[Anthony Kouttron] wanted a fume extractor for his personal electronics lab, but he didn’t like the look of the cheap off-the-shelf units that he found. Ultimately, he figured it couldn’t …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/16/big-server-fan-becomes-fume-extractor/)

MIDI Spoon Piano Is Exactly What You Think It Is
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/16/midi-spoon-piano-is-exactly-what-you-think-it-is/

Pianos traditionally had keys made out of ivory, but there’s a great way to avoid that if you want to save the elephants. You can build a keyboard using spoons, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/16/midi-spoon-piano-is-exactly-what-you-think-it-is/)

Is The Frequency Domain a Real Place?
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/16/is-the-frequency-domain-a-real-place/

When analyzing data, one can use a variety of transformations on the data to massage it into a form that works better to tease out the information one is interested …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/16/is-the-frequency-domain-a-real-place/)

Customizable Bird Clock Sings The Hours By
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/16/customizable-bird-clock-sings-the-hours-by/

For those looking to build their own clocks, one of the easiest ways to get started is with a pre-built module that uses a simple quartz oscillator and drives a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/16/customizable-bird-clock-sings-the-hours-by/)

Running Four Brushless Motors With A Single Pi Pico
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/17/running-four-brushless-motors-with-a-single-pi-pico/

Sometimes, you have to drive four motors, and you need to do so with a certain level of control. You could throw a lot of parts at the problem, but …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/17/running-four-brushless-motors-with-a-single-pi-pico/)

Betta Aims to Bring Wire EDM to the Desktop
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/17/betta-aims-to-bring-wire-edm-to-the-desktop/

Just as practical nuclear fusion has been “only 20 years away” for the last 80 years or so, the promise of electrical discharge machining (EDM) in the home shop seems …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/17/betta-aims-to-bring-wire-edm-to-the-desktop/)

This Week in Security: The Time Kernel.org Was Backdoored and Other Stories
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/17/this-week-in-security-the-time-kernel-org-was-backdoored-and-other-stories/

Researchers at Eset have published a huge report on the Ebury malware/botnet (pdf), and one of the high profile targets of this campaign was part of the kernel.org infrastructure. So …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/17/this-week-in-security-the-time-kernel-org-was-backdoored-and-other-stories/)