Hackaday Links: August 6, 2023 Beryl KilonzoAugust 7, 20230102 views “Have you tried turning it off and on again?” is a common tech support maneuver that everyone already seems to know and apply to just about all the wonky tech… Read more
Star Wars Pit Droid has a Jetson Brain Beryl KilonzoAugust 7, 20230100 views In the Star Wars universe, pit droids are little foldable robots that perform automated repairs on spacecraft and the like. They were introduced in 1999’s The Phantom Menace, and beyond… Read more
An Open Firmware for LILYGO’s e-ink Smart Watch Beryl KilonzoAugust 7, 2023096 views The world’s first quartz wristwatches were miles ahead of electric and mechanical wristwatches by most standards of the time, their accuracy was unprecedented and the batteries typically lasted somewhere on… Read more
This Kinetic Art Display Uses a Gin Bottle Beryl KilonzoAugust 7, 20230103 views [David McDaid] likes gin. So in homage to their favourite tipple, a certain brand of Scottish origin, a kinetic art project was brewed. Tabled as a Rube Goldberg machine —… Read more
A Magnetohydrodynamic Drive in the Kitchen Sink Beryl KilonzoAugust 7, 2023092 views The magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) drive certainly sounds like something out of science fiction — using an array of magnets and electrodes, this high-tech propulsion technology promises to silently propel a craft… Read more
Review: Beepy, A Palm-sized Linux Hacking Playground Beryl KilonzoAugust 7, 20230201 views In the long ago times, when phones still flipped and modems sang proudly the songs of their people, I sent away for a set of Slackware CDs and embarked on… Read more
What Can We Do With These Patient Monitor Videos? Beryl KilonzoAugust 7, 20230103 views So we’ll admit from the start that we’re not entirely sure how the average Hackaday reader can put this content to use. Still, these simulated patient monitor videos on YouTube… Read more
All About USB-C: Example Circuits Beryl KilonzoAugust 7, 20230126 views In the six months that have passed after the last USB-C article has been released, I have thought up a bunch of ways that these articles could have been improved.… Read more
Perfecting the Pulse Oximeter Beryl KilonzoAugust 7, 20230114 views We’re always looking for interesting biohacks here on Hackaday, and this new research article describing a calibrated pulse oximeter for different skin tones really caught our attention. Pulse oximeters are… Read more
The Egyptian Coin Box ‘Trick’ Beryl KilonzoAugust 7, 20230110 views [James Stanley] likes to spend time making puzzles and gadgets for escape rooms, and decided for a change to try their hand at a bit of magic. The idea was… Read more