Here’s a clever hack. Simple, elegant, and eminently cost-effective: using an SMD capacitor to hold your flash media in place! This is a hack that can pretty much be summed …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/smd-capacitor-doubles-as-cheap-sd-card-latch/)

Why GitHub Copilot Isn’t Your Coding Partner
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/why-github-copilot-isnt-your-coding-partner/

These days ‘AI’ is everywhere, including in software development. Coming hot on the heels of approaches like eXtreme Programming and Pair Programming, there’s now a new kind of pair programming …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/why-github-copilot-isnt-your-coding-partner/)

Smart Temp Sensors Helps You Nail Your Cooking
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/smart-temp-sensors-helps-you-nail-your-cooking/

Cooking is all about temperature control: too cold isn’t good enough, and too hot can ruin everything. To aid in this regard, [Printerforge] created a smart temperature alarm to keep …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/smart-temp-sensors-helps-you-nail-your-cooking/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 327: A Ploopy Knob, Rube-Goldberg Book Scanner, Hard Drives and Power Grids Oscillating Out of Control
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/hackaday-podcast-episode-327-a-ploopy-knob-rube-goldberg-book-scanner-hard-drives-and-power-grids-oscillating-out-of-control/

It’s Independence Day here in the USA, but if you’re not a fan of fireworks and hot dogs, Elliot and Dan’s rundown of the best hacks of the week is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/hackaday-podcast-episode-327-a-ploopy-knob-rube-goldberg-book-scanner-hard-drives-and-power-grids-oscillating-out-of-control/)

2025 One Hertz Challenge: Electromechanical CMOS Clock Keeps In Step With Mains Frequency
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/2025-one-hertz-challenge-electromechanical-cmos-clock-keeps-in-step-with-mains-frequency/

Some people can’t be bothered to read the analog face of a traditional clock. Some people cannot stand the low frequency “hum” of mains current. If you are in either …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/2025-one-hertz-challenge-electromechanical-cmos-clock-keeps-in-step-with-mains-frequency/)

3D Printer Turbo-Charges a Vintage Vehicle
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/3d-printer-turbo-charges-a-vintage-vehicle/

[Ryan] of [Fat Lip Collective] has been on a streak of using 3D printing for his car mod projects. From spark plug adapters to exhaust pipes to dash panels, his …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/3d-printer-turbo-charges-a-vintage-vehicle/)

Video Cable Becomes Transmitter with TEMPEST-LoRa
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/video-cable-becomes-transmitter-with-tempest-lora/

image from https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21069
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/loratempest-feat.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/loratempest-feat.png?w=800">EFI from cables is something every ham loves to hate. What if you modulated, that, though, using an ordinary cable as an antenna? If you used something ubiquitous like a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/video-cable-becomes-transmitter-with-tempest-lora/)

Running an Entire PS1 Emulator in a DS Cartridge
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/running-an-entire-ps1-emulator-in-a-ds-cartridge/