The Google Nest Mini is a popular smart speaker, but it’s very much a cloud-based Big Tech solution. For those that want to roll their own voice assistant, or just …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/23/google-nest-mini-gutted-and-rebuilt-to-run-custom-agents/)

Amateur Estimates of Venusian Day using Arecibo Data
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/23/amateur-estimates-of-venusian-day-using-arecibo-data/

Image from summary report posted in project’s GitHub repository
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/venus-feature.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/venus-feature.png?w=800">[Nathaniel Fairfield] aka [thandal] was curious about the actual rotation and axis tilt of Venus. He decided to spin up at GitHub Python repository to study the issue further, as …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/23/amateur-estimates-of-venusian-day-using-arecibo-data/)

VanMoof E-Bike Bankruptcy: The Risks of Cloud-Connected Transport
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/23/vanmoof-e-bike-bankruptcy-the-risks-of-cloud-connected-transport/

When the bankruptcy of VanMoof, the company behind a series of e-bikes, was announced recently, many probably shrugged at this news. After all, what is an e-bike but a regular …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/23/vanmoof-e-bike-bankruptcy-the-risks-of-cloud-connected-transport/)

Hackaday Links: July 23, 2023
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/23/hackaday-links-july-23-2023/

It may be midwinter in Perth, but people still go to the beach there, which led to the surprising discovery earlier this week of what appears to be a large …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/23/hackaday-links-july-23-2023/)

Steel For Your Fighting Robot
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/23/steel-for-your-fighting-robot/

The job of processing video after a large event must be a thankless one for whichever volunteer upon whose shoulders it falls, and thus it’s not unusual for talks at …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/23/steel-for-your-fighting-robot/)

Superconducting Tape Leads To A Smaller Tokamak
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/23/superconducting-tape-leads-to-a-smaller-tokamak/

Attempts to make a viable nuclear fusion reactor have on the whole been the domain of megabucks projects supported by countries or groups of countries, such as the European JET …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/23/superconducting-tape-leads-to-a-smaller-tokamak/)

Weather in Wartime: The Importance of British Meteorology in WWII
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/24/weather-in-wartime-the-importance-of-british-meteorology-in-wwii/

Weather can have a significant impact on transport and operations of all kinds, especially those at sea or in the air. This makes it a deeply important field of study, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/24/weather-in-wartime-the-importance-of-british-meteorology-in-wwii/)