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/)

Forgotten Internet: UUCP
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/16/forgotten-internet-uucp/

What’s Forgotten Internet? It is the story of parts of the Internet — or Internet precursors — that you might have forgotten about or maybe you missed out on them. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/16/forgotten-internet-uucp/)

Gimbal Clock Relies On Servos For Its Cool Movements
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/16/gimbal-clock-relies-on-servos-for-its-cool-movements/

In the annals of human history, clocks got boring there for a while. Most were just variations on hands spinning in a circle, with the occasional tweeting bird mechanism to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/16/gimbal-clock-relies-on-servos-for-its-cool-movements/)

Taser Ring Is Scary Jewelry You Shouldn’t Build
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/16/taser-ring-is-scary-jewelry-you-shouldnt-build/

Officially, the term “taser” refers to a particular brand of projectile-firing electric stun gun. However, the word is also colloquially used to refer to just about any device intended for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/16/taser-ring-is-scary-jewelry-you-shouldnt-build/)

Building a 3D-Printed Strandbeest
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/16/building-a-3d-printed-strandbeest/