Hacker News with Generative AI: DIY Projects

Monitor WiFi with Raspberry Pi (netbeez.net)
Since our company’s inception, we have recognized the immense potential of the Raspberry Pi as a cost-effective and versatile platform for distributed network monitoring.

Raspberry Pi, Networking, Monitoring, DIY Projects

5 points by sgridelli 10 days ago | 0 comments

My 80s TV can Wirelessly Receive my PC's video signal without transmitter[video] (youtube.com)

Retro Tech, Television, Wireless Transmission, DIY Projects, Video Streaming

4 points by archargelod 10 days ago | 0 comments

Linux Server DIY Projects for Beginners (linuxblog.io)
As a Linux newbie looking for DIY projects, you have plenty to choose from. Linux is full of hands-on learning and experimentation opportunities. From virtualization to server management and security, there’s a project for every beginner who wants to learn Linux.

Linux, Beginners, DIY Projects, Server Administration

25 points by ashitlerferad 15 days ago | 2 comments

Build an 8-bit computer from scratch (eater.net)

Electronics, Hardware, DIY Projects, Programming, Retro Computing

10 points by aard 16 days ago | 1 comments

Guy makes "dodgy e-bike" from 130 used vapes to make point about e-waste (arstechnica.com)
To make a point about how wasteful this practice is—and to also make a pretty rad project and video—Chris Doel took 130 disposable vape batteries (the bigger "3,500 puff" types with model 20400 cells) found littered at a music festival and converted them into a 48-volt, 1,500-watt e-bike battery, one that powered an e-bike with almost no pedaling more than 20 miles.

E-Waste, Sustainability, DIY Projects, Creative Projects, Electric Vehicles

63 points by rntn 17 days ago | 14 comments

Show HN: Directional antenna alignment using phone motion sensors (conor.link)
A easy to use web app to align your antenna with any satellite using your phone's motion sensors and location.

Software, Web Development, Telecommunications, DIY Projects

67 points by cdebeling 18 days ago | 14 comments

Building a real pawn that transforms into a queen, automatically [video] (youtube.com)

Robotics, 3D Printing, Chess, DIY Projects, Video

7 points by fortran77 19 days ago | 1 comments

The motor turns too much (projectgus.com)
This instalment is about the "Bench Kona" I've built in the shed. Behold its questionable integrity:

DIY Projects, Mechanical Engineering, Woodworking

385 points by mooreds 24 days ago | 192 comments

$61 kit turns any Hot Wheels into a remote-controlled drift car (thedrive.com)
I might be in the minority here, but I stopped collecting die-cast cars years ago.

Remote Control, Toys, Cars, DIY Projects

49 points by PaulHoule 45 days ago | 8 comments

Show HN: Build a conversational AI companion device for $10 (github.com/StarmoonAI)
Starmoon is an affordable, compact AI-enabled device, you can take anywhere and converse with. It can understand your emotions and respond with empathy, offering supportive conversations and personalized learning assistance.

Conversational AI, Hardware, Artificial Intelligence, Open Source, DIY Projects

11 points by akadeb 48 days ago | 1 comments

Designing a New Old Home (simonsarris.com)
In March of 2018, Simplicity and I bought three small former haying fields overrun with pine trees in southern New Hampshire, just outside a historic village, Our goal was to build a traditional-looking house that we designed.

Home Design, Architecture, DIY Projects, New Hampshire

6 points by jmstfv 49 days ago | 0 comments

Cheap and DIY solution for log analysis (ycombinator.com)
I’ve ~5TB size of logs. I’m open to ideas on doing a log analysis using any of the AI models available to play around for learning purposes. I’m on a budget for this but have time to work on something DIY. Kindly suggest any ideas for anomaly detection or similar to play around with these logs. Thanks.

Log Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, DIY Projects

6 points by unrequited 51 days ago | 2 comments

Mental-1, a Brainfuck CPU (hackaday.io)
MENTAL-1 is the first iteration of a family of processors I'm building. MENTAL-1 is built using only 7400 series components (excluding the RAM and ROM). The MENTAL family of processors uses Brainfuck as its instruction set.

Hardware, Programming Languages, DIY Projects

41 points by Rendello 58 days ago | 3 comments

Building an e-ink weather display for our home (kimmo.blog)
We almost always want to know today's weather before leaving the apartment. Often the whole event is quite a hassle: getting our daughter dressed, finding all our personal outwear, plus trying to find your phone to check the weather. To make the experience 1% better, the solution obviously needs engineering.

Home Automation, DIY Projects, Weather, Smart Home

6 points by srid 60 days ago | 0 comments

One-chip sound player – Dmitry.GR (dmitry.gr)
The purpose of this project was to create a sound player that can play high quality sound using nothing but a single chip (plus an SD card for data storage).

Electronics, Hardware, Audio, DIY Projects, Microcontrollers

3 points by popcalc 62 days ago | 0 comments

Open Source security camera on Raspberry Pi (github.com/TzuHuanTai)
Turn your Raspberry Pi into a low-latency home security camera using the v4l2 DMA hardware encoder and WebRTC. [demo video]

Raspberry Pi, Security Cameras, Open Source, DIY Projects, Hardware

286 points by Sean-Der 67 days ago | 52 comments

Making a rickroll laser: A parametric speaker (10maurycy10.github.io)
Most speakers emit sound in all directions because they are relatively small compared to the wavelength.

Sound, Audio Engineering, DIY Projects, Lasers

190 points by pabs3 68 days ago | 61 comments

My Homelab Setup (arslan.io)
I replaced my existing Homelab setup from the ground up with Unifi's latest Gateways, Switches APs, and Cameras. Here is what I did and how it ended up.

Homelab, Networking, DIY Projects, Technology, Hardware

72 points by ingve 71 days ago | 51 comments

Carpentopod: A Walking Table Project (decarpentier.nl)
Back in 2008, I wrote some software for fun to generate various optimized walking mechanisms. And when I also picked up some electronics and wood working skills in more recent years, I was able to turn one of these mechanisms into an actual wireless walking wooden coffee table: the Carpentopod. This post briefly covers this project from start to end.

Robotics, Woodworking, DIY Projects

421 points by steveridout 73 days ago | 54 comments

Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup (ahmadosman.com)
**AI from The Basement**: My latest side project, a dedicated LLM server powered by 8x RTX 3090 Graphic Cards, boasting a total of 192GB of VRAM. I built this with running Meta’s Llamma-3.1 405B in mind.

Hardware, Generative AI, DIY Projects

318 points by XMasterrrr 74 days ago | 268 comments

I added a ratgdo to my garage door, and I don't know why I waited so long (arstechnica.com)
I added a ratgdo to my garage door, and I don’t know why I waited so long

Home Improvement, DIY Projects, Technology

26 points by OptionOfT 77 days ago | 2 comments

Lenticular Clock (instructables.com)

DIY Projects, Timekeeping, Art

192 points by animal_spirits 94 days ago | 46 comments

Patrol the pool with this Arduino Nano-powered DIY RC submarine (instructables.com)

DIY Projects, Arduino, Robotics, Electronics

96 points by PaulHoule 99 days ago | 17 comments

DIY Raspberry Pi 1000 turns a Raspberry Pi 5 into a PC-in-a-keyboard (liliputing.com)