[TheHyperFix] had a problem. He’d spied a brilliant camera slider, but didn’t want to lay out big money to acquire it. The natural solution? Build one! Only, life is seldom …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/04/building-a-camera-slider-instead-of-buying-one-goes-awry/)

E-paper Dashboard Reimagines Smart Home’s Connection with Technology
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/05/e-paper-dashboard-reimagines-smart-homes-connection-with-technology/

When [Joel] and his partner got married, they had a goal to create a home with a healthy relationship to technology, which largely means avoiding smartphone use. Smartphones aren’t without …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/05/e-paper-dashboard-reimagines-smart-homes-connection-with-technology/)

LightInk, a Solar Powered ESP32 Smartwatch
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/05/lightink-a-solar-powered-esp32-smartwatch/

There’s something about the ESP32 family of microcontrollers and timekeeping. We probably see it in clocks as often as we do anything else; we also probably see more clocks with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/05/lightink-a-solar-powered-esp32-smartwatch/)

A Digital Audio Recorder For TOSLink
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/05/a-digital-audio-recorder-for-toslink/

Every now and then in our travels we come upon a project with such an obvious need that it’s almost a surprise nobody has thought of doing it before. So …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/05/a-digital-audio-recorder-for-toslink/)

How Giant Tanks Of Fluid Could Help Support The Power Grid
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/05/how-giant-tanks-of-fluid-could-help-support-the-power-grid/

If you’ve been paying any attention to the renewable energy space, you’ll know that generation isn’t really the problem anymore. Solar panels are cheap, and wind turbines are everywhere. The …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/05/how-giant-tanks-of-fluid-could-help-support-the-power-grid/)

Using NFC to Power Devices Instead of Qi
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/05/using-nfc-to-power-devices-instead-of-qi/

It shouldn’t be any surprise that NFC and similar RFID implementations are capable of providing power to a receiver, since this is after all how RFID tags can work without …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/05/using-nfc-to-power-devices-instead-of-qi/)

Cutting Steel Gears with Homemade EDM
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/05/cutting-steel-gears-with-homemade-edm/

Electrostatic discharge machining (EDM) may be slower than alternatives like laser cutting, water jets, or a milling machine, but for some applications there’s no alternative: it can cut through any …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/05/cutting-steel-gears-with-homemade-edm/)