Storage - Magnetic tape storage is something many of us will associate with 8-bit microcompu... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/11/this-relay-computer-has-magnetic-tape-storage/ #computerhacks #relaycomputer #classichacks #tapestorage
In Film, What’s Old May Still Be New Again - We recently published an affectionate look at a Polaroid Land camera, whose peel-a... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/06/in-film-whats-old-may-still-be-new-again/ #classichacks #instantfilm #kodachrome #landcamera #edwinland #polaroid
Spin-Casting This Telescope Mirror In Resin Didn’t Go To Plan - For most of us, mirrors are something we buy instead of build. However, [Unnecessa... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/03/spin-casting-this-telescope-mirror-in-resin-didnt-go-to-plan/ #classichacks #silicone #mirror #parts #resin
The Keyboard Sinclair Never Made - For those of us who’ve spent far too long hammering rubber keys into submission, a... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/02/the-keyboard-sinclair-never-made/ #peripheralshacks #retrocomputing #classichacks #zxspectrum #pcbhacks #keyboard #sinclair #spacebar #keycap #pcb
Planetary Poetry with a Tiny Digital Core - Some hacks just tickle the brain in a very particular way. They’re, for a change, ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/02/planetary-poetry-with-a-tiny-digital-core/ #multitouchhacks #classichacks #planetarium #reedswitch #mischacks #clockwork #toyhacks #3dprint #orrery #esp32 #moon
A CRT Display for Retro Weather Forecasting - It would be hard to find any electronics still in production which use CRT displa... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/a-crt-display-for-retro-weather-forecasting/ #theweatherchannel #openweathermap #weatherdisplay #classichacks #raspberrypi #crtdisplay #retro #crt
Bubble Displays Make a Neat Retro Clock - In 2025 we are spoiled for choice when it comes to displays, with affordable LCDs,... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/28/bubble-displays-make-a-neat-retro-clock/ #bubbledisplay #classichacks #digitalclock #clockhacks #esp32