# hackaday Published articles for hackaday. This is one page of public article previews, not the complete archive. Follow Next page to continue. Summaries are not the original full articles. ## 2026 Hackaday Supercon: Bruce Potter's keynote explores the hacker mind DevFeed: [2026 Hackaday Supercon: Bruce Potter's keynote explores the hacker mind]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Anne Barela Published: 2026-11-04T16:38:47Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Adafruit Industries]() Topics: [AdventureX 2026]() Tags: [2026](), [2026-hackaday-supercon](), [adafruit](), [adafruit-daily](), [arduino](), [badge](), [bruce-potter](), [california](), [college](), [design](), [digikey](), [discord](), [electronics](), [events](), [friday](), [gaming](), [hackaday](), [hacker](), [history](), [keynote](), [mind](), [supercon](), [tickets]() ### AI overview The 10th Hackaday Superconference runs November 6-8, 2026, in Pasadena. Friday begins at Supplyframe HQ; Saturday and Sunday move to ArtCenter College of Design South Campus. The program includes workshops, talks, badge hacking, and time with hardware enthusiasts, with Bruce Potter delivering a keynote on the hacker mind. Volunteers may help between shifts and catch talks. Refunds are available until two days before the event. ### Source excerpt The Hackaday Superconference is back for its 10th year, running November 6th through 8th, 2026. Tickets are on sale through Eventbrite. Friday starts at Supplyframe HQ in Pasadena, California. Bruce Potter's keynote explores the hacker mind. Saturday and Sunday move to the ArtCenter College of Design South Campus, also in Pasadena. The three days cover [...] ## Yesterday Has Never Looked This Good: Feast Your Eyes On The 2026 Retrocomputing Challenge Winners! DevFeed: [Yesterday Has Never Looked This Good: Feast Your Eyes On The 2026 Retrocomputing Challenge Winners!]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Jenny List Published: 2026-11-04T15:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Hackaday]() Topics: [Retrocomputing]() Tags: [2026](), [2026-retrocomputing-challenge](), [7-segment](), [about](), [ai](), [air](), [airship](), [based](), [challenge](), [contests](), [good](), [hackaday](), [hackaday-columns](), [here](), [it-s](), [machines](), [modern](), [more](), [one](), [recrocomputing](), [relay](), [retrocomputing](), [this]() ### AI overview The 2026 retrocomputing challenge's three prize winners highlight distinct approaches: a wall-sized 8-bit NOR computer built from 460 vacuum tubes and 1,840 diodes; the Microtronic Phoenix, which uses an Atmel microcontroller to emulate a 4-bit educational computer while running its original firmware recovered with a logic analyser; and a Lehmer number sieve built from 30 ATtiny412 microcontrollers and an RP2040 controller. The article also gives honorable mentions across retro hardware, modern machines recreating old systems, and old computers put to new uses. Examples include an NES air-traffic display fed over a controller cable, a Commodore 64 that loads code from network resources, and a Microbox recreation that assigns emulated components to separate Xmos cores. The sieve's results are described as comparable to a published bicycle-chain version, though the article does not claim it is faster. ### Source excerpt If there's one category among those we see here at Hackaday that has something for everyone, it's retrocomputing. Spanning everything from relay-based machines that fill a wall through to modern ...read more ## Ask Hackaday: What Puts This Photo In The Pink? DevFeed: [Ask Hackaday: What Puts This Photo In The Pink?]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Jenny List Published: 2026-11-02T18:00:42Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Hackaday]() Topics: [Image]() Tags: [3d](), [3d-printing](), [android](), [ask-hackaday](), [balance](), [c-mount](), [camera](), [camera-phones](), [cast](), [cellphone-hacks](), [digital-cameras-hacks](), [hackaday](), [hackaday-columns](), [hacker](), [hardware](), [ir](), [ir-filter](), [led](), [lens](), [mobile-phone](), [mount](), [optical](), [phone-camera](), [photo](), [sensors]() ### AI overview Modified phone cameras with swapped lenses can show a pink cast that is strongest at the image edges. The author describes this with a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3, replacement camera module, Fuji C-mount lens, and an IR filter glued behind the lens; the tint persisted under LED room lighting. Because the stock lens does not show the problem and software white balance can correct it, the author asks whether the filter is still passing infrared light or whether another part of the camera setup causes the cast. The excerpt does not provide a diagnosis. ### Source excerpt It's an exciting time to be a camera hacker, because we are at a moment when even cheap camera hardware is starting to have high resolution sensors, and the awesome ...read more ## Hackaday Links: November 1, 2026 DevFeed: [Hackaday Links: November 1, 2026]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Tom Nardi Published: 2026-11-02T03:00:09Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Hackaday]() Topics: [Internets of interest](), [AdventureX 2026](), [it modernization]() Tags: [2026](), [2026-hackaday-supercon](), [2026-hackaday-superconference](), [apple](), [data](), [deep-dive](), [design](), [display](), [displays](), [duo](), [earth](), [exploring](), [folding](), [hackaday](), [hackaday-columns](), [hackaday-links](), [hacking](), [hubble](), [hubble-space-telescope](), [ifixit](), [internet](), [links](), [nasa](), [slider]() ### AI overview NASA is seeking proposals to keep Hubble in orbit: the telescope has no propulsion of its own and may reenter Earth's atmosphere around 2034. A commercial rescue mission could have years to develop, though NASA has not yet decided to proceed. Separately, some iPhone Duo users report tight hinges, crunching sounds, and broken displays. iFixit theorizes the folding mechanism may fail to support the screen properly, but the cause remains unconfirmed; Apple says only a small number of devices are affected. Radiaverse lets users upload radiation readings from RadiaCode detectors to an interactive globe, similar in concept to WiGLE's map of WiFi access points. ### Source excerpt We're less than a week away from the 2026 Hackaday Supercon, and things are getting a little... intense. So we trust you'll forgive us if this week's post weighs in ...read more ## Where did your mouse come from? DevFeed: [Where did your mouse come from?]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Anne Barela Published: 2026-10-28T19:48:30Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Adafruit Industries]() Topics: [human computer interaction](), [GUI]() Tags: [computer-mouse](), [hackaday](), [hardware](), [history](), [mouse](), [trackball](), [vintage-computing]() ### AI overview Dmitriy Kostiuk's talk traces the computer mouse's evolution through motion sensing, communication protocols and physical design. It moves from Xerox and Mouse Systems optical mice that required printed pads to opto-mechanical and analog designs, then wheel mice, Logitech's first optical trackball and Microsoft's first modern optical mouse. The latter part focuses on shape, including early Sharp and Microsoft mice, multi-button designs, Microsoft's "Dove Bar," an ITAC Systems trackball and work by industrial designers. The excerpt names these examples but gives little detail about their technical differences or the protocols they used. ### Source excerpt Dmitriy Kostiuk gave a talk on the history of the computer mouse, published on media.ccc.de. It traces how pointing devices changed in three areas: how they detect motion, what protocols they speak, and how they fit the hand. The hardware covered starts with early optical mice from Xerox and Mouse Systems, which needed a special [...]