Successfully Crowdfunded Hardware: Everything Behind The Scenes
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/12/successfully-crowdfunded-hardware-everything-behind-the-scenes/

Crowdfunding hardware has its own unique challenges, and [Uri Shaked] wrote a fascinating report that goes into excellent detail about his experience bringing a crowdfunded hardware project to life. [Uri]’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/12/successfully-crowdfunded-hardware-everything-behind-the-scenes/)

Hackaday Links: September 12, 2021
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/12/hackaday-links-september-12-2021/

The last thing an astronaut or cosmonaut on the International Space Stations wants to hear from one of their crewmates is, “Do you smell plastic burning?” But that’s apparently what happened …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/12/hackaday-links-september-12-2021/)

Overengineering A Smart Doorbell
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/12/overengineering-a-smart-doorbell/

Fresh from the mediaeval splendour of the Belgian city of Gent, we bring you more from the Newline hacker conference organised by Hackerspace Gent. [Victor Sonck] works at the top …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/12/overengineering-a-smart-doorbell/)

Documentation is Hard, Let the SkunkWorks Project Show You How to Do It Well
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/12/documentation-is-hard-let-the-skunkworks-project-show-you-how-to-do-it-well/

Documentation can be a bit of a nasty word, but it’s certainly one aspect of our own design process that we all wish we could improve upon. As an award-winning …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/12/documentation-is-hard-let-the-skunkworks-project-show-you-how-to-do-it-well/)

How the PS5’s Genuinely Clever Adaptive Triggers Work
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/13/how-the-ps5s-genuinely-clever-adaptive-triggers-work/

Sony’s Playstation 5 console and its DualSense controllers aren’t exactly new, but the triggers of the controllers have a genuinely interesting design that is worth examining. The analog triggers on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/13/how-the-ps5s-genuinely-clever-adaptive-triggers-work/)

Firmware Modding Your Vintage Nokia Handset
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/13/firmware-modding-your-vintage-nokia-handset/

These days we’re spoiled for choice when it comes to smartphone software, especially games. Official repositories for the leading handsets feature hundreds of thousands of games, and sideloading adds infinite …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/13/firmware-modding-your-vintage-nokia-handset/)

Pinning Tails on Satellites to Help Prevent Space Junk
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/13/pinning-tails-on-satellites-to-help-prevent-space-junk/