We’ve been talking a bunch of home automation on the Podcast lately, and this week, in the Mailbag segment, a reader asked us about our setups. Neither Kristina nor I …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/20/home-automation-simple-vs-easy/)

Tricking a Bike Counter
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/20/tricking-a-bike-counter/

Some municipalities implement bike counters on cycling routes in order to monitor traffic. [nullpxl] recently investigated how these counters work, and explored methods that can be used to trick the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/20/tricking-a-bike-counter/)

Seeing the World in Radio Waves with the QuadRF
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/20/seeing-the-world-in-radio-waves-with-the-quadrf/

Although the basic principle of radio direction finding is easy to understand (measure the phase difference between different antennas, then calculate the angle of arrival from this difference), the radio …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/20/seeing-the-world-in-radio-waves-with-the-quadrf/)

Defeat Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes by Becoming the Bug Zapper
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/20/defeat-blood-sucking-mosquitoes-by-becoming-the-bug-zapper/

Few things are more satisfying during a Summer night than hearing the crackle and pop of another mosquito hurling itself against a bug zapper and knowing that it won’t be …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/20/defeat-blood-sucking-mosquitoes-by-becoming-the-bug-zapper/)

Autopsy of a Freshly Cooked 10Gbit SFP+ Network Adapter
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/20/autopsy-of-a-freshly-cooked-10gbit-sfp-network-adapter/

With the advent of affordable 2.5 Gbit, 5 Gbit, and 10 Gbit consumer networking gear, more and more people are taking advantage of these higher networking speeds, with [This Does …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/20/autopsy-of-a-freshly-cooked-10gbit-sfp-network-adapter/)

Bernoulli Disk Goes “Wii!” When Plugged Into WiiU
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/20/bernoulli-disk-goes-wii-when-plugged-into-wiiu/

The Bernoulli disk was a wild piece of 1980s hardware. Take a big floppy. Spin the platter at 1500 RPM just a micron or so from a read head. The …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/20/bernoulli-disk-goes-wii-when-plugged-into-wiiu/)

How to Bias a CRT After Installation
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/21/how-to-bias-a-crt-after-installation/

For most of us the abbreviation “CRT” brings to mind a monitor or TV. But at its core it’s about the special vacuum tube that makes the images appear. Regardless …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/06/21/how-to-bias-a-crt-after-installation/)

Blender 5.2: Coming Soon With Improved Simulations
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/21/blender-5-2-coming-soon-with-improved-simulations/