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Bot Reborn transforms a $4 toy robot into an AI-powered companion that talks, moves, and responds to voice commands.

FIU researchers developed a low-cost, stealthy drone detector that uses AI to identify drones by their unique magnetic signatures.

Cristian Dragomir's mod101 is a configurable, ROS 2-compatible robot arm with parametric hardware, swappable tools, and a web configurator that lets you explore different combinations of reach, payload, and cost.

Adam Taylor's latest tutorial shows how you can use a laptop webcam, an RP2354, and the Efinix T8 FPGA on the Forgix board to create a live USB edge detection system.

Luxonis has launched a new entry in the OAK family, the OAK 4 FFC — an OAK Modular device that lets you connect up to five cameras for multi-view robotics projects.

Hints as to the next single-board computers to come from Raspberry Pi have appeared in the form of new device trees for its fork of the Linux kernel — detailing the as-yet unannounced Raspberry Pi 4 Model A and Raspberry Pi Zero 3 W.

Chili Pepper is an all-in-one, open source ESP32-S3 board for building custom digital musical instruments.

Track every shot without expensive gadgets or subscriptions using Coleman Rollins' Open GPS, a DIY golf tracker built with accessible hardware.

Adam of Witchcraft and Alchemy developed a beautiful new display inspired by Nixie tubes.

Can you run a 30.46-million-parameter language model entirely offline on a cheap MCU? Marina did just that, training an SML from scratch and deploying it to an ESP32-S3! The result? PocketGPT, a touchscreen chatbot that generates responses locally — no cloud or internet connection required.

Nickson Kiprotich's Afterglow is a DIY retro camera built around the UNIHIKER K10 that brings back the joy of film.

Thomas Vikström's RF Watchkeeper uses inexpensive SDR hardware and edge computing to monitor aircraft, ships, wireless sensors, and weather satellites.

Scentronic uses AI to identify smells, then transmits them over the internet to recreate them remotely. The Internet of Smells is here!

Throaty Mumbo turned his old NES into a usable desktop PC, complete with browser for surfing the net.

Fallout fan Arnov Sharma built his own replica of the wall-mounted terminals manufactured by RobCo, which you'll find throughout the games. Powered by a LattePanda Mu, with a custom 3D-printed enclosure, a secondary display, and yes, it can even run New Vegas itself!

Uniformation has opened crowdfunding for what it claims as the "first automated desktop resin 3D printer," the UniFormation S10 — promising less mess, and less handling the resin.

Can it run Doom? Artur Bieniek's $30 clamp meter can, despite having just 32 KB of RAM, a tiny LCD, and a piezo buzzer for sound.

Simone Carriero is back on the crowdfunding circuit with a new 3D-printable gadget for your desk: the PolarPlot, an Arduino-driven SCARA parallel plotter and laser engraver.

NUS researchers built a display out of electronic fibers, creating the world's first washing-machine-safe touchscreen woven into a shirt.

Jim Bruges ran a 744-billion-parameter AI model on an Arduino VENTUNO Q with just 16 GB of RAM by streaming its weights from an SSD.

Arduino has announced a version 0.11 of the Arduino App Lab, its all-in-one IDE for the Arduino UNO Q and VENTUNO Q single-board computers — designed to help you get to grips with both sides of their "dual-brain" architecture at once.

Vikash Singh Thakur’s Clawd Handy is a pocket-sized Claude AI companion based on the ⁨Adafruit MEMENTO. It can answer questions, search the web, translate languages, track the ISS, snap Game Boy-style photos, chat with other Clawds nearby, and more.

Max Kern's Pico.Lab Pico.Lab is an open source embedded bring-up tool built around the Raspberry Pi RP2350. It serves a window-based web UI directly from on-device flash over a virtual USB Ethernet connection — no host software or drivers required. Just plug it in and open your browser.

Kid-friendly 3D printer specialist Toybox has announced the Luna, its first to offer a large print volume and four-color switching.

Developed by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Future Interfaces Group, SoundBubble turns XR headset microphone arrays into virtual fingertip mics that can hear taps, swipes, and subtle hand gestures.

Espressif Systems' $59 ESP-Mosaico lets AI agents write, deploy, test, and refine code on real hardware to turn your ideas into working prototypes.

Sebastian Molano's TAKTO ONE is an impressive hand exoskeleton built for his master's thesis.

C5VRX-5 turns a tiny ESP32-C5 board and seven resistors into a 5.8 GHz analog FPV video receiver, with no extra radio hardware needed.

Prusa Research's new hotend reaches up to 400°C, as a drop-in upgrade for existing printers or a factory-fitted option on new CORE ONE L+ printers.

Ricardo Marques decided to experiment with running an SSH server on an RP2040 microcontroller.

It’s Back to the Future Day! ⚡ Arnov Sharma shrunk Doc’s flux capacitor down to a PCB badge featuring 12 animated LEDs that recreate the iconic light sequence. Best of all? No plutonium or 1.21 gigawatts required. Just some clever engineering. Great Scott!

"Petoi’s robot dog, called Quaddle, is the first product I’ve seen in a long time that truly prioritizes play."

Ryan Walker's tiny, low-cost Linux board gives robots stereo vision and depth sensing without relying on an external computer.

Researchers taught 40 robots to work together using AI trained on demonstrations from just one robot, with no communication required.

Researchers from Stanford found a way to transmit wireless data using nothing but background electrical noise, consuming up to 1,000 times less energy.

Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum enthusiasts can use this simulator to break their hardware safely.

The Form Studio 1 is the first consumer resin 3D printer from Formlabs and it is available in some awesome translucent colors.

Hack the North conference organizers built 1,750 open source, programmable ESP32 badges for attendees to hack and customize.

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Future Interfaces Group gave everyday objects AI-powered personalities, turning plants, appliances, and more into expressive Tamagotchi-like companions.

Arduino has launched a new UNO Q bundle, which pairs the "dual-brain" single-board computer with a "curated set" of Modulino input and output modules, including the Modulino Knob and Modulino Buttons.

All Variscite system-on-modules with i.MX 6 through to i.MX 9 chips now have TPM 2.0-compliant security modules — implemented as a simple firmware update.

Joshua Bird built a mind-bending single-motor drone that steers using rapid motor speed changes instead of extra rotors or servos.

A step counter you build yourself, instead of a $200 fitness band with a closed app ⌚ Pradeep built one on Zephyr with our XIAO nRF54LM20A Sense and Round Display. No app: set goals and watch live motion data from Chrome over Bluetooth More on @hacksterio.bsky.social 👉 https://tinyurl.com/msn3t9am

Researchers have developed a way to take the audiovisual experience into a new dimension — by turning a display into a sectional speaker matrix, so the location of sounds matches the image.

Ben Pettis found an interesting alternative to hard disks for his home lab: tape drives.

Bob demonstrated the Zune HD’s superiority by running Super Mario 64 on the old MP3 player.

Arduino has announced an expected price hike for its VENTUNO Q single-board computer, launched to celebrate its 21st anniversary — bringing its cost to $399.

Naveen Kumar's AI-powered jack-o'-lantern sees visitors, hears their questions, and talks back with spooky, sassy responses — all running on an Arduino VENTUNO Q.

Adam Taylor's latest project interfaces an Arducam Mini with an FPGA using nothing but VHDL state machines.

TwinX is a shape-shifting robot that can split in two, reconnect in different configurations, and use a single wire to work together.