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Why Is That Robot Wearing a VR Headset? This unusual robot uses a Meta Quest 3 headset to sense its surroundings and create a navigational plan for an ESP32 to carry out.

This unusual robot uses a Meta Quest 3 headset to sense its surroundings and create a navigational plan for an ESP32 to carry out.

⏱️ Ever wanted to build your own smartwatch—no custom PCB needed? Hari R.’s Graytimer uses our XIAO nRF52840, a 1.54" ePaper display, DS3231 RTC, and a LiPo in a 3D-printed case, refreshing every minute with 54 rotating watchfaces.

Check it out on @hacksterio.bsky.social 👉 https://bit.ly/44ljwhB

A Compute Cluster the Size of a Soda Can Geek Of All Trades built a powerful, tiny homelab using a Sipeed NanoCluster that supports up to seven Raspberry Pi Compute Modules.

Geek Of All Trades built a powerful, tiny homelab using a Sipeed NanoCluster that supports up to seven Raspberry Pi Compute Modules.

This Nautilus Shell Has a New Purpose in Life: A Cyberpunk Haptic Speaker Respectful and reversible modification delivers a Bluetooth-connected speaker-shell you can hold in your hands.

Pseudonymous maker "hide-key" has turned a "living fossil" into a cyberpunk bio-mechanical speaker — by connecting a nautilus shell to a haptic exciter.

Todd E. Stidham's Open Source BuzzKill Board Drives This Panicky Speaking Voltmeter Speech synthesis delivers an eyes-off readout of a circuit's voltage — and as the volts rise, so too does a sense of panic.

Todd E. Stidham has found a new use for a compact sound effect board developed for use with microcontrollers: creating a speaking voltmeter that gives the impression of growing panic the higher the measured voltage gets.

15 new certifications were added to the Open Source Hardware Association database last month, including a spectrometer, an LED controller, and a laundry-helping robot. Learn more in OSHWA's November roundup! www.hackster.io/news/novembe...

Agentic AI Goes Retro MacinAI brings vintage Macintosh computers into the modern age of AI with a chat interface and agentic control over local apps.

MacinAI brings vintage Macintosh computers into the modern age of AI with a chat interface and agentic control over local apps.

A Mechanical MIDI Orchestra Made From Relays This ESP32 MIDI orchestra turns fast-switching relays into a noisy 8-voice mechanical synth, proving even simple hardware can make music.

This ESP32 MIDI orchestra turns fast-switching relays into a noisy 8-voice mechanical synth, proving even simple hardware can make music.

Jane Street Invites FPGA Developers to Try Their Hand at Solving Advent of Cold Puzzles Advent of FPGA takes the annual programming challenge series and applies it to hardware, with a dev kit up for grabs for the best entry.

Advent of FPGA takes the annual programming challenge series and applies it to hardware, with a dev kit up for grabs for the best entry.

Pocket PLAY: Blurring the Line Between Phone and Game Console Slide-out keyboards are out—AYANEO’s Pocket PLAY adds a built-in gaming controller to your phone for fun on the go.

Slide-out keyboards are out — AYANEO’s Pocket PLAY adds a built-in gaming controller to your phone for fun on the go.

Printing Graphics From BASIC Ben Ryves patched BASIC to print graphics from the late 1980s Cambridge Z88 notebook computer to a Serial 8056 printer.

Ben Ryves patched BASIC to print graphics from the late 1980s Cambridge Z88 notebook computer to a Serial 8056 printer.

This Vine-Like Grasper Gives Robots a Secure Yet Gentle Touch Researchers demonstrate how a vine-inspired gripper could be used to lift patients from their beds, harvest fruit, and more.

Researchers demonstrate how a vine-inspired gripper could be used to lift patients from their beds, harvest fruit, and more.

Luxonis Launches New Qualcomm Snapdragon-Powered OAK 4 Computer Vision Cameras Fourth-generation camera family is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8-Series chips, packing an accelerator for 52 TOPS of INT8 compute.

Luxonis has launched its next-generation OAK 4 family of self-contained smart camera systems, offering up to 52 TOPS of minimum-precision compute for on-device processing — some 40 times more than its last generation.

Renesas Launches Its First Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Low Energy Chips, the RA6W1 and W2 Company demonstrates their capabilities with a smart doggy door and a human-machine interface.

Renesas has announced its first dual-band Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi/BLE combination microcontroller units, targeting the IoT and connected home projects: the RA6W1 and RA6W2.

