DIY 3D Printed Rain Gauge Connects To Home Assistant
Measuring local rainfall has real practical uses, especially in agriculture, but most of us will have to admit that it’s at least partly about drawing cool graphs on a screen.
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When Your Smart Light Switches Stop Working, Build Your Own
If you want smart light switches in your house, you can buy from any one of hundreds of manufacturers. [Brian Boyle] had kitted out his home with TP Link devices,
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Printed Gas Can Accessories Make Refueling a Little Neater
No matter what your position is on internal combustion engines, it’s pretty safe to assume everyone is on the same page regarding wasting fossil fuels: it’s a bad thing. And
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Timeframe: The Little Desk Calendar That Could
Usually, the problem comes before the solution, but for [Stavros], the opposite happened. A 4.7″ E-Ink screen with integrated battery management and ESP32 caught his eye, and he bought it
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Tempus Nectit, a DIY Knitting Clock with Instructions
We’re no strangers to unusual clocks here at Hackaday, and some of our favorites make time a little more tangible like [Kyle Rankin]’s knitting clock. Inspired by our coverage of
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Spy On Your Cat to Make Sure It Gets Its Paws In
[Scott Cutler] has a young cat, [Cygnus], that loves to run on a cat wheel and [Scott] had some some important questions about [Cygnus]’s usage of the cat wheel like,
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Hacker-Friendly and Elegant Air Quality Sensor Hub
Ever wanted an indoor environment sensor that’s dead simple yet a complete package? That’s the anotter-sensor-hub project from [Jana Marie], designed for the Sensirion SEN05x series sensors, with a SEN055
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Sofa Armrest is a Nifty Storage Spot
If you’re like us, you’re always in need of a little more space to store things. [Javier Guerrero] realized his sofa wasn’t living up to its full storage potential and
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Homebrew Ball Drop Machine Rings in the New Year
The New Year’s Ball Drop in New York City stems from an old English naval tradition. These days, it’s more of a celebratory thing, and [Jon Gonzalez] wanted to bring
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Now ChatGPT Can Make Breakfast For Me
The world is abuzz with tales of the ChatGPT AI chatbot, and how it can do everything, except perhaps make the tea. It seems it can write code, which is
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