For some reason, wildfire seasons in Australia, North America, and other places around the world seem to happen more and more frequently and with greater and greater fervor. Living in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/11/04/prepare-for-wildfire-season-with-an-air-quality-monitor/)

Battle Robot Uses Carbon Fiber to Save Weight
https://hackaday.com/2021/11/05/battle-robot-uses-carbon-fiber-to-save-weight/

Combat robots come in all shapes and sizes, with regulating authorities often using weight limits to create a level playing field for competitors. [Hans Jørgen Grimstad] is building a robot …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/11/05/battle-robot-uses-carbon-fiber-to-save-weight/)

The Metabolizer Is Turning Trash Into Treasure Even Faster Now
https://hackaday.com/2021/11/05/the-metabolizer-is-turning-trash-into-treasure-even-faster-now/

Do you remember [Sam Smith]’s Metabolizer from a few years back? In case you’ve forgotten, this baby takes trash and turns it into printed plastic objects, and it’s solar-powered to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/11/05/the-metabolizer-is-turning-trash-into-treasure-even-faster-now/)

This Week in Security: The Battle Against Ransomware, Unicode, Discourse, and Shrootless
https://hackaday.com/2021/11/05/this-week-in-security-the-battle-against-ransomware-unicode-discourse-and-shrootless/

We talk about ransomware gangs quite a bit, but there’s another shadowy, loose collection of actors in that arena. Emsisoft sheds a bit of light on the network of researchers …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/11/05/this-week-in-security-the-battle-against-ransomware-unicode-discourse-and-shrootless/)

Homebrewed Voice Assistant Keeps An Eye On Air Quality
https://hackaday.com/2021/11/05/homebrewed-voice-assistant-keeps-an-eye-on-air-quality/

Voice assistants are now available from a wide variety of companies, however, [7402] didn’t like the idea of these devices sending data off to the cloud for potentially-nefarious purposes. Thus, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/11/05/homebrewed-voice-assistant-keeps-an-eye-on-air-quality/)

Hackaday Podcast 143: More Magnesium Please, Robot Bicep Curls, Malamud’s General Index, and Are You Down with EMC?
https://hackaday.com/2021/11/05/hackaday-podcast-143-more-magnesium-please-robot-bicep-curls-malamuds-general-index-and-are-you-down-with-emc/

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams catch up on a week’s worth of hacks. Get a grip on robot hands: there’s an eerily human one on offer this week. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/11/05/hackaday-podcast-143-more-magnesium-please-robot-bicep-curls-malamuds-general-index-and-are-you-down-with-emc/)

ETH0 Autumn 2021: Tiny Camp Manages COVID Precautions Indoors
https://hackaday.com/2021/11/05/eth0-autumn-2021-tiny-camp-manages-covid-precautions-indoors/

It’s tempting despite news of stubbornly higher-than-ideal COVID infection figures, to imagine that just maybe the world might be returning to some semblance of pre-pandemic normality. Where this is being …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/11/05/eth0-autumn-2021-tiny-camp-manages-covid-precautions-indoors/)

DIY CNC Uses Lots of 3D-Printed Parts
https://hackaday.com/2021/11/05/diy-cnc-uses-lots-of-3d-printed-parts/