https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm Recent Topics en-us Sun, 25 Oct 2026 14:56:35 UTC 5 forum.admin@aus-city.com (AUS-CITY Message Forums) UBB.threads https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/images/general/default/rss_icon.gif https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/930038#Post930038 Meshtastic Pet Tracking

Most commercial pet trackers require a subscription or network connection to function. [Jon G Aguado] wanted a better way and designed LIA, a Meshtastic collar tracker. LIA uses a custom …read more
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/meshtastic-pet-tracking/

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If you’re a collector of older TVs, you’re probably facing the problem in some form of having no transmissions to tune in to. With many sets you can use a …read more
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/an-analog-tv-station-for-anyone/

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Bluetooth is a short-range protocol that’s great for peripherals and finding your keys, but it’s limited range is mainly a product of how it’s usually implemented. A recent video from …read more
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/pushing-bluetooth-out-to-12-kilometers/

]]> Sun, 25 Oct 2026 05:00:51 +0000 Webmaster https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/929737#Post929737 https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/929644#Post929644 Remembering the Weirdest Nintendo DSi Accessory

The Nintendo DSi was released in November 2008, and boasted a new feature not formerly seen on the brand’s handhelds—it had two cameras, inside and outside. It let the console …read more
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/remembering-the-weirdest-nintendo-dsi-accessory/

]]> Sun, 25 Oct 2026 02:00:01 +0000 Webmaster https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/929644#Post929644 https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/929431#Post929431 The Slurptop is Both Drool Worthy and Practical

There are two kinds of cyberdeck: the kind someone makes on a lark and operates purely on ‘rule of cool’, and the kind designed to do practical work. The Slurptop …read more
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/the-slurptop-is-both-drool-worthy-and-practical/

]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2026 23:00:51 +0000 Webmaster https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/929431#Post929431 https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/929222#Post929222 2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: I Would Do Anything For Serial Data

These days we take high-speed networking for granted, but it can be difficult to get vintage computers talking to modern machines. To help solve this problem [jaime] came up with …read more
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-i-would-do-anything-for-serial-data/

]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2026 20:00:14 +0000 Webmaster https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/929222#Post929222 https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/929125#Post929125 That Weird 7-Pin S-Video Port on Old Laptops

Even though laptops from around the early 2000s came with just about every conceivable port on them, they still would often feature a somewhat unusual combined video output port. While …read more
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/that-weird-7-pin-s-video-port-on-old-laptops/

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One of the nicest things about the Hackaday community, and the open-source hardware community at large, is the incredible generosity of one hacker to another. But it’s not purely altruism …read more
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/making-for-others/

]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:00:23 +0000 Webmaster https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/928921#Post928921 https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/928809#Post928809 Watch VCF Southwest in Retrotastic SGI-Edited Footage

There’s just something about backing way, way off the cutting edge to rediscover the simpler joys of yesteryear. We’ve got a contest about to wrap up along those lines, and …read more
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/watch-vcf-southwest-in-retrotastic-sgi-edited-footage/

]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2026 11:00:56 +0000 Webmaster https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/928809#Post928809 https://aus-city.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/928580#Post928580 A Walkie Talkie Interface For Claude

[Bookmari] had a problem — working as a delivery driver, they wanted to work on various projects with Claude Code while out and about. Unfortunately, it simply wasn’t practical to …read more
https://hackaday.com/2026/10/24/a-walkie-talkie-interface-for-claude/

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