A common hacker upgrade to an espresso machine is to improve stability and performance with a better temperature controller, but [Schematix]’s Smart Coffee project doesn’t stop there. It entirely replaces …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/07/smart-coffee-replaces-espresso-machine-controller-with-arduino-sensors/)

Control Tricks For Tailsitters
https://hackaday.com/2023/10/07/control-tricks-for-tailsitters/

An RC VTOL aircraft always makes for a compelling project, but ensuring the transition between hover and forward flight can be quite challenging. In the video after the break, [Nicholas …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/07/control-tricks-for-tailsitters/)

Try It Out
https://hackaday.com/2023/10/07/try-it-out/

It’s like Star Wars versus Star Trek at a SciFi convention, or asking creamy or chunky at the National Peanut Butter Appreciation Festival. (OK, we made that one up.) When …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/07/try-it-out/)

Hats Off To Another Weird Keyboard From Google Japan
https://hackaday.com/2023/10/07/hats-off-to-another-weird-keyboard-from-google-japan/

As portable as keyboards have gotten, you still need some place to put the thing — some kind of bag for travel, and a flat surface for using it. Well, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/07/hats-off-to-another-weird-keyboard-from-google-japan/)

Playing the Guitar of DOOM
https://hackaday.com/2023/10/07/playing-the-guitar-of-doom/

Over the years, we’ve seen DOOM run on pretty much everything from an 8088 to a single keycap. We’ve also written up one or two controllers, but we don’t think …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/07/playing-the-guitar-of-doom/)

Implementing Commodore’s IEC Bus Protocol On a KIM-1 Single Board Computer
https://hackaday.com/2023/10/07/implementing-commodores-iec-bus-protocol-on-a-kim-1-single-board-computer/

Although the PET is most likely the more well-known of Commodore’s early computer systems, the KIM-1 (Keyboard Input Monitor) single board computer was launched a year prior, in 1976. It …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/07/implementing-commodores-iec-bus-protocol-on-a-kim-1-single-board-computer/)

Sine-wave Speech Demonstrates an Auditory One-way Door
https://hackaday.com/2023/10/07/sine-wave-speech-demonstrates-an-auditory-one-way-door/

Created using Midjourney
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Sine-wave-speech-header.jpeg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Sine-wave-speech-header.jpeg?w=800">Sine-wave speech can be thought of as a sort of auditory illusion, a sensory edge case in which one’s experience has a clear “before” and “after” moment, like going through …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/07/sine-wave-speech-demonstrates-an-auditory-one-way-door/)

Designing a Macintosh-to-VGA Adapter With an LM1881
https://hackaday.com/2023/10/07/designing-a-macintosh-to-vga-adapter-with-an-lm1881/