If IRobot Falls, Hackers are Ready to Wrangle Roombas
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/13/if-irobot-falls-hackers-are-ready-to-wrangle-roombas/

Things are not looking good for iRobot. Although their robotic Roomba vacuums are basically a household name, the company has been faltering financially for some time now. In 2024 there …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/13/if-irobot-falls-hackers-are-ready-to-wrangle-roombas/)

Running a Minecraft Server on a WiFi Light Bulb
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/13/running-a-minecraft-server-on-a-wifi-light-bulb/

WiFi-enabled ‘smart’ light bulbs are everywhere these days, and each one of them has a microcontroller inside that’s capable enough to run all sorts of interesting software. For example, [vimpo] …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/13/running-a-minecraft-server-on-a-wifi-light-bulb/)

2025 Component Abuse Challenge: Relay Used As Guitar Pickup
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/13/2025-component-abuse-challenge-relay-used-as-guitar-pickup/

We’ve all built projects that are a rats’ nest of wiring and feature creep, but the best projects in the end are usually those that use a simple solution to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/13/2025-component-abuse-challenge-relay-used-as-guitar-pickup/)

3D Printing A Piano Action
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/13/3d-printing-a-piano-action/

Part of the reason there are always free pianos on your digital classifieds listing of choice is that, at least economically speaking, a piano is less of a musical instrument …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/13/3d-printing-a-piano-action/)

Tiny386 on an Espressif ESP32-S3
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/13/tiny386-on-an-espressif-esp32-s3/

Some people may remember the joys of trying to boot Linux on an 8-bit AVR microcontroller, which was an absolute exercise in patience. In comparison [He Chunhui]’s Tiny386 emulator running …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/13/tiny386-on-an-espressif-esp32-s3/)

An Improbable, Doomed Star System in a Clockwork Coffee Table
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/13/an-improbable-doomed-star-system-in-a-clockwork-coffee-table/

The major objects in our solar system orbit along the plane of the ecliptic, plus or minus few degrees, and it turns out most exoplanet systems are the same — …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/13/an-improbable-doomed-star-system-in-a-clockwork-coffee-table/)