In college I had an exceptional piano teacher that was entirely blind. One day he noticed I had brought in my new-ish laptop, and his unexpected request — “can I …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/microsoft-wants-you-to-help-with-assistive-tech/)

Hackaday Podcast 187: The Sound of Gleeful Gerbils, The Song of the Hard Drive, and a Lipstick Pickup Lullaby
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/hackaday-podcast-187-the-sound-of-gleeful-gerbils-the-song-of-the-hard-drive-and-a-lipstick-pickup-lullaby/

This week, Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Assignments Editor Kristina Panos gushed about NASA’s live obliteration of minor planet Dimorphos using a probe outfitted with a camera. Spoiler alert: the probe …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/hackaday-podcast-187-the-sound-of-gleeful-gerbils-the-song-of-the-hard-drive-and-a-lipstick-pickup-lullaby/)

Matthew [wrongbaud] Alt is Fighting the Good Fight
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/matthew-wrongbaud-alt-is-fighting-the-good-fight/

In a perfect world, all of our electronic devices would come with complete documentation, and there’d be open source libraries available for interfacing them with whatever we wanted. There’d never …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/matthew-wrongbaud-alt-is-fighting-the-good-fight/)

Peer-Reviewed Continuity Tester
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/peer-reviewed-continuity-tester/

One of the core features of the scientific community is the concept of “peer review” where any claims made by a scientist are open to be analyzed and reproduced by …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/peer-reviewed-continuity-tester/)

2022 Cyberdeck Contest: The Oscilloscope Deck
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/2022-cyberdeck-contest-the-oscilloscope-deck/

When [Jak_o_Shadows] Siglent Oscilloscope died, he didn’t just mourn the loss, he saw an opportunity. See, he had a Raspberry Pi 400 already set aside for a cyberdeck build, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/2022-cyberdeck-contest-the-oscilloscope-deck/)

Controller For 946C Hotplate Adds Reflow Profile Upload Over BLE
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/controller-for-946c-hotplate-adds-reflow-profile-upload-over-ble/

Reflow hotplates are a wonderful tool for PCB assembly if you can keep your designs single-sided. The 946C hotplate in particular has been on hackers’ radar for a while – …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/controller-for-946c-hotplate-adds-reflow-profile-upload-over-ble/)

Make Your Own Color Gradient 3D Printing Filament
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/make-your-own-color-gradient-3d-printing-filament/

Color gradient filament is fun stuff to play with. It lets you make 3D prints that slowly fade from one color to another along the Z-axis. [David Gozzard] wanted to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/make-your-own-color-gradient-3d-printing-filament/)

A High-Powered Vacuum Cleaner For Tough Jobs
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/a-high-powered-vacuum-cleaner-for-tough-jobs/