The show-stealing droids of Star Wars, R2-D2 and C-3PO, are quite challenging to replicate at home, due to their size and complexity. [curiousmarc] had built the former, with much work going …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/21/2022-sci-fi-contest-a-star-wars-mouse-droid-of-your-very-own/)

Scanning Receipts Proves Trickier Than Anticipated
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It’s one of those things that certainly sounds simple enough: take a picture of a receipt, run it through optical character recognition (OCR), and send the resulting information to whatever …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/21/scanning-receipts-proves-trickier-than-anticipated/)

Car Hacker Hacks Lawn Care Carb Into Hot Rod Car
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Internal combustion engines have often been described (quite correctly) as air pumps, and because of this nature, they tend to respond very well to more air. Why? Because more air …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/21/car-hacker-hacks-lawn-care-carb-into-hot-rod-car/)

Electric Chopsticks Bring the Salt, Not the Pain
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The Japanese people love their salt, perhaps as much as Americans love their sugar high fructose corn syrup and caffeine. But none of these are particularly good for you. Although …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/21/electric-chopsticks-bring-the-salt-not-the-pain/)

Optimized Super Mario 64 Offers Exciting Possibilities
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When working on any software project, the developers have to balance releasing on time with optimizations. As long as you are hitting your desired time constraints, why not just ship …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/21/optimized-super-mario-64-offers-exciting-possibilities/)

Machine Learning Helps You Get in Shape While Working a Desk Job
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Humans weren’t made to sit in front of a computer all day, yet for many of us that’s how we spend a large part of our lives. Of course we …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/22/machine-learning-helps-you-get-in-shape-while-working-a-desk-job/)

Modular Anti-Drone Drone Sacrifices Itself For Self Defense
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Part Racing Drone, Part RC Airplane, Part Rocket…all Menace. How else could you describe a quadcopter that shoots off at high speed and is designed for taking down other small …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/22/modular-anti-drone-drone-sacrifices-itself-for-self-defense/)