To our way of thinking, the whole purpose behind robotic vacuum cleaners is their autonomy. They’re not particularly good at vacuuming, but they are persistent about it, and eventually get …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/22/old-robotic-vacuum-gets-a-new-rc-lease-on-life/)

You Can Make Ferrofluid On The Cheap With VHS Tapes
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/22/you-can-make-ferrofluid-on-the-cheap-with-vhs-tapes/

Ferrofluid is a wonderous substance. It’s a liquid goop that responds to magnetic fields in exciting and interesting ways. It’s actually possible to make it yourself, and it’s cheap, too! …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/22/you-can-make-ferrofluid-on-the-cheap-with-vhs-tapes/)

Your Own Santa? Thermal Camera Roundup
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/22/your-own-santa-thermal-camera-roundup/

With Christmas and other end-of-year celebrations, there are gifts. The problem is that your loved ones don’t really know what to get you. Who can blame them? Do you want …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/22/your-own-santa-thermal-camera-roundup/)

GB Interceptor Enables Live Screen Capture From Game Boy
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/22/gb-interceptor-enables-live-screen-capture-from-game-boy/

[Sebastian] had a tricky problem to solve. Competitors in a Tetris tournament needed to stream video of their Game Boy screens, but no solution readily existed. For reasons of fairness, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/22/gb-interceptor-enables-live-screen-capture-from-game-boy/)

Beat Backing Box for Bassists
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/23/beat-backing-box-for-bassists/

The soul of a rock band is its rhythm section, usually consisting of a drummer and bass player. If you don’t believe that, try listening to a band where these …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/23/beat-backing-box-for-bassists/)

GitHub ESP32 OTA Updates, Now in MicroPython Flavor
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/23/github-esp32-ota-updates-now-in-micropython-flavor/

Wouldn’t it be great if you could keep all of your small Internet-connected hacks up to date with a single codebase? A couple of weeks ago, we wrote up a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/23/github-esp32-ota-updates-now-in-micropython-flavor/)

This Week in Security: GitHub Actions, SHA-1 Retirement, and a Self-Worming Vulnerability
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/23/this-week-in-security-github-actions-sha-1-retirement-and-a-self-worming-vulnerability/

It should be no surprise that running untrusted code in a GitHub Actions workflow can have unintended consequences. It’s a killer feature, to automatically run through a code test suite …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/23/this-week-in-security-github-actions-sha-1-retirement-and-a-self-worming-vulnerability/)

Working With I2S-Compatible FM Tuners
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/23/working-with-i2s-compatible-fm-tuners/