If you could dump the flash from your smart toothbrush and reverse engineer it, enabling you to play whatever you wanted on the vibrating motor, what would you do? Of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/sniffing-passwords-rickrolling-toothbrushes/)

Modern Software Brings Back the Timex Datalink
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/modern-software-brings-back-the-timex-datalink/

As much as some people on the Internet might like to think — no, Apple did not come up with the idea of the smart watch. Even if you ignore …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/modern-software-brings-back-the-timex-datalink/)

Reverse Engineering Reveals Hidden API in Abandonware Trail Camera
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/reverse-engineering-reveals-hidden-api-in-abandonware-trail-camera/

It sometimes seems like there are two kinds of cheap hardware devices: those dependent on proprietary software that is no longer available and those that are equally dependent but haven’t …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/reverse-engineering-reveals-hidden-api-in-abandonware-trail-camera/)

Digital Microscope With An On-Screen Multimeter
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/19/digital-microscope-with-an-on-screen-multimeter/

Some things go together, like chocolate and peanut butter. Others are more odd pairings, like bananas and bacon. We aren’t sure which category to put [IMSAI Guy]’s latest find in. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/19/digital-microscope-with-an-on-screen-multimeter/)

Lighting Up with Chemistry, 1823-Style
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/19/lighting-up-with-chemistry-1823-style/

With our mass-produced butane lighters and matches made in the billions, fire is never more than a flick of the finger away these days. But starting a fire 200 years …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/19/lighting-up-with-chemistry-1823-style/)

Smart Assistants Need To Get Smarter
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/19/smart-assistants-need-to-get-smarter/

Science fiction has regularly portrayed smart computer assistants in a fanciful way. HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey and J.A.R.V.I.S. from the contemporary Iron Man films are both great examples. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/19/smart-assistants-need-to-get-smarter/)

Shake, Rattle, Roll, with Your Own Seismograph
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/19/shake-rattle-roll-with-your-own-seismograph/

We always love to see projects where you can build your own lab equipment so [CompactDIY’s] homemade seismograph caught our eye. The design uses an Arduino with an accelerometer and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/19/shake-rattle-roll-with-your-own-seismograph/)

Hackaday Prize 2023: Meet the Assistive Tech Finalists
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/19/hackaday-prize-2023-meet-the-assistive-tech-finalists/