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20 Sep 2026 edition

13 articles · 3 sources ·

Top topics: Hardware · AI

Hardware

Reviving TEMPEST Attacks with an Injected Signal

TEMPEST attacks are often the most effective way to break air-gapped security: rather than directly accessing a computer, the attacker records the system’s unintended radio emissions and uses them to …read more

Source: Hackaday Aaron Beckendorf
Hardware

Ski Lift Removes Mice from Chicken Coop

Getting rid of rodents like squirrels, mice, or groundhogs is a lot like digging a hole on the beach. No matter how much you remove, it’ll always fill back in. …read more

Source: Hackaday Bryan Cockfield
Hardware

exonemo: Terminal at NowHere NYC #Sisyphus

The Terminal (2026), artist rendering via NowHere The artist duo exonemo are presenting Terminal at the New York art space NowHere. A series of techno sculptures where the only way to survive is to fail. The computers…

Source: Adafruit Blog Ben
Hardware

World War I Coded Message Appears Cracked, Finally

When you think of wartime cryptography, you probably think of World War II and Enigma, although there were other famous codes used during that war. But in fact, there have …read more

Source: Hackaday Al Williams
Hardware

DIY Rechargeable LED Makeup Compact

Light up your makeup mirror! This easy project guides you through adding warm white LED sequins to a makeup compact, powered by an Adafruit lipoly battery charger and click on/off switch. Follow the complete tutorial on…

Source: Adafruit Blog Jessie Mae
Hardware

Reverse Engineering A Sony Car Stereo LCD

For his own reasons, [Jose Luis Monteiro] (aka [emsyscode]) decided he needed to drive the LCD on a Sony CDX-A250 car stereo’s front panel using an Arduino. There’s probably a …read more

Source: Hackaday Tyler August
Hardware

A Bandpass Filter Pulls In The Signals

It’s an unfortunate side effect of proximity to a large transmitter that the received signal can overload a receiver’s front end even when tuned to other frequencies. [Rfrht]’s had this …read more

Source: Hackaday Jenny List
Hardware

Teardown and Repair of an Insoma Water Timer

Water timers are nifty devices that can water the lawn at set times or keep that vegetable garden from turning into a dustbowl. When [electronupdate] timer refused to output water …read more

Source: Hackaday Maya Posch
Hardware

Laser Your Way into Debug Mode on the RP2350

The RP2350 is actually a pretty secure chip, all things considered. It has secure boot, ARMv8’s TrustZone to split secure and non-secure execution, and you can permanently disable debug — …read more

Source: Hackaday Tyler August
Hardware

Adafruit New Products this Week

We’ve got the New nEw NEW for you right here! This week we debuted 2 New Products. Keep up with all the new at Adafruit.com/NEW. Want to get new products info beamed straight into your inbox? New nEw NEWs From Adafruit…

Source: Adafruit Blog Stephanie