The Tamagotchi Connection is a series of Tamagotchi toys that took the original portable pet concept and mixed things up with a wireless connection, which allowed you to interact with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/10/reverse-engineering-the-tamagotchi-ir-connection/)

A Much Faster Mac On A Microcontroller
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/11/a-much-faster-mac-on-a-microcontroller/

Emulating older computers on microcontrollers has been a staple of retrocomputing for many years now, with most 8-bit and some 16-bit machines available on Atmel, ARM, or ESP32 platforms. But …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/11/a-much-faster-mac-on-a-microcontroller/)

The SCSI Film Scanner Resurrection
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/11/the-scsi-film-scanner-resurrection/

[Ronan] likes 35mm film photography, but the world, of course, has gone digital. He picked up an Epson FilmScan 200 for about €10. This wonder device from 1997 promised to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/11/the-scsi-film-scanner-resurrection/)

The Intel 8087 and Conditional Microcode Tests
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/11/the-intel-8087-and-conditional-microcode-tests/

Continuing his reverse-engineering of the Intel 8087, [Ken Shirriff] covers the conditional tests that are implemented in the microcode of this floating point processing unit (FPU). This microcode contains the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/11/the-intel-8087-and-conditional-microcode-tests/)

A New Kind of Inductively-damped Compass
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/11/a-new-kind-of-inductively-damped-compass/

At some point during our primary school careers, most of us probably constructed a simple compass, often by floating a magnetized needle on a cork in a cup of water. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/11/a-new-kind-of-inductively-damped-compass/)

EnderSpark: Convert Your Broken Creality FDM Printer Into An EDM machine!
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/11/enderspark-convert-your-broken-creality-fdm-printer-into-an-edm-machine/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLnna7q0drs
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Screenshot-From-2026-01-08-16-59-57-featured.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Screenshot-From-2026-01-08-16-59-57-featured.png?w=800">EDM (Electrical Discharge Machining) is one of those specialised manufacturing processes that are traditionally expensive and therefore somewhat underrepresented in the DIY and hacker scenes. It’s with great delight that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/11/enderspark-convert-your-broken-creality-fdm-printer-into-an-edm-machine/)

Smart Home? Make It Smart Quarters With This LCARS Dashboard
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/11/smart-home-make-it-smart-quarters-with-this-lcars-dashboard/

At the risk of starting a controversy: is there anyone who goes to the effort of setting up Home Assistant who wouldn’t really rather be living on the Enterprise-D? If …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/11/smart-home-make-it-smart-quarters-with-this-lcars-dashboard/)