[Stephen] has a basement that depends on a sump pump. What that means is if the pump fails or the power goes out, the basement floods—which is rather undesirable. Not …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/an-over-engineered-basement-monitor/)

Solar Orbiter Takes Amazing Solar Pictures
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/solar-orbiter-takes-amazing-solar-pictures/

There’s an old joke that they want to send an exploratory mission to the sun, but to save money, they are going at night. The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/solar-orbiter-takes-amazing-solar-pictures/)

Building A Pi-Powered LED Chess Board
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/building-a-pi-powered-led-chess-board/

If you live near Central Park or some other local chess hub, you’re likely never short of opponents for a good game. If you find yourself looking for a computer …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/25/building-a-pi-powered-led-chess-board/)

Electric Motors Run Continuously at Near-Peak Power
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/26/electric-motors-run-continuously-at-near-peak-power/

For a lot of electrical and mechanical machines, there are nominal and peak ratings for energy output or input. If you’re in marketing or advertising, you’ll typically look at the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/26/electric-motors-run-continuously-at-near-peak-power/)

The Junk Machine Prints Corrupted Advertising On Demand
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/26/the-junk-machine-prints-corrupted-advertising-on-demand/

[ClownVamp]’s art project The Junk Machine is an interactive and eye-catching machine that, on demand, prints out an equally eye-catching and unique yet completely meaningless (one may even say corrupted) …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/26/the-junk-machine-prints-corrupted-advertising-on-demand/)

Humans Can Learn Echolocation Too
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/26/humans-can-learn-echolocation-too/

Most of us associate echolocation with bats. These amazing creatures are able to chirp at frequencies beyond the limit of our hearing, and they use the reflected sound to map …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/26/humans-can-learn-echolocation-too/)

Recreating Unobtainium Weather Station Sensors
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/26/recreating-unobtainium-weather-station-sensors/

Imagine you own a weather station. Then imagine that after some years have passed, you’ve had to replace one of the sensors multiple times. Your new problem is that the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/26/recreating-unobtainium-weather-station-sensors/)

Linux Fu: Audio Network Pipes
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/26/linux-fu-audio-network-pipes/