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Designing devices that can operate in remote environments on battery power is often challenging, especially if the devices need to last a long time between charges or battery swaps. Thankfully …read more Continue reading Low-Power Wi-Fi Includes e-Paper Display
RFID tags wirelessly provide a wealth of information on products or other items, but they can only be read by dedicated portable devices. That may soon change, however, as a tag-integrated chip and a software update could allow everyday smartphones to … Continue reading Software update and tiny chip could turn phones into full-on RFID readers
The Google Stadia game streaming service relied on a proprietary controller. It was a pretty neat piece of hardware that unfortunately looked destined for landfills when Google announced that Stadia …read more Continue reading Stadia Controller’s Two Extra Buttons Get Seen With WebHID
Apple is often lauded for its design chops, but function is often sacrificed at the altar of form, particularly when repair is involved. [Ken Pillonel] has made it easier for …read more Continue reading Making the AirPods Pro Case Repairable
We’ve seen a number of people create plasma speakers over the years here at Hackaday, so at first blush, the latest Plasma Channel video from [Jay Bowles] might seem like …read more Continue reading Playing Music on a Custom Flyback Transformer
A few months ago, a scandal erupted in the chess world which led to some pretty wild speculation around a specific chess player. We won’t go into any of the …read more Continue reading Electronic Shoe Explores Alleged Chess Misbehavior
For most people, MiniDisc is just one of countless media formats that became obsolete when music went online. Not so for MiniDisc enthusiasts, many of whom still use a MiniDisc …read more Continue reading Wireless MiniDisc Walkman Has Bluetooth Inside
CVE-2022-20411 enabled remote code execution over Bluetooth on Android. It was fixed in December 2022. But why was it not detected by Android’s BoundsSanitizer?
Its purpose is to detect and prevent Out of Bounds array accesses and it is de… Continue reading Why was CVE-2022-20411 (Bluetooth Remote Code Execution) not detected by Android’s BoundSanitizer?
We’ve all seen those ‘nothing’ keyboards, where the keys themselves are not much more than projected lasers, and users are asked to ritually beat their poor fingertips into the table …read more Continue reading Spray-On Keyboard is as Light as It Gets
In just a few days time, Google’s Stadia game streaming service will finally shut down for good. But not for any technical reason, mind you. Microsoft has managed to demonstrate …read more Continue reading Stadia Says Goodbye With Bluetooth and Crap Game