Hacker News with Generative AI: DIY Projects

Raspberry Pi Modems (niiccoo2.xyz)
This all started a few weeks ago, I saw a picture of the new Light Phone 3. I was like "That's pretty cool, how much is it?" I was expecting $200-400 but to my astonishment, after pre-orders, it will be $800. So I logically said, "It can't be that hard," and this project was born, make an E-Ink phone for less than $400 with off-the-shelf parts.
Hardware, DIY Projects, Mobile Devices
21 points by geerlingguy 36 days ago | 1 comments
Building my own solar power system (medium.com)
Well it happened. PG&E has dropped the facade of necessary rate increases because of system upgrades, and they have come out and said what we knew all along: they only care about profits.
Renewable Energy, DIY Projects, California
442 points by JKCalhoun 40 days ago | 344 comments
Better Air Purifiers (jefftk.com)
Are you looking for a project where you could substantially improve indoor air quality, with benefits both to general health and reducing pandemic risk?
Air Quality, Health, Pandemic, DIY Projects
7 points by surprisetalk 47 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Xenolab – Rasp Pi monitor for my pet carnivourus plants (github.com/blackrabbit17)
The Xenolab Rasp Pi Monitor is a cutting-edge, semi-autonomous biosurveillance module engineered for the precise care and observation of exotic carnivorous flora.
Raspberry Pi, Carnivorous Plants, DIY Projects, Technology, Open Source
132 points by malux85 48 days ago | 55 comments
I built a free energy engine and show how it works [video] (youtube.com)
Free Energy, DIY Projects, Engineering, Video
18 points by duck 49 days ago | 7 comments
Open Hardware Ethernet Switch project, part 1 (serd.es)
One of my longest-running projects has been an open hardware Ethernet switch.
Hardware, Networking, Open Source, DIY Projects
275 points by luu 49 days ago | 36 comments
Solar Meshtastic BBS on low power dev board [video] (youtube.com)
Solar, Mesh Networking, DIY Projects, Video
7 points by LosAlamosNerd 50 days ago | 1 comments
I turned a 40 year old Apple Mouse into a speech to text button (cjpais.com)
I turned a 40 year old Apple Mouse into a speech to text button for my computer.
Retro Technology, DIY Projects, Accessibility, Speech Recognition
120 points by audionerd 56 days ago | 53 comments
Show HN: Remote-Controlled IKEA Deathstar Lamp (gitlab.com)
Give your IKEA PS 2014 lamp a makeover – turn it into the Deathstar from Star Wars, motorize it and add remote control capabilities on the way!
DIY Projects, Hardware, Star Wars, IKEA
291 points by sephalon 62 days ago | 55 comments
Slinky-Coil Dipole (2021) (nonstopsystems.com)
Antennas can be made from any piece of wire, so why not a Slinky?
Antennas, DIY Projects, Electronics, Physics
46 points by rolph 62 days ago | 9 comments
A DIY digital stethoscope for cats (davidrevoy.com)
Hey everyone, I'm taking a break from my usual digital painting topics to share a special DIY project. I'm not sure who this will help, but I think there's a place for it on my blog somehow. Who knows, maybe it will spark some ideas for your own DIY projects.
DIY Projects, Pets, Health, Cats
7 points by Tomte 64 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: I made my own TRMNL e-ink device (stavros.io)
My obsession with e-ink displays continues<p>Some time ago, my friend George linked me to TRMNL, a new battery-powered e-ink display with an associated service that generates the images that the display will actually show.
DIY Projects, Hardware, E-Ink Displays, Technology
85 points by stavros 64 days ago | 24 comments
36'000 km range with a simple ESP32? For sure a world record (youtube.com)
Electronics, DIY Projects, World Records
5 points by vaxman 69 days ago | 4 comments
Legal LTE Network at Home for $100 (lantian.pub)
Yes, you read that right. Without the need for Faraday cages or signal-blocking measures, you can build a legal LTE network at home (in the US) for around $100, capable of transmitting continuously 24/7.
Home Networking, DIY Projects, LTE, Wireless Networks
16 points by speckx 70 days ago | 1 comments
Tracking the international space station with an Arduino (faridrener.com)
Last summer I received the very fun HackPack for my birthday. Every 2 months you get a box of parts and assemble a fun hardware project.
Arduino, Space, DIY Projects, Hardware
67 points by proteusvacuum 83 days ago | 6 comments
An interactive-speed Linux computer made of only 3 8-pin chips (dmitry.gr)
There was a time when one could order a kit and assemble a computer at home. It would do just about what a contemporary store-bought computer could do. This time is long gone. Modern computers are made of hundreds of huge complex chips, with no public datasheets, with many hundreds of watts of power supplied to them over complex power delivery topologies.
