Inspired by a project featured here on Hack-a-Day, [arthurb] bought himself a PIC 24F and started experimenting once he learned the ins and outs of programming the chip. Using a breadboard and a nest ...

A discarded vape pen becomes a 24 KB web server thanks to clever firmware and microcontroller tweaks by a Romanian engineer.

Lilbits: Turning a "disposable" vape into a web server, giving the Framework Laptop a mechanical keyboard, and more ...

If you've ever left the house and realized you left the TV, Xbox, or anything else turned on, this little DIY web clicker will allow you to turn if off remotely, with your web-enabled smartphone.

If you’re looking for an affordable home media server with low power requirements, the Docker-based ZimaBoard–with its plethora of ports and add-on modules–will do the job. And if you’re ...

If you’re on the security side of things, you can arm your Raspberry Pi with Kali Linux and go ham on pen-testing and ethical hacking projects. Or, you could go the other way and turn the Raspberry Pi ...

In the pantheon of geek projects there are few things as potent as the creation of an FTP server. Rather than doing cool stuff like serving up web pages or handling phone calls, an FTP server just ...

I've always been a big proponent of using NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices for dedicated file and media storage and backup. They are a low-power, low-cost alternative to a dedicated PC server, ...

Unlike the standard ESP32 microcontroller, the CAM variant includes a camera module and a microSD card slot built into it. Heck, if you’re willing to write long lines of code, you can create a ...

I've participated in a lot of the home surveillance threads both here in DIY, as well as in AV. I haven't seen it come up in a while, but I've been meaning to post my experiences for a while now. I ...