2025 Pet Hacks Contest: Keep Your Hound Toasty Warm With This Heated Dog Bed - It’s been a universal trait among the different faithful Hackaday Hounds who have ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/23/2025-pet-hacks-contest-keep-your-hound-toasty-warm-with-this-heated-dog-bed/ #2025pethackscontest #heateddogbed #homehacks #contests #dogbed

Making Sure the Basement Stays Dry with an ESP8266 - The hack we have for you today is among our most favorite types of hack: a good, h... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/17/making-sure-the-basement-stays-dry-with-an-esp8266/ #microcontrollers #floodingmonitor #humiditymonitor #arduinoide #homehacks #hardware #esp8266 #bmp280 #aht20

The Screamer Is Just Like The Clapper But Even More Annoying - Remember The Clapper? It was a home automation tool (of sorts) that let you turn a... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/16/the-screamer-is-just-like-the-clapper-but-even-more-annoying/ #screamdetection #classichacks #theclapper #homehacks #clapper #esp8266 #esp32

Wireless Doorbell Extension Features Home-Wound Coil - Today in the it’s-surprising-that-it-works department we have a ding dong doorbell... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/16/wireless-doorbell-extension-features-home-wound-coil/ #ding-dongdoorbell #wirelessdoorbell #homehacks #solenoid #coil

Smart Terrarium Run By ESP32 - A terrarium is a little piece of the living world captured in a small enclosure yo... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/15/smart-terrarium-run-by-esp32/ #microcontrollers #homehacks #plantlife #terrarium #plants #esp32

2025 Pet Hacks Contest: Automatic Treat Dispenser Makes Kitty Work For It - Treat dispensers are old hat around here, but what if kitty doesn’t need the extra... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/2025-pet-hacks-contest-automatic-treat-dispenser-makes-kitty-work-for-it/ #continuousrotationservo #2025pethackscontest #treatdispenser #esp32wroom #homehacks #contests #catwheel

A Brain Transplant for a Philips Smart Lamp - As the saying goes, modern problems require modern solutions. When the modern prob... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/14/a-brain-transplant-for-a-philips-smart-lamp/ #microcontrollers #smartlight #homehacks #esp32-c6 #zigbee

A New, Smarter Universal Remote - The remote for [Dillan Stock]’s TV broke, so he built a remote. Not just as a repl... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/06/a-new-smarter-universal-remote/ #wirelesshacks #homeassistant #homehacks #smarthome #remote #esp32

Tablet Suspension System Avoids Fatigue at Bedtime - You know how it is. You’re all cozy in bed but not quite ready to doze off. You’re... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/03/tablet-suspension-system-avoids-fatigue-at-bedtime/ #steppermotor #tablethacks #suspension #homehacks #3dprinted #esp32

Presence Detection Augments 1930s Home - It can be jarring to see various sensors, smart switches, cameras, and other techn... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/18/presence-detection-augments-1930s-home/ #presencedetection #homeautomation #lightswitch #homehacks #smarthome #mmwave #sensor #parts #radar

Binner Makes Workshop Parts Organization Easy - We’ve all had times where we knew we had some part but we had to go searching for ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/16/binner-makes-workshop-parts-organization-easy/ #componentstorage #organization #homehacks #database #workshop #barcode #parts

Open Source Framework Aims to Keep Tidbyt Afloat - We recently got a note in the tips line from [Tavis Gustafson], who is one of the ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/29/open-source-framework-aims-to-keep-tidbyt-afloat/ #customfirmware #softwarehacks #homehacks #tidbyt #hub75 #iot

AqMood is an Air Quality Monitor with an Attitude - You take your air quality seriously, so shouldn’t your monitoring hardware? If you... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/27/aqmood-is-an-air-quality-monitor-with-an-attitude/ #environmentalmonitor #addressableleds #airquality #homehacks #ledhacks #emoji

Recreating A Braun Classic With 3D Printing - Braun was once a mighty pillar of industrial design; a true titan of the mid-centu... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/17/recreating-a-braun-classic-with-3d-printing/ #homehacks #deskfan #braun #fan

A Different Take on the River Table Does it in Bronze - River tables are something we’ve heard decried as a passé, but we’re still seeing ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/02/28/a-different-take-on-the-river-table-does-it-in-bronze/ #bronzecasting #woodworking #homehacks #furniture #metalwork #casting #bronze

Automatic Pill Dispenser Is Cheap and Convenient - If you’re taking any medication, you probably need to take it in a certain dose on... - https://hackaday.com/2025/02/12/automatic-pill-dispenser-is-cheap-and-convenient/ #3dprinterhacks #pilldispenser #piezosensor #homehacks #esp32 #piezo

Shedding Light on Quantum Measurement with Calcite - Have you ever struggled with the concept of quantum measurement, feeling it’s unne... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/26/shedding-light-on-quantum-measurement-with-calcite/ #quantummeasurement #quantummechanics #entanglement #laserhacks #homehacks #science #calcite #photons #optics #light #news

Logging Baby’s Day in Linux - There’s plenty of surprises to be had when you become a parent, and one of the fir... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/07/logging-babys-day-in-linux/ #raspberrypi #linuxhacks #homehacks #database #systemd #tracker #apache #infant #baby

PoE-Power Protection: The Hornet Nest Alarm Panel - Have you ever thought of giving new buzz to outdated wired alarm systems or saving... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/04/poe-power-protection-the-hornet-nest-alarm-panel/ #poweroverethernet #home-assistant #securityhacks #alarmpanel #homehacks #esphome #wesp32 #esp32 #poe #usb

Let it Snow with a sub $100 snowmaking machine. - [Mattmopar] figured out how to get a white Christmas even if the weather isn’t fri... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/28/let-it-snow-with-a-sub-100-snowmaking-machine/ #pressurewasher #homehacks #snowmaker #snowmakre