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/

Low Earth orbit was already relatively crowded when only the big players were launching satellites, but as access to space has gotten cheaper, more and more pieces of hardware have …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/13/pinning-tails-on-satellites-to-help-prevent-space-junk/)

Cisco Router Repair Revives Piece of Internet History
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/13/cisco-router-repair-revives-piece-of-internet-history/

These days, it would be fair to say that the Internet as we know it runs on Cisco hardware. While you might never see them at work, there’s an excellent …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/13/cisco-router-repair-revives-piece-of-internet-history/)

Even Bees Are Abuzz About Caffeine
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/13/even-bees-are-abuzz-about-caffeine/

Many of us can’t get through the day without at minimum one cup of coffee, or at least, we’d rather not think about trying. No matter how you choose to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/13/even-bees-are-abuzz-about-caffeine/)

GLaDOS Voice Assistant Passive-Aggressively Automates Home
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/13/glados-voice-assistant-passive-aggressively-automates-home/