The harmonisation of standards for electronic identification across the EU should normally be soporific enough to send even the most Club-Mate-hyped hacker straight to sleep, but as Computer Weekly reports, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/proposed-european-electronic-id-law-raises-concerns/)

Pour One Out for This Bottle-Playing Robot
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/pour-one-out-for-this-bottle-playing-robot/

If you have an iota of musicality, you’ve no doubt noticed that you can play music using glass bottles, especially if you have several of different sizes and fill them …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/pour-one-out-for-this-bottle-playing-robot/)

Robot Sunflower Follows the Sun
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/03/robot-sunflower-follows-the-sun/

Real flowers do it, and even the Beatles did it. [Robo Hub] now has a plastic sunflower that tracks the sun using, of course, an Arduino. It may not qualify …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/11/03/robot-sunflower-follows-the-sun/)

Partial Relay-Based Calculator Puts the Click Where it Counts
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/03/partial-relay-based-calculator-puts-the-click-where-it-counts/

It looks like [Michal Zalewski] is raising the next generation the right way. First, his eldest son asks for help building a one-bit computer from discrete transistors. Not to be …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/11/03/partial-relay-based-calculator-puts-the-click-where-it-counts/)

Machine Teaches Morse Code
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/03/machine-teaches-morse-code/

If you are a ham radio operator of a certain age, you probably remember ads for “The Instructograph,” a mechanical device for learning Morse code. [Our Own Devices] has an …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/11/03/machine-teaches-morse-code/)

This Week in Security: CVSS 4, OAuth, and ActiveMQ
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/03/this-week-in-security-cvss-4-oauth-and-activemq/

We’ve talked a few times here about the issues with the CVSS system. We’ve seen CVE farming, where a moderate issue, or even a non-issue, gets assigned a ridiculously high …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/11/03/this-week-in-security-cvss-4-oauth-and-activemq/)

Big Red Button Puts Toddler in Command of Chromecast
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/03/big-red-button-puts-toddler-in-command-of-chromecast/

Controversial position: the world needs more buttons. We’ve gotten so far away from physical interfaces like buttons, knobs, and switches in favor of sleek but sterile touch-screen “controls” that when …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/11/03/big-red-button-puts-toddler-in-command-of-chromecast/)