Generally, a digital TV tuner is something you buy rather than something you make yourself. However, [Johann] has always been quite passionate about the various DVB transmission standards, and decided …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/22/building-your-own-dvb-s2-receiver/)

Full Scale Styrofoam DeLorean Finally Takes Flight
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/22/full-scale-styrofoam-delorean-finally-takes-flight/

It’s 2025 and we still don’t have flying cars– but we’ve got this full-scale flying DeLorean prop from [Brian Brocken], and that’s almost as good. It’s airborne and on camera …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/22/full-scale-styrofoam-delorean-finally-takes-flight/)

Blue Alchemist Promises Rocket Fuel From Moon Dust
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/22/blue-alchemist-promises-rocket-fuel-from-moon-dust/

Usually when an alchemist shows up promising to turn rocks into gold, you should run the other way. Sure, rocket fuel isn’t gold, but on the moon it’s worth more …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/22/blue-alchemist-promises-rocket-fuel-from-moon-dust/)

Reviving a Scrapped Sound Blaster 2.0 ISA Soundcard
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/22/reviving-a-scrapped-sound-blaster-2-0-isa-soundcard/

What do you do when you find a ISA Sound Blaster 2.0 card in a pile of scrap? Try to repair the damage on it to give it a second …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/22/reviving-a-scrapped-sound-blaster-2-0-isa-soundcard/)

Play Capacitor Cupid With The Matchmaker
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/23/play-capacitor-cupid-with-the-matchmaker/

Occasionally a design requires capacitors that are much closer to being identical in value to one another than the usual tolerance ranges afford. Precision matching of components from parts on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/23/play-capacitor-cupid-with-the-matchmaker/)

Heart Rate Measurement via WiFi, The DIY Way
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/23/heart-rate-measurement-via-wifi-the-diy-way/

A few weeks back, we reported on a research group that figured out how to measure heartrate using perturbations in WiFi signals. [Nick Bild] was interested in this so-called “Pulse-Fi” …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/23/heart-rate-measurement-via-wifi-the-diy-way/)