This week, Jonathan Bennett and Aaron Newcomb chat with Simon Phipps and Stefano Maffulli about Open Source AI. Why did we need a new definition? Has it been controversial? And …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/15/floss-weekly-episode-816-open-source-ai/)

Forget the Coax, Wire Up Your Antennas with Cat 6 Cable
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/15/forget-the-coax-wire-up-your-antennas-with-cat-6-cable/

These days, anything with copper in it is expensive. If you doubt that, a walk into any Home Depot electrical department, where the wire is locked up tighter than Fort …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/15/forget-the-coax-wire-up-your-antennas-with-cat-6-cable/)

All The Attacks on the RP2350
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/15/all-the-attacks-on-the-rp2350/

Raspberry Pi’s new microcontroller, the RP2350, has a small section of memory that is meant for storing secrets. It’s protected by anti-glitching and other countermeasures, and the Raspberries wanted to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/15/all-the-attacks-on-the-rp2350/)

A Direct Conversion Receiver Anyone Can Build
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/15/a-direct-conversion-receiver-anyone-can-build/

A couple of years ago one of the Hackaday Prize finalists was a project to take highschoolers through building a direct conversion radio receiver for the 40 metre amateur band. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/15/a-direct-conversion-receiver-anyone-can-build/)

Piezo Buzzer Makes a Drum
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/15/piezo-buzzer-makes-a-drum/

The humble piezo disc buzzer is much more than something that makes tinny beeps in retro electronic equipment, it can also be used as a sensor. Tapping a piezo buzzer …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/15/piezo-buzzer-makes-a-drum/)

Simple Hardware Store Hack Keeps Your PCBs Right Where You Want Them
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/16/simple-hardware-store-hack-keeps-your-pcbs-right-where-you-want-them/

Sometimes it’s the simplest hacks that make the biggest impact. Take these DIY magnetic PCB vises for example. Sure, you can go out and buy purpose-built tools, but [Dylan Radcliffe] …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/16/simple-hardware-store-hack-keeps-your-pcbs-right-where-you-want-them/)

Fighting to Keep Bluetooth Thermometers Hackable
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/16/fighting-to-keep-bluetooth-thermometers-hackable/

Back in 2020, we first brought you word of the Xiaomi LYWSD03MMC — a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) temperature and humidity sensor that could be had from the usual sources …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/16/fighting-to-keep-bluetooth-thermometers-hackable/)