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Teufel Introduces an Open Source Bluetooth Speaker

There are a ton of Bluetooth speakers on the market. Just about none of them have any user-serviceable components or replacement parts available. When they break, they’re dead and gone, …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2025/07/24/teufel-introduces-an-open-source-bluetooth-speaker/

Eight Artificial Neurons Control Fully Autonomous Toy Truck

Recently the [Global Science Network] released a video of using an artificial brain to control an RC truck. The video shows a neural network comprised of eight artificial neurons assembled …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2025/07/24/eight-artificial-neurons-control-fully-autonomous-toy-truck/

FrogFind Grabs the WAP

Yes, the Wireless Application Protocol! What other WAP could there possibly be? This long-dormant cellphone standard is now once again available on the web, thanks to [Sean] over at ActionRetro …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2025/07/23/frogfind-grabs-the-wap/

Vibe Coding Goes Wrong As AI Wipes Entire Database

Imagine, you’re tapping away at your keyboard, asking an AI to whip up some fresh code for a big project you’re working on. It’s been a few days now, you’ve …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2025/07/23/vibe-coding-goes-wrong-as-ai-wipes-entire-database/

Game dev on iBook G4 with NetBSD

What can you do with a laptop enough to drink even in the Puritan ex-colonies? 21 years is a long time for computer hardware– but [Chris] is using his early-2004 …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2025/07/23/game-dev-on-ibook-g4-with-netbsd/

Fusing Cheap eBay Find Into a Digital Rangefinder

One of the earliest commercially-successful camera technologies was the rangefinder — a rather mechanically-complex system that allows a photographer to focus by triangulating a subject, often in a dedicated focusing …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2025/07/23/fusing-cheap-ebay-find-into-a-digital-rangefinder/

The latest progress in the form of a test fitting and some gap filling underway. Still more to print, and SO MUCH painting to come. The interior includes three feet of 1/2"/13mm steel rod for structural support and weight.

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2025 One Hertz Challenge: 16-Bit Tower Blinks at One Hertz

We’ve seen our share of blinking light projects around here; most are fairly straightforward small projects, but this entry to the 2025 One Hertz Challenge is the polar opposite of …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2025/07/23/2025-one-hertz-challenge-16-bit-tower-blinks-at-one-hertz/

Embedded LEDs for Soft Robots Made from Silicone

Over on their YouTube channel [Science Buddies] shows us how to embed LEDs in soft robots. Soft robots can be made entirely or partially from silicone. In the video you …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2025/07/23/embedded-leds-for-soft-robots-made-from-silicone/

The Death of Industrial Design and the Era of Dull Electronics

It’s often said that what’s inside matters more than one’s looks, but it’s hard to argue that a product’s looks and its physical user experience are what makes it instantly …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2025/07/23/the-death-of-industrial-design-and-the-era-of-dull-electronics/

Annealing in Space: How NASA Saved JunoCam in Orbit Around Jupiter

The Juno spacecraft was launched towards Jupiter in August of 2011 as part of the New Frontiers series of spacecraft, on what would originally have been a 7-year mission, including …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2025/07/23/annealing-in-space-how-nasa-saved-junocam-in-orbit-around-jupiter/

An Open Source Flow Battery

The flow battery is one of the more interesting ideas for grid energy storage – after all, how many batteries combine electron current with fluid current? If you’re interested in …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2025/07/23/an-open-source-flow-battery/

Nylon-Like TPU Filament: Testing CC3D’s 72D TPU

Another entry in the world of interesting FDM filaments comes courtesy of CC3D with their 72D TPU filament, with [Dr. Igor Gaspar] putting it to the test in his recent …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/nylon-like-tpu-filament-testing-cc3ds-72d-tpu/

The Hall-Héroult Process on a Home Scale

Although Charles Hall conducted his first successful run of the Hall-Héroult aluminium smelting process in the woodshed behind his house, it has ever since remained mostly out of reach of …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/the-hall-heroult-process-on-a-home-scale/

Video Tape Hides Video Player

While it might not be accurate to say VHS is dead, it’s certainly not a lively format. It continues on in undeath thanks to dedicated collectors and hobbyists, some of …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/video-tape-hides-video-player/

2025 One Hertz Challenge: A 555, but not as we know it

We did explicitly ask for projects that use a 555 timer for the One Hertz Challenge, but we weren’t expecting the 555 to be the project. Yet, here we are, …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/2025-one-hertz-challenge-a-555-but-not-as-we-know-it/

2025 One-Hertz Challenge: Pokémon Alarm Clock Tells You It’s Time to Build the Very Best

We’ve all felt the frustration of cheap consumer electronics — especially when they aren’t actually cheap. How many of us have said “Who designed this crap? I could do better …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/2025-one-hertz-challenge-pokemon-alarm-clock-tells-you-its-time-to-build-the-very-best/

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 data center, a Unix system quietly ticks over its internal clock counter one more time. But instead …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/the-epochalypse-y2k-but-38-years-later/

USB-C-ing All The Things

Wall warts. Plug mounted power supplies that turn mains voltage into low voltage DC on a barrel jack to power a piece of equipment. We’ve all got a load of …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/usb-c-ing-all-the-things/

Power Grid Stability: From Generators to Reactive Power

It hasn’t been that long since humans figured out how to create power grids that integrated multiple generators and consumers. Ever since AC won the battle of the currents, grid …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2025/07/22/power-grid-stability-from-generators-to-reactive-power/