BornHack is a week-long summer hacker camp in a forest on the Danish island of Fyn, that consistently delivers a very pleasant experience for those prepared to make the journey. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/two-for-the-price-of-one-bornhack-2024-and-2025-badges/)

2025 One-Hertz Challenge: The Flip Disc Clock
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/2025-one-hertz-challenge-the-flip-disc-clock/

Do you like buses, or do you just like the flippy-flappy displays they use to show route information? Either way, you’ll probably love the flip-disc clock created by [David Plass]. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/2025-one-hertz-challenge-the-flip-disc-clock/)

Digital Guitar of the Future has no strings
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/digital-guitar-of-the-future-has-no-strings/

Electric guitars are great, but they’re just so 20th century. You’d think decades of musicians riffing on the instrument would mean there are no hacks left in the humble axe. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/digital-guitar-of-the-future-has-no-strings/)

You Can Make Your Own Floppy Drive Cleaning Disks
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/you-can-make-your-own-floppy-drive-cleaning-disks/

Once upon a time, you could buy floppy drive cleaning disks at just about any stationary or computer store. These days, they’re harder to find. If you want to build …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/you-can-make-your-own-floppy-drive-cleaning-disks/)

AI Code Review the Right Way
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/ai-code-review-the-right-way/

Do you use a spell checker? We’ll guess you do. Would you use a button that just said “correct all spelling errors in document?” Hopefully not. Your word processor probably …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/ai-code-review-the-right-way/)

Universal Control for the Last Mac You’d Ever Expect
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/universal-control-for-the-last-mac-youd-ever-expect/

Universal control is a neat feature on Macintosh computers, allowing you to slide your mouse seamlessly from device to device. Of course you need a relatively recent version of MacOS …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/universal-control-for-the-last-mac-youd-ever-expect/)

Custom Bedroom Lighting Controlled By Alexa
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/02/custom-bedroom-lighting-controlled-by-alexa/

[Arkandas] had a problem. They liked reading in bed, but their bedroom lamps weren’t cutting it—either too bright and direct, or too dim and diffuse. The solution was custom lighting, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/02/custom-bedroom-lighting-controlled-by-alexa/)