How I turned my Pixel phone into a genuinely productive desktop computer - for free

And as someone who's attempted -- as an experiment -- to do without a desktop computer, I find it the smartphone-only approach to be about as productiv ...

I turned a Raspberry Pi 5 into a real SSD-powered PC for less than $200

PCWorld demonstrates building a high-performance Raspberry Pi 5 computer with NVMe SSD storage for under $200, requiring the 8GB Pi 5, M.2 HAT, and compatible power supply. The SSD upgrade via PCI ...
PCMag

I Used Vibe Coding to Build My Own Zillow in Just a Few Hours

Through that experience, I got an up-close view of how software engineering teams work, how good products are launched, and ...

This DIY project may be the best use yet for old Stadia controllers

Breathe some new life into your old Stadia gamepads and play some modern games with your favorite PlayStation controllers.

Manufact raises $6.3M as MCP becomes the ‘USB-C for AI’ powering ChatGPT and Claude apps

Manufact, a Y Combinator startup, raised $6.3 million to build open-source tools and cloud infrastructure for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the fast-growing standard backed by Anthropic and OpenAI ...
CNX Software

AERIS-10 open-source hardware radar can track multiple objects up to 20km away

GHz phased array radar system featuring Pulse Linear Frequency Modulated (LFM) modulation and based on an AMD Artix-7 FPGA. Two versions are available: the AERIS-10N (Nexus), providing up to 3km range ...
Hackaday

Building A Robot Partner To Play Air Hockey With

Air hockey is one of those sports that’s both incredibly fun, but also incredibly frustrating as playing it by yourself is a ...
Hackaday

Nintendo’s Family BASIC Keyboard Gets USB Upgrade

America knew it as the Nintendo Entertainment System, but in Japan, it was the Family Computer (Famicom). It was more than just a home console—it was intended to actually do a whole lot more. All ...