Don’t you love it when the title track is the first one on the album? I had to single out this adjustable keyboard called the Protractor, because look at it! …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-protractor-keyboard/)

Peeking at Poking Health Tech: the G7 and the Libre 3
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/peeking-at-poking-health-tech-the-g7-and-the-libre-3/

Continuous glucose meters (CGMs) aren’t just widgets for the wellness crowd. For many, CGMs are real-time feedback machines for the body, offering glucose trendlines that help people rethink how they …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/peeking-at-poking-health-tech-the-g7-and-the-libre-3/)

The DIY 1982 Picture Phone
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/the-diy-1982-picture-phone/

If you’ve only been around for the Internet age, you may not realize that Hackaday is the successor of electronics magazines. In their heyday, magazines like Popular Electronics, Radio Electronics, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/the-diy-1982-picture-phone/)

There’s An Venusian Spacecraft Coming Our Way
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/theres-an-venusian-spacecraft-coming-our-way/

It’s not unusual for redundant satellites, rocket stages, or other spacecraft to re-enter the earth’s atmosphere. Usually they pass unnoticed or generate a spectacular light show, and very rarely a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/theres-an-venusian-spacecraft-coming-our-way/)

Crossing Commodore Signal Cables on Purpose
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/crossing-commodore-signal-cables-on-purpose/

On a Commodore 64, the computer is normally connected to a monitor with one composite video cable and to an audio device with a second, identical (although uniquely colored) cable. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/crossing-commodore-signal-cables-on-purpose/)

Read Motor Speed Better By Making The RP2040 PIO Do It
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/read-motor-speed-better-by-making-the-rp2040-pio-do-it/

A quadrature encoder provides a way to let hardware read movement (and direction) of a shaft, and they can be simple, effective, and inexpensive devices. But [Paulo Marques] observed that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/read-motor-speed-better-by-making-the-rp2040-pio-do-it/)

Comparing ‘AI’ for Basic Plant Care With Human Brown Thumbs
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/comparing-ai-for-basic-plant-care-with-human-brown-thumbs/

Like so many of us, [Liam] has a big problem. Whether it’s the curse of Brown Thumbs or something else, those darn houseplants just keep dying despite guides always telling …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/comparing-ai-for-basic-plant-care-with-human-brown-thumbs/)