Smartphones use big touchscreens on the front as a useful tactile interface. However, our hands naturally wrap around the back of the phone, too. This area is underutilized as an …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/21/turning-the-back-of-your-phone-into-a-touchpad/)

Pet Docking Station Was Two Decades In the Making
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/22/pet-docking-station-was-two-decades-in-the-making/

There are some projects which once might have been entirely appropriate, but which now seem sacrilegious. [Dave Luna]’s PC docking station in a Commodore Pet 64 case might at first …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/22/pet-docking-station-was-two-decades-in-the-making/)

Now There’s USB-C On The iPhone SE
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/22/now-theres-usb-c-on-the-iphone-se/

As confusing as it can be, USB-C is actually pretty good, and certainly has its fans. [David Buchanan] must be one of them, for he did a great job putting …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/22/now-theres-usb-c-on-the-iphone-se/)

This Week in Security: Asterisk, TikTok, Gitlab, And Finally a Spam Solution
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/22/this-week-in-security-asterisk-tiktok-gitlab-and-finally-a-spam-solution/

There’s an ongoing campaign that’s compromising FreePBX systems around the world. It seems to be aimed specifically at Elastix systems, using CVE-2021-45461, a really nasty Remote Code Execution (RCE) from …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/22/this-week-in-security-asterisk-tiktok-gitlab-and-finally-a-spam-solution/)

Homebrew Curve Tracer Competes with the Big Guns
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/22/homebrew-curve-tracer-competes-with-the-big-guns/

When we first saw the VBA curve tracer, we thought it might have something to do with Visual Basic for Applications. But it turns out it is a mash up …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/22/homebrew-curve-tracer-competes-with-the-big-guns/)

Hackaday Podcast 178: The Return of Supercon, Victory for Open Source, Exquisite Timepieces, and Documentation to Die For
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/22/hackaday-podcast-178-the-return-of-supercon-victory-for-open-source-exquisite-timepieces-and-documentation-to-die-for/

Hackaday Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Managing Editor Tom Nardi start this week’s podcast off with an announcement the community has been waiting years for: the return of the Hackaday Supercon! …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/22/hackaday-podcast-178-the-return-of-supercon-victory-for-open-source-exquisite-timepieces-and-documentation-to-die-for/)

ESP32 Gets a Nifty Serial Console Library
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/22/esp32-gets-a-nifty-serial-console-library/

Sometimes you need to get a project to talk to you, so you can see what’s going on inside. The ESP32 console Arduino library from [jbtronics] promises just that. The …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/07/22/esp32-gets-a-nifty-serial-console-library/)

Watering The Garden With A Solar-Powered System
https://hackaday.com/2022/07/22/watering-the-garden-with-a-solar-powered-system/