https://calbryant.uk/blog/training-a-new-voice-for-piper-tts-with-only-a-single-phrase/#hardware
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_9908-featured.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_9908-featured.png?w=800">[Cal Bryant] hacked together a home automation system years ago, which more recently utilizes Piper TTS (text-to-speech) voices for various undisclosed purposes. Not satisfied with the robotic-sounding standard voices available, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/09/how-to-train-a-new-voice-for-piper-with-only-a-single-phrase/)

Volume Controller Rejects Skeumorphism, Embraces the Physical
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/09/volume-controller-rejects-skeumorphism-embraces-the-physical/

The volume slider on our virtual desktops is a skeuomorphic callback to the volume sliders on professional audio equipment on actual, physical desktops. [Maker Vibe] decided that this skeuomorphism was …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/09/volume-controller-rejects-skeumorphism-embraces-the-physical/)

Solder Smarts: Hands-Free Fume Extractor Hack
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/09/solder-smarts-hands-free-fume-extractor-hack/

[Ryan] purchased a large fume extractor designed to sit on the floor below the work area and pull solder fumes down into its filtering elements. The only drawback to this …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/09/solder-smarts-hands-free-fume-extractor-hack/)

Generatively-Designed Aerospike Test Fired
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/10/generatively-designed-aerospike-test-fired/

The aerospike engine holds great promise for spaceflight, but for various reasons, has remained slightly out of reach for decades. But thanks to Leap 71, the technology has moved one …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/10/generatively-designed-aerospike-test-fired/)

An Emulated Stroll Down Macintosh Memory Lane
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/10/an-emulated-stroll-down-macintosh-memory-lane/

If you’re into Macs, you’ll always remember your first. Maybe it was the revolutionary classic of 1984 fame, perhaps it was the adorable G3 iMac in 1998, or even a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/10/an-emulated-stroll-down-macintosh-memory-lane/)

Ask Hackaday: Are You Wearing 3D Printed Shoes?
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/10/ask-hackaday-are-you-wearing-3d-printed-shoes/

We love 3D printing. We’ll print brackets, brackets for brackets, and brackets to hold other brackets in place. Perhaps even a guilty-pleasure Benchy. But 3D printed shoes? That’s where we …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/10/ask-hackaday-are-you-wearing-3d-printed-shoes/)

Long Live RSS!
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/10/long-live-rss/

While we know that many of you are reading Hackaday via our Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed, we suspect that most people on the street wouldn’t know that it underlies …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/10/long-live-rss/)

Personal Reflections on Immutable Linux
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/10/personal-reflections-on-immutable-linux/