As of about a day ago, Google’s reasonably new Find My network just got more useful. [Leon Böttger] released his re-implementation of the Android tracker network: GoogleFindMyTools. Most interestingly for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/11/google-findmy-tools-run-on-an-esp32/)

Push Your Toy Train No More, With This Locomotive!
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/11/push-your-toy-train-no-more-with-this-locomotive/

One of the most popular evergreen toys is also one of the simplest, wooden track with push-along trains. We all know the brand name, and savvy parents know to pick …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/11/push-your-toy-train-no-more-with-this-locomotive/)

It’s Always Pizza O’Clock With This AI-Powered Timepiece
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/11/its-always-pizza-oclock-with-this-ai-powered-timepiece/

Right up front, we’ll say that [likeablob]’s pizza-faced clock gives us mixed feelings about our AI-powered future. On the one hand, if that’s Stable Diffusion’s idea of what a pizza …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/11/its-always-pizza-oclock-with-this-ai-powered-timepiece/)

New Documentary Details Ventilator Development Efforts During COVID
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/12/new-documentary-details-ventilator-development-efforts-during-covid/

What would it be like to have to design and build a ventilator, suitable for clinical use, in ten days? One that could be built entirely from locally-sourced parts, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/12/new-documentary-details-ventilator-development-efforts-during-covid/)

Laser Cut Acrylic Provides Movie-Style Authentication
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/12/laser-cut-acrylic-provides-movie-style-authentication/

Here at Hackaday, we pride ourselves on bringing you the latest and greatest projects for your viewing pleasure. But sometimes we come across a creation so interesting that we find …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/12/laser-cut-acrylic-provides-movie-style-authentication/)

Plastic On The Mind: Assessing the Risks From Micro- and Nanoplastics
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/12/plastic-on-the-mind-assessing-the-risks-from-micro-and-nanoplastics/

Perhaps one of the clearest indications of the Anthropocene may be the presence of plastic. Starting with the commercialization of Bakelite in 1907 by Leo Baekeland, plastics have taken the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/12/plastic-on-the-mind-assessing-the-risks-from-micro-and-nanoplastics/)

Safer and More Consistent Woodworking With a Power Feeder
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/12/safer-and-more-consistent-woodworking-with-a-power-feeder/

Woodworking tools like table- and bandsaws are extremely useful and versatile, but they generally have the distinct disadvantage that they make no distinction between the wood and the digits of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/12/safer-and-more-consistent-woodworking-with-a-power-feeder/)

PCB Design Review: M.2 SSD Splitter
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/12/pcb-design-review-m-2-ssd-splitter/