Taco Bell to Bring Voice AI Ordering to Hundreds of US Drive-Throughs
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/02/taco-bell-to-bring-voice-ai-ordering-to-hundreds-of-us-drive-throughs/

Drive-throughs are a popular feature at fast-food places, where you can get some fast grub without even leaving your car. For the fast-food companies running them they are also a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/02/taco-bell-to-bring-voice-ai-ordering-to-hundreds-of-us-drive-throughs/)

Better Battery Design Through Science
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/02/better-battery-design-through-science/

Before the age of lithium batteries, any project needing to carry its own power had to rely on batteries that were much less energy-dense and affordable. In many ways, we …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/02/better-battery-design-through-science/)

Linux Handheld Packs Dual Batteries So It’s Never out of Juice
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/03/linux-handheld-packs-dual-batteries-so-its-never-out-of-juice/

There was a time — not so long ago — when a handheld terminal would have been an expensive and exotic piece of kit. Now, all it takes is a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/03/linux-handheld-packs-dual-batteries-so-its-never-out-of-juice/)

Get Your Glitch on With a PicoEMP and a 3D Printer
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/03/get-your-glitch-on-with-a-picoemp-and-a-3d-printer/

We’re not sure what [Aaron Christophel] calls his automated chip glitching setup built from a 3D printer, but we’re going to go ahead and dub it the “Glitch-o-Matic 9000.” Has …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/03/get-your-glitch-on-with-a-picoemp-and-a-3d-printer/)

How About Privacy and Hackability?
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/03/how-about-privacy-and-hackability/

Many smart electric meters in the US use the 900 MHz band to broadcast their usage out to meter readers as they walk the neighborhood. [Jeff Sandberg] used an RTL-SDR …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/03/how-about-privacy-and-hackability/)

Homebrew Relay Computer Features Motorized Clock
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/03/homebrew-relay-computer-features-motorized-clock/

Before today, we probably would have said that scratch-built relay computers were the sole domain of only the most wizardly of graybeards. But this impressive build sent in by [Will …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/03/homebrew-relay-computer-features-motorized-clock/)

Steam Deck, Or Single Board Computer?
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/03/steam-deck-or-single-board-computer/