The hacking life is not without its challenges, and chief among these is the tendency to always be in acquisition mode. When we come across a great deal on bulk …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/a-handy-tester-for-a-mountain-of-ps-2-keybords/)

Airbus A380 Completes Flight Powered By Cooking Oil
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/airbus-a380-completes-flight-powered-by-cooking-oil/

Fossil fuels are making news for all the wrong reasons of late. Whether it’s their contribution to global climate change or the fact that the price and supply hinges on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/airbus-a380-completes-flight-powered-by-cooking-oil/)

Hackable OSHW CardClock Demands Attention
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/hackable-oshw-cardclock-demands-attention/

When examining a project, it’s easy to be jaded by a raw parts list. When the main component is an ESP8266, we might say “oh, another 8266 project. yawn!” But …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/hackable-oshw-cardclock-demands-attention/)

Pi Pico Provides Practical PlayStation Pointing
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/pi-pico-provides-practical-playstation-pointing/

It’s not immediately clear to us why one would need a mouse for the original PlayStation (though we’re sure there’s no shortage of folks eager to jump down into the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/pi-pico-provides-practical-playstation-pointing/)

Weed Eater String Made From Plastic Bottles
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/weed-eater-string-made-from-plastic-bottles/

For those who don’t mind constantly adding tiny but measurable amounts of microplastics to their landscaping, string trimmers are an excellent way of maintaining edging around garden beds, trimming weeds, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/weed-eater-string-made-from-plastic-bottles/)

Build Your Own… Whatever
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/build-your-own-whatever/

You can read all about making, say, a bookshelf or bowling, but unless you’ve actually done it, you don’t really know how it works. That’s the idea behind [codecrafters-io] Build-Your-Own-X …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/build-your-own-whatever/)

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s… A live Air Traffic Plane Spotting Simulation
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-a-live-air-traffic-plane-spotting-simulation/

Plane spotting has been a hobby of aviation enthusiasts for generations. Hanging out by the airport, watching aircraft come and go, maybe even listening to Air Traffic Control on a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-a-live-air-traffic-plane-spotting-simulation/)