The Amazon Echo Dot is one of Amazon’s so-called ‘smart speaker’ offerings that tie into their larger Alexa-fueled ecosystem, designed to be a pretty minimalistic device that gives you access …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/rooting-an-amazon-echo-dot/)

Upgrading an Action Camera with an External Battery
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/upgrading-an-action-camera-with-an-external-battery/

[Evan Monsma], the prolific experimenter with cameras, found himself with an issue: he had a small Sony action camera with good performance in every respect but battery life, which was …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/upgrading-an-action-camera-with-an-external-battery/)

Huge PalmOS Development Archive Goes Online, Thanks to Personal Backups
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/huge-palmos-development-archive-goes-online-thanks-to-personal-backups/

Palm OS, an operating system for a range mobile devices that predated mobile phones, is largely forgotten today. Or at least, that’s what [Aaron Ardiri] thought. That all changed when …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/huge-palmos-development-archive-goes-online-thanks-to-personal-backups/)

Building an ADS-B Receiver For Less Than You Think
https://hackaday.com/2026/11/01/building-an-ads-b-receiver-for-less-than-you-think/

If you’ve ever wondered about the planes flying above your head, you could always listen in to ADS-B transmissions to learn more about them. [thefatmoop] has built a rig to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/11/01/building-an-ads-b-receiver-for-less-than-you-think/)

Turning Syngas into Hydrocarbons with the Right Alpha
https://hackaday.com/2026/11/01/turning-syngas-into-hydrocarbons-with-the-right-alpha/

Although the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (F-T synthesis) process is well-known and on face value quite straightforward, using it for DIY production of a somewhat defined length hydrocarbons is fairly tricky. This …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/11/01/turning-syngas-into-hydrocarbons-with-the-right-alpha/)

FloppoScope is a Disk Image Analyzer
https://hackaday.com/2026/11/01/flopposcope-is-a-disk-image-analyzer/

If you’re a big retro tech fan, you might still have a floppy drive on hand, or even some sort of high-end disk imaging solution. If you’re a little less …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/11/01/flopposcope-is-a-disk-image-analyzer/)