Plenty Of LEDs And Useful Too: The 2025 DORS/CLUC Badge
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/01/plenty-of-leds-and-useful-too-the-2025-dors-cluc-badge/

It’s always nice to see new developments in the world of electronic badges, and while there are events and badge teams pushing the technological envelope there’s still plenty of scope …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/01/plenty-of-leds-and-useful-too-the-2025-dors-cluc-badge/)

It’s MIDI for the TRS-80!
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/01/its-midi-for-the-trs-80/

The Radio Shack TRS-80 was a much-loved machine across America. However, one thing it lacked was MIDI. That’s not so strange given the era it was released in, of course. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/01/its-midi-for-the-trs-80/)

Hackaday Links: June 1, 2025
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/01/hackaday-links-june-1-2025/

It appears that we’re approaching the HAL-9000 point on the AI hype curve with this report, which suggests that Anthropic’s new AI model is willing to exhibit some rather antisocial …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/01/hackaday-links-june-1-2025/)

2025 Pet Hacks Contest: Weigh Your Dog The Easy Way
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/01/2025-pet-hacks-contest-weigh-your-dog-the-easy-way/

If you need to weigh your pet, you’ll soon find that getting an animal to stand on a weighing machine to order is very difficult indeed. If the critter in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/01/2025-pet-hacks-contest-weigh-your-dog-the-easy-way/)

Testing Brick Layers in OrcaSlicer With Staggered Perimeters
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/01/testing-brick-layers-in-orcaslicer-with-staggered-perimeters/

The idea of staggered (or brick) layers in FDM prints has become very popular the past few years, with now nightly builds of OrcaSlicer featuring the ‘Stagger Perimeters’ option to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/01/testing-brick-layers-in-orcaslicer-with-staggered-perimeters/)

This BB Shooter Has a Spring, But Not For What You Think
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/02/this-bb-shooter-has-a-spring-but-not-for-what-you-think/

[It’s on my MIND] designed a clever BB blaster featuring a four-bar linkage that prints in a single piece and requires no additional hardware. The interesting part is how it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/02/this-bb-shooter-has-a-spring-but-not-for-what-you-think/)

Depositing Metal On Glass with Fiber Laser
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/02/depositing-metal-on-glass-with-fiber-laser/