Hackaday’s Elliot Williams and Al Williams were in a retro mood this week. There was a new ‘486 computer, a new mechanical TV, and a USB stick with a magnetic personality. Can you ...

FPS gaming on an E Ink display? That doesn't seem right... But that's exactly what Wenting Zhang's PaperBoy Game Boy emulator ...

There are many experimenters who have had a go at a mechanical television, and though there are a few challenges, it’s a relatively straightforward project in 2026. A hundred years ago though it was ...

ESP32 chips have been used for retro gaming and computing for years, but Austin McChord (Amcchord) adds to that with a Macintosh emulator ported to a couple of ESP32-P4 display devkits. His project is ...

The Joule Thief Circuit is a simple and clever electronic design that can power an LED using a nearly dead battery.