This year we challenged the Hackaday community to develop Shitty Simple Supercon Add-Ons (SAO) that did more than just blink a few LEDs. The SAO standard includes I2C data and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/supercon-2024-badge-add-on-winners/)

Power-Over-Skin Makes Powering Wearables Easier
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/power-over-skin-makes-powering-wearables-easier/

The ever-shrinking size of electronics and sensors has allowed wearables to help us quantify more and more about ourselves in smaller and smaller packages, but one major constraint is the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/power-over-skin-makes-powering-wearables-easier/)

A Lesson in RF Design Thanks to This Homebrew LNA
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/a-lesson-in-rf-design-thanks-to-this-homebrew-lna/

If you’re planning on working satellites or doing any sort of RF work where the signal lives down in the dirt, you’re going to need a low-noise amplifier. That’s typically …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/a-lesson-in-rf-design-thanks-to-this-homebrew-lna/)

Humble Television Tubes Make An FM Regenerative Radio
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/humble-television-tubes-make-an-fm-regenerative-radio/

The regenerative radio is long-ago superseded in commercial receivers, but it remains a common project for electronics or radio enthusiasts seeking to make a simple receiver. It’s most often seen …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/humble-television-tubes-make-an-fm-regenerative-radio/)

iPod Clickwheel Games Preservation Project
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/ipod-clickwheel-games-preservation-project/

The iPod once reigned supreme in the realm of portable music. Hackers are now working on preserving one of its less lauded functions — gaming. [via Ars Technica] The run …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/ipod-clickwheel-games-preservation-project/)

Flaming Power Wheels Skeleton Wins Halloween
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/flaming-power-wheels-skeleton-wins-halloween/

When the project description starts with the sentence “I use an RC remote and receiver, an esp32, high-current motor drivers, servos, an FPV camera, and a little propane”, you know …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/flaming-power-wheels-skeleton-wins-halloween/)

AI Not Needed For Hackaday Projects
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/ai-not-needed-for-hackaday-projects/

It was Supercon this weekend, and Hackaday staffers made their way to Pasadena for what was by all accounts an excellent event. Now they’re all on their way home on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/ai-not-needed-for-hackaday-projects/)