The Incurable Maker

ChatGPT vs Gemini: I tested both to see which actually makes you more productive — here’s the winner I tested both for writing, planning and focus to find out

Another lazy "award winning" journalist uses a non-representative set of prompts to decide whether #ChatGPT or #Gemini is "better" (whatever that means). Might as well have asked, "which is better, chocolate or strawberry ice-cream? Here's the winner."
#AI

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Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.

So #Meta is showing 15 billion scam adverts a day - who'd have thought it!
(And their way of combatting this is to charge the scammers more!)

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

I turned my old TV into a smart dashboard with just a Raspberry Pi You can either put extra effort with open-source options or just pay for it, but with less customization.

This is nowhere as straightforward as the title implies. The article details some of the trials and tribulations involved, but to put it simply, there's an awful lot of faffing around involved.
Still, it's a rewarding project!
#raspberrypi #rpi #magicmirror
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Better 3D-Printed Bridges Are Possible, With The Right Settings The header image above shows a completely unsupported 3D-printed bridge, believe it or not. You’re looking at the bottom of the print. [Make Wonderful Things] wondered whether unsightly unsup…

And who doesn't want better bridging!
#3dprinting

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I like the idea a lot. Not just for printers, but also for filament management at home or in the workshop. Having scales which could keep track of exactly what you've got in the cupboard would be very handy.

Prusa Launches Limited Edition 'Signature Oak' 3D Printer Hewn from slabs of Czech oak, personalized, signed, and, ultimately, still a great 3D printer, the Signature Oak is a Prusa passion project hewn to life.

The design doesn't actually speak to me, but generally speaking I like the idea of special editions.
#prusa #3dprinting #PrusaCOREOne

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Prusa CORE One L | Original Prusa 3D printers directly from Josef Prusa The Prusa CORE One L is the larger sibling of the proven Prusa CORE One with DOUBLE the print volume! Easy to set up and built to last, this rugged machine is perfect for any workshop or business. Unp...

Although most 3d prints don't require it, having a 300x300 build plate is for me the sweet spot offering flexibility without unnecessary bulk. This looks like a good move to me.
#3dprinting #prusa
www.prusa3d.com/product/prus...

Avoid Missed Connections With The Connectorbook’s Web Tool Connectors are wonderful and terrible things. Wonderful, in that splicing wires every time you need to disassemble something is really, really annoying. Terrible in that it can be just such an incr…

This is really handy. In particular, the quick pick option is great when you don't actually know the name of the connector, but know what it looks like.
#electronics #hobbyelectronics

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CoreXY 3D Printer Has A Scissor-Lift Z-axis So It Folds Down! We don’t know about you, but one of the biggest hassles of having a 3D printer at home or in the ‘shop is the space it takes up. Wouldn’t it be useful if you could fold it down? W…

There have been a few attempts at this over the years, but this one looks pretty neat.
#3dprinting #corexy

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ATtiny13 DIY Electronics Earrings This project will certainly make her happier Here I share the full making steps as well as the needed documents for Electronics DIY earring By DIY GUY Chris.

This is a really well explained project, walking you through making a wearable and using a custom PCB. You could easily adapt the approach for your own design and ideas.
#microcontroller #attiny #wearables

www.hackster.io/diyguyChris/...

Qualcomm Acquires Arduino, Launches the New Arduino UNO Q Single-Board Computer Linux-based SBC enables fully standalone development, while a new IDE blends app, sketch, and AI development together in one.

Some more details on the Arduino acquisition, suggesting that the gloom and doom prophecies are not, for now at least, valid.
#arduino #opensource #osh

www.hackster.io/news/qualcom...

How is adding a more complex board "ruining" Arduino? Arduino themselves have been adding more industry-focused boards and modules for years. Why not wait and see what happens before guessing what ulterior motives Qualcomm might or might not have?

Live: Arduino Announce UNO Q, App Lab, and Qualcomm Acquisition - Make: Arduino Announce UNO Q, App Lab, and Qualcomm Acquisition at Turin event

It seems like Arduino now belongs to Qualcomm.
Obviously, lots of gloom and doom on social media, but well have to wait and see what pans out.
#arduino #opensource
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How To Design Custom LCDs For Your Own Projects These days, you can buy full graphical LCD or OLED displays for just a few dollars. However, if you’re so inclined, you can actually get your own segmented LCDs made to suit your own projects…

Interesting! I hadn't thought of going this far with LCD design.

hackaday.com/2025/10/04/h...

