We all know that you can convert heat into electricity. Usually, you do that with some form of steam, but there are other methods, too, including thermocouples. If you’ve ever …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/01/30/power-for-nothing-and-your-kicks-for-free/)

ESP32 and Raspberry Pi Take Over Game Boy LCD
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The Nintendo Game Boy and its many permutations represent one of the most well-known and successful gaming platforms ever produced. There was a decades-long stretch of time where the most …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/01/30/esp32-and-raspberry-pi-take-over-game-boy-lcd/)

Laundry Bot Tackles the Tedium of T-Shirt Folding
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Roomba aside, domestic robots are still in search of the killer app they need to really take off. For the other kind of home automation to succeed, designers are going …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/01/30/laundry-bot-tackles-the-tedium-of-t-shirt-folding/)

Hackaday Links: January 30, 2022
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After all the fuss and bother along the way, it seems a bit anticlimactic now that the James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at its forever home orbiting around L2. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/01/30/hackaday-links-january-30-2022/)

Retro Gaming With Retro Joysticks
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One of the biggest reasons for playing older video games on original hardware is that emulators and modern controllers can’t replicate the exact feel of how those games would have …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/01/30/retro-gaming-with-retro-joysticks/)

GPU RAM Upgrades Are Closer Than You Think
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We’re all used to swapping RAM in our desktops and laptops. What about a GPU, though? [dosdude1] teaches us that soldered-on RAM is merely a frontier to be conquered. Of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/01/30/gpu-ram-upgrades-are-closer-than-you-think/)

Factory Defect IC Revived With Sandpaper And Microsoldering
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We might be amidst a chip shortage, but if you enjoy reverse-engineering, there’s never a shortage of intriguing old chips to dig into – and the 2513N 5×7 character ROM …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/01/31/factory-defect-ic-revived-with-sandpaper-and-microsoldering/)