Kids love their Power Wheels and other ride-on electric cars. Indeed, [Ashwin]’s son was digging his little ATV, but soon found that some care was needed on the pedal. It …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/modding-a-toddlers-ride-on-for-more-grunt/)

This Week in Security: Rsync, SSO, and Pentesting Mushrooms
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/this-week-in-security-rsync-sso-and-pentesting-mushrooms/

Up first, go check your machines for the rsync version, and your servers for an exposed rsync instance. While there are some security fixes for clients in release 3.4.0, the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/this-week-in-security-rsync-sso-and-pentesting-mushrooms/)

You Can Build Your Own Hubless Roller Blades and Ride Off Road
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/you-can-build-your-own-hubless-roller-blades-and-ride-off-road/

Regular roller blades go way back, relying on a number of wheels mounted in a line and relying on regular bearings. [The Q] came up with an altogether more interesting …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/you-can-build-your-own-hubless-roller-blades-and-ride-off-road/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 304: Glitching the RP2350, Sim Sim Sim, and a Scrunchie Clock
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/hackaday-podcast-episode-304-glitching-the-rp2350-sim-sim-sim-and-a-scrunchie-clock/

It’s podcast time again, and this week Dan sat down with Elliot for a look back at all the cool hacks we’ve written about. We started off talking about Hackaday …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/hackaday-podcast-episode-304-glitching-the-rp2350-sim-sim-sim-and-a-scrunchie-clock/)

New Bambu Lab Firmware Update Adds Mandatory Authorization Control System
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/new-bambu-lab-firmware-update-adds-mandatory-authorization-control-system/

As per a recent Bambu Lab blog post, its FDM printers in the X1 series will soon receive a firmware update that adds mandatory authentication for certain operations, starting with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/new-bambu-lab-firmware-update-adds-mandatory-authorization-control-system/)

Android Head Unit Gets Volume Knob Upgrade
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/android-head-unit-gets-volume-knob-upgrade/

Touch screen head units are pretty much the norm these days. Many compromise with annoying on-screen volume controls or tiny buttons. If you find yourself with such a unit, you  …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/android-head-unit-gets-volume-knob-upgrade/)

Trinteract Mini Space Mouse Does It In 3D
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/trinteract-mini-space-mouse-does-it-in-3d/

We’re not sure how we managed to miss this one, but better late than never, right? This is Trinteract, a 3-DOF input device that’s both open-source and Arduino compatible. There’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/17/trinteract-mini-space-mouse-does-it-in-3d/)