Five Years, One Bowl, and a Woodturner Who Refused to Quit
Most of us abandon a project after a few weeks of frustration. Olivier Gomis sat on one for five years, then came back and finished…
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This 60Hz E Ink Game Boy emulator refreshes retro gaming with an ESP32-powered handheld
Retro gaming has inspired countless handheld recreations over the years, but most focus on replicating the original hardware with faster processors or modern conveniences. Wenting…
This Solar Smartwatch Ran 9 Months on Battery, Then the Panel Kicked In
The smartwatch category has a battery problem it can’t seem to shake. Despite years of incremental improvements, most wearables still need to be charged every…
The Piano Key Holder Where Every Press Clicks Out a Hidden Brass Hook
Key hooks by the door are one of those things that somehow manage to be both boring and insufficient. The options range from plain metal…
A Solo Korean Maker Just Built the Writing Device Your Phone Isn’t
There’s a whole category of people who want to write but can’t quite get there on the devices they already own. The laptop opens, and…
This Free 3D Lamp Has 300 LEDs and Looks Nothing Like a Printed Object
Decorative lighting has become one of the more satisfying corners of the maker movement. Most off-the-shelf lamp designs don’t bring much that’s genuinely distinctive into…
This 3D-Printed Macintosh Replica Is Actually a Voice AI Assistant
Smart speakers have become some of the most visually forgettable objects in modern homes. A cylinder, a puck, a fabric-wrapped drum, placed wherever the Wi-Fi…
This $172 Raspberry Pi Handheld Doubles as a USB Keyboard
The Raspberry Pi Compute Module has always been more useful as a component than as a standalone board. Stripped of the standard ports that make…
DIYer turns tiny GameCube keychain into a fully-functional controller
Controllers come in all shapes and sizes, depending on the gamers’ needs, and most importantly, their holding comfort. Things get really interesting as a lot…
This $30 Gadget Gives Claude a Face That Reacts to What It’s Doing
AI assistants have mostly lived inside screens, and that’s been fine, until you’re deep in a coding session and Claude is quietly running shell commands,…
The Orion PDA Runs on Sunlight and Ignores the Internet by Design
The smartphone has become so dominant in daily life that it’s hard to remember what it felt like to carry a device that did only…
This pocket-sized cyberdesk built inside Altoids Tin is a portable workstation for geeks
What do you do with your Altoids tins after devouring the mints? Maybe for keeping your coins, hand it over to your mom for storing…