It is easier than ever to produce projects with nice enclosures thanks to 3D printing and laser cutting. However, for a polished look, you also need a labeled front panel. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/deep-dive-on-panel-making/)

Save Cells from the Landfill, Get a Power Bank For Your Troubles
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A hefty portable power bank is a handy thing to DIY, but one needs to get their hands on a number of matching lithium-ion cells to make it happen. [Chris …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/save-cells-from-the-landfill-get-a-power-bank-for-your-troubles/)

VESC Mods Made Via Vibe Coding
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/vesc-mods-made-via-vibe-coding/

[David Bloomfield] wanted to make some tweaks to an embedded system, but didn’t quite have the requisite skills. He decided to see if vibe coding could help. [David]’s goal was …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/vesc-mods-made-via-vibe-coding/)

Quick and Easy Digital Stethoscope Keeps Tabs on Cat
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For all their education, medical practitioners sometimes forget that what’s old hat to them is new territory for their patients. [David Revoy] learned that when a recent visit to the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/quick-and-easy-digital-stethoscope-keeps-tabs-on-cat/)

How Methane Took Over the Booster World
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An array of current or next-generation boosters powered by methalox engines.
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rockets.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rockets.png?w=800">Go back a generation of development, and excepting the shuttle-derived systems, all liquid rockets used RP-1 (aka kerosene) for their first stage. Now it seems everybody and their dog wants …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/how-methane-took-over-the-booster-world/)

Hackaday Links: April 27, 2025
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Looks like the Simpsons had it right again, now that an Australian radio station has been caught using an AI-generated DJ for their midday slot. Station CADA, a Sydney-based broadcaster …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/hackaday-links-april-27-2025/)

Design Constraints Bring Lockbox to Life
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One of the most paradoxical aspects of creating art is the fact that constraints, whether arbitrary or real, and whether in space, time, materials, or rules, often cause creativity to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/design-constraints-bring-lockbox-to-life/)