EU Ecodesign for Smartphones Including Right to Repair Now In Effect
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/21/eu-ecodesign-for-smartphones-including-right-to-repair-now-in-effect/

Starting June 20th, any cordless phone, smartphone, or feature phone, as well as tablets (7 – 17.4″ screens) have to meet Ecodesign requirements. In addition there is now mandatory registration …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/21/eu-ecodesign-for-smartphones-including-right-to-repair-now-in-effect/)

Replacing Crude Oil Fractional Distillation With Microporous Polyimine Membranes
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/21/replacing-crude-oil-fractional-distillation-with-microporous-polyimine-membranes/

Currently the typical way that crude oil is processed involves a fractional distillation column, in which heated crude oil is separated into the various hydrocarbon compounds using distinct boiling points. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/21/replacing-crude-oil-fractional-distillation-with-microporous-polyimine-membranes/)

Tamagotchi Torture Chamber is Equal Parts Nostalgia and Sadism
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/21/tamagotchi-torture-chamber-is-equal-parts-nostalgia-and-sadism/

Coming in hot from Cornell University, students [Amanda Huang], [Caroline Hohner], and [Rhea Goswami] bring a project that is guaranteed to tickle the funny bone of anyone in the under-40 …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/21/tamagotchi-torture-chamber-is-equal-parts-nostalgia-and-sadism/)

An Adaptive Soundtrack for Bike Tricks
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/22/an-adaptive-soundtrack-for-bike-tricks/

If you’ve put in all the necessary practice to learn bike tricks, you’d probably like an appropriately dramatic soundtrack to accompany your stunts. A team of students working on a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/22/an-adaptive-soundtrack-for-bike-tricks/)

Repairing an Old Tektronix TDS8000 Scope
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/22/repairing-an-old-tektronix-tds8000-scope/

Over on his YouTube channel our hacker [CircuitValley] repairs an old TDS8000 scope. The TDS8000 was manufactured by Tektronix circa 2001 and was also marketed as the CSA8000 Communications Signal …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/22/repairing-an-old-tektronix-tds8000-scope/)

Giving a Drum MIDI Input with Lots of Solenoids
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/22/giving-a-drum-midi-input-with-lots-of-solenoids/

As far as giving mechanical instruments electronic control goes, drums are probably the best candidate for conversion; learning to play them is challenging and loud for a human, but they’re …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/22/giving-a-drum-midi-input-with-lots-of-solenoids/)

Photogrammetry takes to the skies
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/22/photogrammetry-takes-to-the-skies/