Yesterday, we ran a post on NVIDIA’s announcement of open-source drivers for some of its most recent video cards. And Hackaday being huge proponents of open-source software and hardware, you’d …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/05/14/who-is-thinking-about-open-source-firmware/)

TapType: AI-Assisted Hand Motion Tracking Using Only Accelerometers
https://hackaday.com/2022/05/14/taptype-ai-assisted-hand-motion-tracking-using-only-accelerometers/

https://siplab.org/projects/TapType
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Attack of the Magnetic Slime Robots
https://hackaday.com/2022/05/14/attack-of-the-magnetic-slime-robots/

[Li Zhang] and his colleagues at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have developed a blob of goo that can navigate complex surroundings, grow an ‘arm’, grasp a wire …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/05/14/attack-of-the-magnetic-slime-robots/)

MiniDisc Player Supports Full Data Transfer
https://hackaday.com/2022/05/14/minidisc-player-supports-full-data-transfer/

Between the era of the CD and the eventual rise and domination of streaming music platforms, there was a limbo period of random MP3 players mixed in with the ubiquitous …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/05/14/minidisc-player-supports-full-data-transfer/)

Balloon Guitar Is An Absolute Gas, Helium Or Not
https://hackaday.com/2022/05/14/balloon-guitar-is-an-absolute-gas-helium-or-not/

Guitars are most typically built out of wood. Whether it’s an acoustic guitar with a big open cavity, or a solid-body electric, there’s generally a whole lot of wood used …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/05/14/balloon-guitar-is-an-absolute-gas-helium-or-not/)

Running ARM Chips on Algae Power
https://hackaday.com/2022/05/14/running-arm-chips-on-algae-power/

What’s the size of an AA battery and can run an ARM Cortex M0+ for six months? Well… probably an AA battery, but obviously, that wouldn’t be worth mentioning. But …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/05/14/running-arm-chips-on-algae-power/)

The Explosive Art of Detonographs
https://hackaday.com/2022/05/15/the-explosive-art-of-detonographs/

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Upcycling a Flat Bed Scanner
https://hackaday.com/2022/05/15/upcycling-a-flat-bed-scanner/