When Portal came out in 2007, developers Valve chose not to release the groundbreaking title on an obsolete Nintendo console long out of production. Nobody cared at the time, of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/05/18/one-coder-is-porting-portal-to-the-nintendo-64/)

Defeat Your Car’s Autostop Feature With A Little SwitchBot
https://hackaday.com/2022/05/18/defeat-your-cars-autostop-feature-with-a-little-switchbot/

These days, many new cars come with some variant of an “auto-stop” feature. This shuts down the car’s engine at stop lights and in other similar situations in order to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/05/18/defeat-your-cars-autostop-feature-with-a-little-switchbot/)

Engineering vs Pigeons
https://hackaday.com/2022/05/19/engineering-vs-pigeons/

We’ve all been there. Pigeons are generally pretty innocuous, but they do leave a mess. If you have a convertible or a bicycle or even just a clean car, you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/05/19/engineering-vs-pigeons/)

Water Your Plants Just Four Times Per Year
https://hackaday.com/2022/05/19/water-your-plants-just-four-times-per-year/

While it’s true that some plants thrive on neglect, many of them do just fine with a few ounces of water once a week, as long as the light level …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/05/19/water-your-plants-just-four-times-per-year/)

Put a New Spin on Your 3D Printed Parts
https://hackaday.com/2022/05/19/put-a-new-spin-on-your-3d-printed-parts/

Once you get tired of printing keychains and earbud holders with your 3D printer, you’ll want to design things a bit more sophisticated. How about things that rotate? [3DSage] has …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/05/19/put-a-new-spin-on-your-3d-printed-parts/)

Hacking the Logitech Z906 Speaker System
https://hackaday.com/2022/05/19/hacking-the-logitech-z906-speaker-system/

The Logitech Z906 is a well-rounded 5.1 surround sound system. It’s capable of putting out 1000W in peak power, and can decode Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks as you’d expect. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/05/19/hacking-the-logitech-z906-speaker-system/)

OpenCV Running on a Tiny Microcontroller
https://hackaday.com/2022/05/19/opencv-running-on-tiny-microcontroller/

At first blush, it might seem like projects that make extensive use of computer vision or machine learning would need to be based on powerful computing platforms with plenty of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/05/19/opencv-running-on-tiny-microcontroller/)