Danielle Boyer and mentee Vinaya Gunasekar build robots together at The STEAM Connection. (Courtesy of Danielle Boyer)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/The-STEAM-Connection-Danielle-Boyer-and-mentee-Vinaya-Gunasekar-build-robots.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/The-STEAM-Connection-Danielle-Boyer-and-mentee-Vinaya-Gunasekar-build-robots.jpg?w=800">[Danielle Boyer] is Ojibwe: Sault Ste Marie Tribe and passionate about preserving vanishing indigenous languages. She’s invented a shoulder-worn talking companion, called a SkoBot, to teach STEAM to children through …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/01/03/wearable-skobots-full-of-steam-and-vanishing-indigenous-languages/)

2022: As The Hardware World Turns
https://hackaday.com/2023/01/03/2022-as-the-hardware-world-turns/

Well folks, we made it through another one. While it would be a stretch to call 2022 a good year for those of us in the hacking and making community, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/01/03/2022-as-the-hardware-world-turns/)

Veteran Polaroid Camera Lives Again, With Film Conversion
https://hackaday.com/2023/01/03/veteran-polaroid-camera-lives-again-with-film-conversion/

Browsing the thrift stores will net an amazing array of old cameras for dirt cheap prices, meaning that a film enthusiast can have plenty of fun without wasting money they …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/01/03/veteran-polaroid-camera-lives-again-with-film-conversion/)

The Problem With Passwords
https://hackaday.com/2023/01/03/the-problem-with-passwords/

By now it’s probable that most readers will have heard about LastPass’s “Security Incident“, in which users’ password vaults were lifted from their servers. We’re told that the vaults are …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/01/03/the-problem-with-passwords/)

Fool a Drone With a Fixed Battery
https://hackaday.com/2023/01/03/fool-a-drone-with-a-fixed-battery/

Lithium-ion and lithium-polymer rechargeable batteries have given us previously impossible heights of electronics power and miniaturization, but there’s a downside they have brought along with them. When a battery pack …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/01/03/fool-a-drone-with-a-fixed-battery/)

The Crawlspace Crawler
https://hackaday.com/2023/01/03/the-crawlspace-crawler/

This crawlspace crawler FPV robot is a fairly simple build. [Jeff G] bought a boxy chassis kit with frame, motors, and wheels, mounted lights and camera, and we get to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/01/03/the-crawlspace-crawler/)

HP 33120A Repair: Shutting Down the Eye of Sauron
https://hackaday.com/2023/01/03/hp-33120a-repair-shutting-down-the-eye-of-sauron/

When a friend of [Tom Verbeure] came into possession of two HP 33120A 15 MHz function/arbitrary waveform generators, he could not resist giving them a try. Although not exactly high-end …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/01/03/hp-33120a-repair-shutting-down-the-eye-of-sauron/)