There’s nothing more satisfying than finding a broken piece of gear in the trash and bringing it back to life. Satisfying, but also potentially more time-consuming — someone tossed it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/25/reverse-engineering-saves-weller-with-a-wonky-lcd-from-the-trash-pile/)

Self-Hosted Gaming With Friends
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/26/self-hosted-gaming-with-friends/

One of the best parts of gaming is gaming with friends, but often this requires everyone involved to have the same expensive piece of hardware. Almost everyone has a computer …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/26/self-hosted-gaming-with-friends/)

Pedal Your Way Through Games With this USB Exercise Bike
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/26/pedal-your-way-through-games-with-this-usb-exercise-bike/

If you’re into cycling, there’s nothing better than heading out on the open road and feeling the wind in your hair. Unfortunately, climatic conditions make this uncomfortable or impossible at …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/26/pedal-your-way-through-games-with-this-usb-exercise-bike/)

3D Modelling in English with AI
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/26/3d-modelling-in-english-with-ai/

By now, you’ve surely seen the AI tools that can chat with you or draw pictures from prompts. OpenAI now has Point-E, which takes text or an image and produces …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/26/3d-modelling-in-english-with-ai/)

Standalone Touch ID for Your Desktop Mac
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/26/standalone-touch-id-for-your-desktop-mac/

With the proliferation of biometric access to mobile devices, entering a password on your desktop can feel so passé. [Snazzy Labs] decided to fix this problem for his Mac by …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/26/standalone-touch-id-for-your-desktop-mac/)

Turning a Microchip MPLAB Snap Into a UDPI AVR Programmer
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/26/turning-a-microchip-mplab-snap-into-a-udpi-avr-programmer/

The Unified Program and Debug Interface (UPDI) is Microchip’s proprietary interface for programming and on-chip debugging, and has become the standard on AVR MCUs after Microchip’s purchase of Atmel. Being …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/26/turning-a-microchip-mplab-snap-into-a-udpi-avr-programmer/)

Connecting Commercial 433 MHz Sensors to MQTT and Home Assistant with RTL-SDR
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/26/connecting-commercial-433-mhz-sensors-to-mqtt-and-home-assistant-with-rtl-sdr/

When [Elixir of Progress] was looking at setting up environmental sensors around their home to keep track of temperature, humidity and such, the obvious ideas of using WiFi-connected sensors didn’t …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/26/connecting-commercial-433-mhz-sensors-to-mqtt-and-home-assistant-with-rtl-sdr/)

Tube Audio Amplifiers Needn’t Be Complex
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/26/tube-audio-amplifiers-neednt-be-complex/