Although quick-response (QR) codes are rather simple monochrome affairs, adding embellishments to them is a popular activity, if only to make QR codes not stick out like a sore thumb …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/11/06/using-halftone-images-in-qr-codes-without-upsetting-scanners/)

MousePods Reverse Engineers Head Tracking Data From Stubborn AirPods
https://hackaday.com/2026/11/06/mousepods-reverse-engineers-head-tracking-data-from-stubborn-airpods/

[Matteo Gaudioso] released MousePods, a Python tool which accesses the motion sensors in Apple AirPods on Linux, turning them into mouse input. No Apple host required. Doing this required reverse-engineering …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/11/06/mousepods-reverse-engineers-head-tracking-data-from-stubborn-airpods/)

It’s Alpine Linux, On A Kindle Paperwhite 3
https://hackaday.com/2026/11/06/its-alpine-linux-on-a-kindle-paperwhite-3/

As computing power becomes cheaper and microprocessors become more capable, a steady trend over recent decades has been to see more everyday devices hiding Linux under the hood somewhere. Sadly …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/11/06/its-alpine-linux-on-a-kindle-paperwhite-3/)

DIY Rooftop Tent Sets Up In a Jiffy
https://hackaday.com/2026/11/06/diy-rooftop-tent-sets-up-in-a-jiffy/

[CraftAndu] shares his DIY car rooftop tent design that looks like a pretty accessible build. It allowed him to test drive the concept to his satisfaction while spending a fraction …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/11/06/diy-rooftop-tent-sets-up-in-a-jiffy/)

Automate That Halloween Treating
https://hackaday.com/2026/11/06/automate-that-halloween-treating/

We live a Jetsons future of ubiquitous automation, in which the most trivial of human tasks has a machine to take the work out of it. Take doling out Halloween …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/11/06/automate-that-halloween-treating/)

A Bike-Friendly, DIY Action Cam Stereo Microphone
https://hackaday.com/2026/11/07/a-bike-friendly-diy-action-cam-stereo-microphone/

[DJJules] had two problems. Being an avid biker, recording audio on a bike-mounted action camera was less than ideal due to wind. In addition, the built-in microphone on action cameras …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/11/07/a-bike-friendly-diy-action-cam-stereo-microphone/)

The Hidden Microcontroller Inside a LoRa chip
https://hackaday.com/2026/11/07/the-hidden-microcontroller-inside-a-lora-chip/

If you’ve ever done anything with LoRa, the chances are you’ve used a LoRa chip or module as a peripheral for a microcontroller, and left it at that. But that’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/11/07/the-hidden-microcontroller-inside-a-lora-chip/)