Prusa Launches Space-Grade Filament You Can Print at Home Possibly Prusa's most expensive and ambitious filament, this new polycarbonate is designed to meet the rigorous demands of orbit.

If you need to take your next printing project to another limit!

Spoiler: $229 a roll!
#3dprinting #3dfilament #prusa

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From Blink To Think Arduino Global Event

A new Arduino product incoming...
They're saying it's going to make project building easier.
We'll know more on October 7th
#arduino
www.arduino.cc/from-blink-t...

Ahoy! It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day! | Britannica International Talk Like a Pirate Day is arguably one of the Internet’s favorite holidays.

Ahoy me hearties! Today be a day we love more'n makin' a prisoner walk the plank!
Splice the mainbrace!
#talklikeapirateday

www.britannica.com/story/ahoy-i...

Getting Started With the Raspberry Pi In-depth explanation of all the things required to get started using the Raspberry Pi. Plus a primer on GPIO pins.

Excellent introduction for beginners!
#rpi #raspberrypi

www.circuitbasics.com/getting-star...

Smooth! Non-Planar 3D Ironing Is 2025 finally the year of non-planar 3D printing? Maybe it won’t have to be if [Ten Tech] gets his way! Ironing is the act of going over the top surface of your print again with the nozzle,…

Interesting for those who like tinkering. Not sure how useful it is in the real world.
#3dprinting

hackaday.com/2025/09/17/s...

Off To The Races With ESP32 And EInk Off to the races? Formula One races, that is. This project by [mazur8888] uses an ESP32 to keep track of the sport, and display a “live” dashboard on a 2.9″ tri-color LCD. “…

Even if you're not into Formula 1, this project gives you a nice insight into displaying data from the internet on an eInk display using an ESP32 module.
There's enough information there for you to get started with other components.
#esp32project #esp32 #3dprinting

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This #Arduino project walks you through the process of PID management. Useful knowledge for anyone with a #3dprinter and at the end of it, you'll actually have enough knowledge to tweak the numbers on your printer to see if you can improve your settings.

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A nice introduction to robot arms with 6 degrees of freedom. It's a step up from the #Mearm project, with an overview of how the maker went about creating the whole setup.
#arduino #ArduinoProjects #robotics #6dof #3dprinting #MakerProject

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Unproprietarifying the Bambu Lab X1C Jón Schone was tired of proprietary Bambu Lab hardware, so he converted an X1C to run open source firmware on open source hardware.

I'm kind of surprised there haven't been more of these projects.
#3dprinting

www.hackster.io/news/unpropr...

There are a lot of crops that grow well with some shade. There are a number of initiatives in this direction running in Germany #agrivoltaics

5 Fun Ways To Repurpose An Old Raspberry Pi - BGR If you have an old Raspberry Pi sitting around, here are some fun ways to make use of it, from building a smart home hub to a retro game console.

Some ideas for that old #RaspberryPi sitting in your drawer. (Come on, admit it - you've got one somewhere!)
#rpi #rpiprojects

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GitHub - 0101shift/Project_OAK: All design files, source code, and documentation for Project OAK, a digital watch inspired by mechanical complications. All design files, source code, and documentation for Project OAK, a digital watch inspired by mechanical complications. - 0101shift/Project_OAK

This is an incredibly cool bit of design. I've seen a few watch projects, but this one centers on a PCB rather than just adding a mechanism to a case.
#maker #PCB #wearables

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There’s a new 3D printing arms race. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rluJj3NEdQA] Bambu just pre-announced its next printer, the H2C, which changes its own nozzles to make multicolor printing faster and cleaner. Why risk Osborne ...

A new arms race? Maybe.
But recognition should go to E3D who put in a lot of groundwork on this.

www.theverge.com/news/766223/...

#3dprinting #E3D

Happiness is hooking up three platefuls of spaghetti to get a small touchscreen working, and it actually functions first time!
#arduino #arduinoprojects

Top 13 Raspberry Pi Hats You Need to Try in 2025 You already know that Raspberry Pi is a pretty versatile little computer that is capable of many fascinating projects right out of the box. But did you know that you can easily plug in expansion

A nice overview that should inspire you to try out a few ideas of your own.
#rpi #raspberrypi #RaspberryPiProjects

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Scientists have finally made an elusive meteorite diamond, predicted to be 50% harder than Earth diamonds Meteorite diamonds, which could be 58% harder than ordinary diamonds, have finally been made in the lab.

So it's still only about 10% of the hardness of a Lego brick that you accidentally trod on!
#lovelego

www.livescience.com/chemistry/sc...