Raspberry Pi Details Custom Image Support in Imager 2.0, Fixes a Nasty Storage Corruption Bug Linux and macOS users should upgrade to 2.0.2 in order to prevent their SD Cards and other storage devices getting corrupted during erasure.

Raspberry Pi has released a guide to adding custom operating system images to its Imager 2.0 software — while also publishing an update for a bug that was causing storage erasure operations to fail on Linux and macOS systems.

Qualcomm Dives Deeper Into RISC-V, Acquires Ventana Micro Systems Aims to have its new subsidiary assist with the development of its Oryon and future CPU families.

Qualcomm has announced the acquisition of Ventana Micro Systems, a RISC-V specialist — which the company says will help to bolster the development of its custom Oryon CPU line.

DIY Pipetting Machine Cuts Lab Costs Dramatically Tristan Fogt designed this 96-channel pipetting machine that costs just a couple hundred dollars to build.

Tristan Fogt built this 96-channel pipetting machine for just $250, unlike commercial systems that cost several tens of thousands of dollars.

Build a Private Cloud With a Pi 5 NAS This DIY Raspberry Pi 5 NAS offers secure, fast home backups with NVMe/SATA storage, and it has a snazzy acrylic case.

Michael Klements' DIY Raspberry Pi 5 NAS offers secure, fast home backups with NVMe/SATA storage, and it has a snazzy acrylic case.

⏱️ Ever wanted to build your own smartwatch—no custom PCB needed? Hari R.’s Graytimer uses our XIAO nRF52840, a 1.54" ePaper display, DS3231 RTC, and a LiPo in a 3D-printed case, refreshing every minute with 54 rotating watchfaces.

Check it out on @hacksterio.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/44ljwhB

AI Headphones Pick Voices Out of a Crowd AI headphones from the University of Washington solve the "cocktail party effect" by isolating desired voices using turn-taking patterns.

AI headphones from the University of Washington solve the "cocktail party effect" by isolating desired voices using turn-taking patterns.

Reviving the iPod Classic YouTuber The Retro Future restored and upgraded an old iPod Classic with a new case, screen, larger battery, USB-C, and Bluetooth.

YouTuber The Retro Future restored and upgraded an old iPod Classic with a new case, screen, larger battery, USB-C, and Bluetooth.

Alpakka 2 Puts Mouse Control in a DIY Gamepad Alpakka 2 is an upcoming hacker-friendly “gyro-to-mouse” controller that solves the problem of playing mouse-centric PC games with gamepads.

Alpakka 2 is an upcoming hacker-friendly “gyro-to-mouse” controller that solves the problem of playing mouse-centric PC games with gamepads.

Automate Your Ambiance MorningRope is a silent, ESP32-powered curtain opener that lets you schedule or voice-control when natural light enters your home.

MorningRope is a silent, ESP32-powered curtain opener that lets you schedule or voice control when natural light enters your home.

Putting a Real Need for Speed Mini Map in a Car Garage Tinkering created a real Need for Speed-style mini map for his Nissan 350Z.

Garage Tinkering created a real Need for Speed-style mini map for his Nissan 350Z.

This Apple Fell Far From the Tree Jeff Geerling hacked an Apple keyboard to use Touch ID separately with his non-Apple mechanical keyboard.

Jeff Geerling hacked an Apple keyboard to use Touch ID separately with his non-Apple mechanical keyboard.

Add GPIO To Your Framework Laptop with this RP2350 Expansion Card The SemiTO-V team designed this GPIO expansion card for Framework laptops.

The SemiTO-V team designed a @raspberrypi.com RP2350-based GPIO expansion card for Framework laptops.

This "Proactive Hearing Assistant" Picks Your Conversational Partners' Voices Out of a Cacophony Paired AI models, feeding into noise-cancelling headphones, figure out who's involved in your conversation and mutes everyone else.

Paired AI models, feeding into noise-canceling headphones, figure out who's involved in your conversation and mutes everyone else.

A Meshtastic Banking System for the Apocalypse Roni Bandini developed this Meshtastic banking system built to allow commerce to survive through the apocalypse.

Roni Bandini developed this Meshtastic banking system built to allow commerce to survive through the apocalypse.

Supersizing the NeoPixel Arnov Sharma's Giant NeoPixel works exactly like the NeoPixels we all know and love — it's just WAY bigger!

Arnov Sharma's Giant NeoPixel works exactly like the NeoPixels we all know and love — it's just WAY bigger!

This Hidden Camera Is Nuts This discreet wireless camera was packed entirely into a tiny walnut shell.

This discreet wireless camera was packed entirely into a tiny walnut shell.