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Neo-Cyclostyle: Automatic Document Copying Devices In 1890
2+ week, 6+ day ago (34+ words) [caption id="attachment_1139877" align="alignright" width="400"] Using the special pens to remove the wax coating on the template. (Credit: Old Typerwriters and Calculators, YouTube)[/caption] Docume......
Is This The Year Of The Linux… Television?
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (43+ words) The Year of the Linux Desktop hasn't been on its way for quite as long as nuclear fusion plants, but somehow it seems to recede into the horizon at just about the same rate. Every year, it's another y......
A Vacuum Tube Computer For The Home
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (34+ words) The earliest all-electronic computers used vacuum tubes, and most of us will know about machines such as ENIAC or Colossus. Vast machines that required the budget of a country at war to build, andfill......
2026 Retrocomputing Challenge – Hackaday
3+ week, 4+ day ago (116+ words) 2026 Retrocomputing Challenge Hackaday What is it about retrocomputing? For some people, it’s nostalgia. For others, it’s the appeal of simplicity. For still others, it’s the chance to save old machines from the graveyard. Whatever your motivation, there’s no denying that…...
Hackaday Podcast Episode 383: QR Codes, Caving Gear, And The Old School Way To Learn Electronics
3+ week, 1+ day ago (31+ words) In this week's episode, Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start things off by getting excited about the recently announced 2026 Retrocomputing Challenge. From there the conversation will......
Emulating The IPod
2+ week, 3+ day ago (235+ words) Hackaday These days there are emulators for all the great consoles of yesteryear, as well as old retrocomputers and arcade machines and so much else to boot Now, though, a particularly popular MP3 player has an emulator of its ownâby…...
Artificial Intelligence As It Once Was
2+ week, 5+ day ago (214+ words) Hackaday One day, people will look back at what we call Artificial Intelligence and laugh We do the same thing today, as chat bots totally outstrip what the computer industry called AI up until pretty recently This didnât escape…...
An Electronic Explanation Of 1960s Fuzz Boxes
2+ week, 5+ day ago (41+ words) It's likely that even those of us who have never picked up a guitar in our lives will recognize the sound of an electric guitar with a fuzz box effects pedal. The raspy distorted sound has been at the......
Announcing The 2026 Hackaday Retrocomputing Challenge
3+ week, 4+ day ago (32+ words) What is it about retrocomputing? For some people, it’s nostalgia. For others, it’s the appeal of simplicity. For still others, it’s the chance to save old machines from the graveyard. Whatever y......
Hackaday Links: August 23, 2026
2+ week, 6+ day ago (250+ words) Although LINK won’t be able to live up to its name, NASA did say operator Katalyst Space has been given permission to continue with the rendezvous attempt. The two craft won’t actually make contact with each other, but teams on…...