Keeping a cool head is difficult at the best of times, least of all when it’s summer and merely thinking of touching bare skin to the pavement already gets you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/making-a-diy-refrigerated-vest-with-battery-and-solar-power/)

A Failed SwitchBot Plug Mini and Cooking Electrolytics
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/a-failed-switchbot-plug-mini-and-cooking-electrolytics/

Poorly designed PCBs and enclosures that slowly cook the electrolytic capacitors within are a common failure scenario in general, but they seem especially prevalent in so-called Internet-of-Things devices. The SwitchBot …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/a-failed-switchbot-plug-mini-and-cooking-electrolytics/)

180 Shots on a Roll with the Little Stupid Camera
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/180-shots-on-a-roll-with-the-little-stupid-camera/

If you want to play with the coolest kids on the block when it comes to photography, you have to shoot film. Or so say the people who shoot film, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/180-shots-on-a-roll-with-the-little-stupid-camera/)

When Clever Hardware Hacks Bite Back: A Password Keeper Device Autopsy
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/when-clever-hardware-hacks-bite-back-a-password-keeper-device-autopsy/

Sometimes you have this project idea in your mind that seems so simple and straightforward, and which feels just so right that you have to roll with it. Then, years …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/when-clever-hardware-hacks-bite-back-a-password-keeper-device-autopsy/)