[frederic] tells a story about their team’s hack of a Google Nest Hub (2nd generation) — running Ubuntu on it, through bypassing Google’s boot image signature checks. As with many …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/06/20/breaking-google-nest-hubs-secure-boot/)

Working with BGAs: Design and Layout
https://hackaday.com/2022/06/20/working-with-bgas-design-and-layout/

The Ball Grid Array, or BGA package is no longer the exclusive preserve of large, complex chips on computer motherboards: today even simple microcontrollers are available with those little solder …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/06/20/working-with-bgas-design-and-layout/)

Scrambling Pocket Calculators Made Easy With EMP Box V2
https://hackaday.com/2022/06/20/scrambling-pocket-calculators-made-easy-with-emp-box-v2/

[Rostislav Persion] has for some time been interested in making small, portable EMP devices capable of interfering with nearby electronics. In these EMP devices, high voltage is used to create …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/06/20/scrambling-pocket-calculators-made-easy-with-emp-box-v2/)

Don’t Mind If I Ski-Do
https://hackaday.com/2022/06/20/dont-mind-if-i-ski-do/

There is an age-old tradition among hackers of just making it yourself. Whether the real thing is too expensive or you think you can make a better one, the itch …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/06/20/dont-mind-if-i-ski-do/)

3D Printed Concrete Beam Improves Sustainability
https://hackaday.com/2022/06/20/3d-printed-concrete-beam-improves-sustainability/

Many of the 3D printed houses and structures we’ve seen use concrete and are — frankly — a little underwhelming. Making big squares out of concrete isn’t that hard and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/06/20/3d-printed-concrete-beam-improves-sustainability/)

Blinking an Arduino LED, in Julia
https://hackaday.com/2022/06/20/blinking-an-arduino-led-in-julia/

The Julia programming language is a horrible fit for a no-frills microcontroller like the ATMega328p that lies within the classic Arduino, but that didn’t stop [Sukera] from trying, and succeeding. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/06/20/blinking-an-arduino-led-in-julia/)

Wonderful Foldable Printable Dodecahedron
https://hackaday.com/2022/06/20/wonderful-foldable-printable-dodecahedron/

Debra Ansell of [GeekMomProjects] fame came up with a neat, 3D design that prints flat and then folds up into everyone’s favorite Platonic solid: a D12. Why would you want …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/06/20/wonderful-foldable-printable-dodecahedron/)