Computer Hardware, DIY Projects, Linux
441 points by dmitrygr 84 days ago | 147 comments
Build an 8-bit computer from scratch (2016) (eater.net)
Hardware, Retro Computing, DIY Projects
398 points by jcartw 88 days ago | 62 comments
Train and Weather Tracker with Raspberry Pi and E-Ink (sambroner.com)
I finally built a Raspberry Pi project my wife loves: an e-ink train and weather tracker! If you want to build one yourself, the Github & instructions are here.
Raspberry Pi, DIY Projects, Weather, E-Ink Displays
135 points by tosh 90 days ago | 41 comments
DIY Acoustic Camera using miniDSP UMA-16 (2021) (navat.substack.com)
Acoustic cameras are used for locating sources of sounds. You can find online quite a few projects and products of acoustic cameras. However, they are all either complex or expensive (or both). So, I decided to build a simpler acoustic camera. And here’s how.
DIY Projects, Acoustics, Sound Engineering
28 points by da768 94 days ago | 2 comments
Let Your Guests Announce Their Arrival in Style with This Piano Doorbell (hackster.io)
Makestreme designed this piano doorbell that lets visitors announce their arrival by tickling the ivories.
DIY Projects, Music, Gadgets
3 points by meilily 102 days ago | 0 comments
A User Has Been Powering His Home with Laptop Batteries Since 2016 (wecb.fm)
In a world where sustainability and innovation are constantly intertwined, one energy enthusiast has discovered an unexpected way to turn tech waste into an endless power source.
Sustainability, Renewable Energy, DIY Projects, Technology
4 points by rmason 102 days ago | 1 comments
Leningrad-1: a 44-IC Soviet style ZX-Spectrum clone (alex-j-lowry.github.io)
When Sinclair released the original ZX Spectrum in 1982, it was designed with a chip called the ULA, short for 'uncommitted logic array'. This chip combined a large amount of logic functions into a single custom-made package, significantly lowering the component count and cost.
Retro Computing, Hardware, ZX Spectrum, Soviet Union, DIY Projects
13 points by threeme3 109 days ago | 0 comments
Raspberry Pi powers briefcase-sized PiEEG 'Bio Lab' project (tomshardware.com)
Raspberry Pi, Hardware, Bioengineering, DIY Projects
11 points by wafremret 109 days ago | 0 comments
Saturn Lamp (fraser.name)
This is the new lamp at the entrance to my workshop.
Lighting, Design, DIY Projects
4 points by ColinWright 115 days ago | 0 comments
LEGO Treadmill That Moves in Every Direction [video] (youtube.com)
LEGO, Robotics, DIY Projects, Video
25 points by Timothee 117 days ago | 2 comments
Raspberry Pi Pico audio player (blogspot.com)
For an index to all my stories click this text.After all the proceeding stories the time has come to build a complete stand-alone audio player with the Raspberry Pi Pico. The audio quality is not Hifi but it is really good !! Good enough as a player in your mancave, bedroom or even as a portable player. I have made a permanent setup and using it to play music and podcasts.
Raspberry Pi, Audio, DIY Projects
158 points by zdw 117 days ago | 41 comments
Show HN: Wireless video streaming on POV bike display (youtube.com)
Show HN, DIY Projects, Cycling, Video Streaming, Hardware
83 points by polishdude20 120 days ago | 21 comments
A $100 DIY muon tomographer (ieee.org)
In the mid-1960s, the Nobel Prize–winning physicist Luis Alvarez had a wild idea. He proposed using muons, highly penetrating subatomic particles created when cosmic rays strike Earth’s atmosphere, to search for hidden chambers within one of the pyramids of Giza.
Physics, DIY Projects, History
283 points by Luc 120 days ago | 44 comments
iMac G4(K) (jcs.org)
A year ago I tried using an M1 iMac for work duty but its 21" screen took up too much room on my desk. After seeing Sean's video on Action Retro about putting an M4 Mac Mini inside an iMac G4, I thought I'd give it a try.
Hardware, Retrocomputing, DIY Projects, Apple
424 points by ingve 121 days ago | 169 comments
Reviving an old kindle pw7 as an e-ink dashboard (terminalbytes.com)
Most of us have a drawer (or a box) stuffed with old gadgets—a sort of tech graveyard we can’t quite bring ourselves to throw out. You know the one I’m talking about: that chaotic nest of tangled cables, forgotten adapters, and mysterious dongles that looks like a digital snake pit (yeah, exactly like that mess in the photo below).
E-ink, Gadgets, Retro Tech, DIY Projects, Upcycling
7 points by hemant6488 139 days ago | 6 comments