The PIXO Aspire is a roughly $35 USD vape that can almost play DOOM, with [Aaron Christophel] finding that the only thing that realistically stops it from doing so is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/20/when-low-sram-keeps-the-doom-off-your-vape/)

March to the Beat of Your Own Piezoelectric Drum
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/20/march-to-the-beat-of-your-own-piezoelectric-drum/

Drums! You hit them, and they vibrate. It’s kind of fun. Piezoelectric elements can create electric current when they vibrate. [Will Dana] put two and two together to try and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/20/march-to-the-beat-of-your-own-piezoelectric-drum/)

Building a (Not Very) Portable Xbox
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/building-a-not-very-portable-xbox/

Modern handheld game consoles are impressive feats of engineering, featuring full fledged computers in near pocket-sized packages. So what happens if you take an original Xbox and sprinkle on some …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/building-a-not-very-portable-xbox/)

For a Robot Claw, the Eyes Have It
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/for-a-robot-claw-the-eyes-have-it/

Have you ever wished your hand had an extra feature? Like, maybe, a second thumb? A scope probe pinky maybe? Well, if you are building a robot effector, you get …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/for-a-robot-claw-the-eyes-have-it/)

Low-Cost, High-Gain: A Smart Electronic Eyepiece for Capturing the Cosmos
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/low-cost-high-gain-a-smart-electronic-eyepiece-for-capturing-the-cosmos/

We’ve all seen spectacular pictures of space, and it’s easy to assume that’s how it looks to the naked eye through a nice telescope. But in most cases, that’s simply …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/low-cost-high-gain-a-smart-electronic-eyepiece-for-capturing-the-cosmos/)

Welding with Natural Gas and Oxygen
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/welding-with-natural-gas-and-oxygen/

By virtue of its triple bond, acetylene burns hotter than any other common hydrocarbon when mixed with oxygen, but it isn’t the only flame hot enough for welding. With the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/welding-with-natural-gas-and-oxygen/)

A Serial Mouse for a Homebrew 8-bit Computer
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/a-serial-mouse-for-a-homebrew-8-bit-computer/

[Too Many Wires] has a custom computer he’s building. He wanted a mouse, but USB is a bit of a stretch for the fledgling computer. We might have opted for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/a-serial-mouse-for-a-homebrew-8-bit-computer/)

Hackaday Links: September 21, 2025
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/hackaday-links-september-21-2025/