Bambu Labs make indisputably excellent printers. However, that excellence comes at the cost of freedom. After a firmware release earlier this year, Bambu printers could only work with Bambu’s own …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/07/the-saga-of-hacking-a-bambu-x1-carbon/)

Smartphone Sensors Unlocked: Turn Your Phone into a Physics Lab
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/07/smartphone-sensors-unlocked-turn-your-phone-into-a-physics-lab/

These days, most of us have a smartphone. They are so commonplace that we rarely stop to consider how amazing they truly are. The open-source project Phyphox has provided easy …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/07/smartphone-sensors-unlocked-turn-your-phone-into-a-physics-lab/)

Building a Rotary Evaporator for the Home Lab
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/08/building-a-rotary-evaporator-for-the-home-lab/

The rotary evaporator (rotovap) rarely appears outside of well-provisioned chemistry labs. That means that despite being a fundamentally simple device, their cost generally puts them out of reach for amateur …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/08/building-a-rotary-evaporator-for-the-home-lab/)

The Sixteen-Year Odyssey to Finally Emulate the Pioneer LaserActive Console
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/08/the-sixteen-year-odyssey-to-finally-emulate-the-pioneer-laseractive-console/

The 1993 Pioneer LaserActive certainly ranks high on the list of obscure video games. It was an odd duck; it used both a LaserDisc for data storage and provided compatibility …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/08/the-sixteen-year-odyssey-to-finally-emulate-the-pioneer-laseractive-console/)

GPS And Its Little Modules
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/08/gps-and-its-little-modules/

Ever want to find your device on the map? Think we all do sometimes. The technology you’ll generally use for that is called Global Positioning System (GPS) – listening to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/08/gps-and-its-little-modules/)

Making an Ultralight Helicopter
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/08/making-an-ultralight-helicopter/

Ultralight aviation provides an excellent pathway for those who want to fly, but don’t want to get licensed. These quite often cheap and cheerful DIY aircraft often hide some excellent …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/08/making-an-ultralight-helicopter/)

Ore Formation Processes, Part Two: Hydrothermal Boogaloo
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/08/ore-formation-processes-part-two-hydrothermal-boogaloo/

There’s a saying in mine country, the kind that sometimes shows up on bumper stickers: “If it can’t be grown, it has to be mined.” Before mining can ever start, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/08/ore-formation-processes-part-two-hydrothermal-boogaloo/)

A Love Letter to Internet Relay Chat
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/08/a-love-letter-to-internet-relay-chat/