Kinethreads: A Low Cost Haptic Exo-Suit
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/kinethreads-a-low-cost-haptic-exo-suit/

There have been lots of haptic vest devices over the years, though the vast majority have been very simple. Many existing suits pack in a few speakers or vibration motors …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/kinethreads-a-low-cost-haptic-exo-suit/)

NTRON Plays Games, Music
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/ntron-plays-games-music/

What do you get if you meld a Raspberry Pi, a chiptune synthesizer, and a case that looks like an imaginary Kenback-2000? Well, if you are [Artifextron], you get the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/ntron-plays-games-music/)

Smart Home Gets A Custom Keypad Controller
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/smart-home-gets-a-custom-keypad-controller/

Voice assistants and smartphones are often the go-to interfaces for modern smart home systems. However, if you fancy more direct physical controls, you can go that route as well. To …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/smart-home-gets-a-custom-keypad-controller/)

Fully-Local AI Agent Runs on Raspberry Pi, With a Little Patience
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/fully-local-ai-agent-runs-on-raspberry-pi-with-a-little-patience/

[Simone]’s AI assistant, dubbed Max Headbox, is a wakeword-triggered local AI agent capable of following instructions and doing simple tasks. It’s an experiment in many ways, but also a great …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/fully-local-ai-agent-runs-on-raspberry-pi-with-a-little-patience/)

A Walk Down PC Video Card Memory Lane
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/a-walk-down-pc-video-card-memory-lane/

These days, video cards are virtually supercomputers. When they aren’t driving your screen, they are decoding video, crunching physics models, or processing large-language model algorithms. But it wasn’t always like …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/a-walk-down-pc-video-card-memory-lane/)

Decorate Your Neck with The First Z80 Badge
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/decorate-your-neck-with-the-first-z80-badge/

Over the years, we’ve brought you many stories of the creative artwork behind electronic event badges, but today we may have a first for you. [Spencer] thinks nobody before him …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/decorate-your-neck-with-the-first-z80-badge/)

Hackaday Links: September 28, 2025
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/hackaday-links-september-28-2025/