Remembering the Intel Compute Stick - Over the years Intel has introduced a number of new computer form factors that eit... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/02/remembering-the-intel-compute-stick/ #intelcomputestick #computerhacks
NFC Hidden In Floppy Disk For Retro-Themed PC - As we all look across a sea of lifeless, nearly identically-styled consumer goods,... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/29/nfc-hidden-in-floppy-disk-for-retro-themed-pc/ #computerhacks #floppydisk #computer #arduino #retro #style #case #nfc
Steampunk Copper PC is as Cool as it Runs - Copper! The only thing it does better than conduct heat is conduct a great steampu... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/14/steampunk-copper-pc-is-as-cool-as-it-runs/ #computerhacks #wallmounted #watercooled #copperpipe #steampunk #pc
A PC That Uses Hot Coffee As Coolant - Modern computers generate a great deal of heat when under load, thus we cool them ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/07/a-pc-that-uses-hot-coffee-as-coolant/ #generalelectric #computerhacks #watercooling #coffeemaker #computer #coffee #pc
Jenny’s Daily Drivers: FreeDOS 1.4 - When I was a student, I was a diehard Commodore Amiga user, having upgraded to an ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/06/jennys-daily-drivers-freedos-1-4/ #hackadaycolumns #computerhacks #softwarehacks #freedos #16bit #dos
An ATTiny GPU Fan Controller That Sticks - When your GPU fan goes rogue with an unholy screech, you either shell out for a ne... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/02/an-attiny-gpu-fan-controller-that-sticks/ #computerhacks #graphicscard #attinyhacks #repairhacks #mischacks #attiny85 #ds18b20 #attiny #radeon #news #12v #fan #gpu
A Proper Computer For a Dollar? - When a tipster came to us with the line “One dollar BASIC computer”, it intrigued ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/a-proper-computer-for-a-dollar/ #retrocomputing #computerhacks #tinybasic #basic #ch32
Rebooting WarGames‘ WOPR with a Pi and Gemini - WarGames fans, rejoice: [Nick Bild] has rebooted WOPR for real. In his latest hack... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/30/rebooting-wargames-wopr-with-a-pi-and-gemini/ #computerhacks #raspberrypi #wargames #wargames #gemini #wopr
The Epochalypse: It’s Y2K, But 38 Years Later - Picture this: it’s January 19th, 2038, at exactly 03:14:07 UTC. Somewhere in a dat... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/the-epochalypse-y2k-but-38-years-later/ #hackadaycolumns #year2038problem #computerhacks #2038problem #epochtime #timestamp #unixtime #epoch #unix
Coleco Adam: A Commodore 64 Competitor, Almost - For a brief, buzzing moment in 1983, the Coleco Adam looked like it might out-64 t... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/21/coleco-adam-a-commodore-64-competitor-almost/ #retrocomputing #computerhacks #colecoadams #commodore64 #modular #coleco #c64 #z80
8 Bit Mechanical Computer Built from Knex - Long before electricity was a common household utility, humanity had been building... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/20/8-bit-mechanical-computer-built-from-knex/ #mechanicalcomputer #computerhacks #calculator #mechanical #computer #knex #math #alu
Software Defined Retro ROMs - Here’s something fun from our hacker [Piers]: Software Defined ROMs.
In this serie... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/19/software-defined-retro-roms/ #softwaredefinedrom #microcontrollers #retrocomputing #computerhacks #softwarehacks #2316romchip #2332romchip #2364romchip #hardware #pcbhacks #arm
Before Macintosh: The Story of the Apple Lisa - Film maker [David Greelish] wrote in to let us know about his recent documentary: ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/before-macintosh-the-story-of-the-apple-lisa/ #retrocomputing #applemacintosh #computerhacks #documentary #applelisa #hardware #machacks
Will HP Create a Carfax System For PCs? - When buying used cars there are plenty of ways to check on their history. In many ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/15/will-hp-create-a-carfax-system-for-pcs/ #computerhacks #usehistory #firmware #hardware #carfax #data #hp
This Homebrew CPU Got Its Start in the 1990s - [Sylvain Fortin] recently wrote in to tell us about his Homebrew CPU Project, and ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/11/this-homebrew-cpu-got-its-start-in-the-1990s/ #computerhacks #homebrewcpu #hardware #1-bitalu
Long Live RSS! - While we know that many of you are reading Hackaday via our Really Simple Syndicat... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/10/long-live-rss/ #enshittification #computerhacks #monopoly #comic #art #rss
One Laptop Manufacturer Had To Stop Janet Jackson Crashing Laptops - There are all manner of musical myths, covering tones and melodies that have effec... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/01/one-laptop-manufacturer-had-to-stop-janet-jackson-crashing-laptops/ #computerhacks #janetjackson #rhythmnation #harddrive #featured #interest #computer #harddisk #history
Chasing A Raspberry Pi Bottleneck - The Raspberry Pi has been used for many things over its lifetime, and we’re guessi... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/chasing-a-raspberry-pi-bottleneck/ #computerhacks #bottleneck #encryption #htop
Break The Air Gap With Ultrasound - In the world of information security, much thought goes into ensuring that no info... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/29/break-the-air-gap-with-ultrasound/ #dataexfiltration #computerhacks #securityhacks #ultrasound #airgap
Behind the Bally Home Computer System - Although we might all fundamentally recognize that gaming consoles are just specia... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/28/behind-the-bally-home-computer-system/ #retrocomputing #computerhacks #programming #videogame #computer #console #vintage #bally #basic #pc
