Bluetooth is a short-range protocol that’s great for peripherals and finding your keys, but it’s limited range is mainly a product of how it’s usually implemented. A recent video from …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/pushing-bluetooth-out-to-12-kilometers/)

An Analog TV Station For Anyone
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/an-analog-tv-station-for-anyone/

If you’re a collector of older TVs, you’re probably facing the problem in some form of having no transmissions to tune in to. With many sets you can use a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/an-analog-tv-station-for-anyone/)

Meshtastic Pet Tracking
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/meshtastic-pet-tracking/

Most commercial pet trackers require a subscription or network connection to function. [Jon G Aguado] wanted a better way and designed LIA, a Meshtastic collar tracker. LIA uses a custom …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/meshtastic-pet-tracking/)

Simple, Reliable RF Remote Control
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/simple-reliable-rf-remote-control/

Some of the first remote controls available to consumers used sound, visible light, or even just wires to communicate with their parent device. It was many years between these first …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/simple-reliable-rf-remote-control/)

Mesh Network Telephony Over Bluetooth on Android Phones
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/mesh-network-telephony-over-bluetooth-on-android-phones/

Telephony is a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand, being able to talk to people in far off places is kind of neat, at least in theory. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/mesh-network-telephony-over-bluetooth-on-android-phones/)

A 3D Printed Marble Clock, but it’s Scrolling Text
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/a-3d-printed-marble-clock-but-its-scrolling-text/

With the topic of marble clocks having been quite well explored at this point, it raises the question of how easy it would be to take the basic principle and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/a-3d-printed-marble-clock-but-its-scrolling-text/)

Hackaday Links: October 25, 2026
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/hackaday-links-october-25-2026/

Some disappointing, but perhaps not entirely unsurprising news this week out of Denmark — after announcing last year that they would transition away from Microsoft’s proprietary software, the realities of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/hackaday-links-october-25-2026/)

Transforming a Tungsten Ditelluride Monolayer into a Transistor
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/transforming-a-tungsten-ditelluride-monolayer-into-a-transistor/