Meshtastic for the Greater Good
Last week, my city was hit by a tornado. That’s not surprising here in Oklahoma, and thankfully this event was an F0 or possibly even an EF0 — a really
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Wireless Hacks
Smart Sphere or Magnetic Magic
Sometimes a coworker sees something on your desk, and they have to ask, “Where can I get one of those?” and that has to be one of the greatest compliments
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Headset’s Poor Range Fixed By Replacing Antenna
[rafii6312]’s Corsair HS80 wireless headset had a big problem: short range. The sound quality was great, but the wireless range wasn’t winning any friends. Fortunately, the solution was just to
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Electromagnetic Mechanism Makes Reconfigurable Antenna
Antennas are a key component to any RF gadget. But antennas often only perform well over a narrow band of frequencies. For some applications, this is acceptable, but often you
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Raspberry Pi Weather Station Features Wireless Sensor Nodes
Online weather services are great for providing generic area forecasts, but they don’t provide hyperlocal data specific to your location. [Harald Kreuzer] needed both and built a Raspberry Pi Weather
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This WiFi Signal Strength Meter Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts
The original Ghostbusters movie is a classic that’s still delivering nearly 40 years after its release — just let that sink in for a minute. Almost every aspect of the
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Livestreaming Backpack Takes Streaming On-The-Go
Anyone who’s anyone on the internet these days occasionally streams content online. Whether that’s the occasional livestream on YouTube or an every day video game session on Twitch, it’s definitely
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LoRa Helps With Remote Water Tank Level Sensing
[Renzo Mischianti]’s friend has to keep a water tank topped up. Problem is, the tank itself is 1.5 km away, so its water level isn’t typically known. There’s no electricity
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Check Your Mailbox Using The AirTag Infrastructure
When a company creates an infrastructure of devices, we sometimes subvert this infrastructure and use it to solve tricky problems. For example, here’s a question that many a hacker has
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