There are plenty of “robot” projects out there that are really just a small remote control platform of some sort. We often like to think of robots of having some sort of autonomy though. [Luca Fagioli ...

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Do you have old landline phones laying around the house, with touchtone buttons or rotary dials? Perhaps you’d like to do something with them! [Scott Dylewski] has built hardware to let you ...

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These open-source ESP32 walkie-talkies use ESP-NOW to exchange audio recordings without a Wi-Fi router, with Arduino firmware ...

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Anyone looking to simplify their phone-charging process has probably looked for the best wireless chargers, but I hope they didn’t just sort by price. Not only are there a lot of untrustworthy brands ...

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