Robots are cool. Robots you build yourself are cooler, especially ones that use stuff you have lying around already. Snoopy is a new open-source robot that uses an Arduino as …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/21/3d-printed-robot-wants-to-be-your-pet/)

You Can Use An Old Tape Deck As A Distortion Pedal
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/21/you-can-use-an-old-tape-deck-as-a-distortion-pedal/

Distorted guitars were a big part of the rock revolution last century; we try to forget about the roll. As a youth, [David Hilowitz] couldn’t afford a loud aggressive amp, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/21/you-can-use-an-old-tape-deck-as-a-distortion-pedal/)

Altoids Tin Spy Radio Goes Solid State
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/21/altoids-tin-spy-radio-goes-solid-state/

[Helge Fykse (LA6NCA)] has a type, as they say. At least as far as radios are concerned, he seems to prefer elegant designs that keep the BOM to the minimum …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/21/altoids-tin-spy-radio-goes-solid-state/)

Faster String Processing With Bloom Filters
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/21/faster-string-processing-with-bloom-filters/

At first, string processing might seem very hard to optimize. If you’re looking for a newline in some text, you have to check every character in the string against every …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/21/faster-string-processing-with-bloom-filters/)

Mosquito Laser Death Grid is Just What it Sounds Like
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/22/mosquito-laser-death-grid-is-just-what-it-sounds-like/

Mosquitoes suck. Quite literally. [Allen Pan] lives in an area where they’re so thick in the air, regular methods of killing them fail to put a dent in their numbers. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/22/mosquito-laser-death-grid-is-just-what-it-sounds-like/)

WhisperFrame Depicts the Art of Conversation
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/22/whisperframe-depicts-the-art-of-conversation/

At this point, you gotta figure that you’re at least being listened to almost everywhere you go, whether it be a home assistant or your very own phone. So why …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/22/whisperframe-depicts-the-art-of-conversation/)

This Week in Security: WebP, Cavium, Gitlab, and Asahi Lina
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/22/this-week-in-security-webp-cavium-gitlab-and-asahi-lina/

Last week we covered the latest 0-day from NSO group, BLASTPASS. There’s more details about exactly how that works, and a bit of a worrying revelation for Android users. One …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/22/this-week-in-security-webp-cavium-gitlab-and-asahi-lina/)

Hackaday Podcast 237: Dancing Raisins, Coding on Apples, and a Salad Spinner Mouse
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/22/hackaday-podcast-237-dancing-raisins-coding-on-apples-and-a-salad-spinner-mouse/