Elliot and Dan got together to enshrine the week’s hacks in podcast form, and to commiserate about their respective moms, each of whom recently fell victim to phishing attacks. It’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/26/hackaday-podcast-episode-268-rf-burns-wireless-charging-sucks-and-barnacles-grow-on-flaperons/)

2024 Home Sweet Home Automation: Spray Bottle Turret Silences Barking
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/26/2024-home-sweet-home-automation-spray-bottle-turret-silences-barking/

Ah, dogs. They sure like to bark, don’t they? [rrustvold]’s dog likes to bark at the door when a package arrives. Or when someone walks by the house, or whenever …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/26/2024-home-sweet-home-automation-spray-bottle-turret-silences-barking/)

Build Your Own Class-E Musical Tesla Coil
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/26/build-your-own-class-e-musical-tesla-coil/

We’ve all seen a million videos online with singing Tesla coils doing their thang. [Zach Armstrong] wasn’t content to just watch, though. He went out and built one himself! Even …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/26/build-your-own-class-e-musical-tesla-coil/)

Keep Tabs on PC Use with Custom Analog Voltmeter
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/26/keep-tabs-on-pc-use-with-custom-analog-voltmeter/

With the demands of modern computing, from video editing, streaming, and gaming, many of us will turn to a monitoring system of some point to keep tabs on CPU usage, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/26/keep-tabs-on-pc-use-with-custom-analog-voltmeter/)

Australian Library Uses Chatbot To Imitate Veteran With Predictable Results
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/26/australian-library-uses-chatbot-to-imitate-veteran-with-predictable-results/

The educational sector is usually the first to decry large language models and AI, due to worries about cheating. The State Library of Queensland, however, has embraced the technology in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/26/australian-library-uses-chatbot-to-imitate-veteran-with-predictable-results/)

Nearly-Destroyed Commodore Gets New Life
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/26/nearly-destroyed-commodore-gets-new-life/

We all have our shiny, modern computers for interacting with the modern world, but at times they can seem a little monochromatic. Even the differences between something like macOS and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/26/nearly-destroyed-commodore-gets-new-life/)

How Additional Aerodynamic Drag Helped Make GTA III Work on PS2
https://hackaday.com/2024/04/27/how-additional-aerodynamic-drag-helped-make-gta-iii-work-on-ps2/

The PlayStation 2 was a revelation when it hit the market in 2000, and yet by modern standards, it’s almost hopelessly weak. In fact, it’s so under-powered, Rockstar developers had …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/04/27/how-additional-aerodynamic-drag-helped-make-gta-iii-work-on-ps2/)