Hackster’s Handpicked Projects of the Week Jan 26, 2018

An open source VR headset that you can build yourself for $100.

Device inspired by the Combadge from Star Trek that can turn on computers using speech commands.

Two NeoPixel sabers controlled by Arduino, with plumbing part hilts that look nice, and animated party modes.

The keyboard consists of 8 switches designed pushed or pulled from a center off position, one per finger.

Monitor your crypto mining hardware temperatures and hash rates with the ability to restart the rig remotely as well as Alexa integration.

An interactive wall that helps senior people to stand up and exercise more.

Enable a Bluetooth LE IoT network with cloud control using Hologram Nova, Raspberry Pi Zero W and Droplit.io services and software.

A Pi Zero W with a LED pHAT showing the status of the last 8 builds from Team Foundation Server or Visual Studio Team Services.

A project that allows you to check on the status of an aging friend or family member which respects their privacy.

How to hack a Syma S107G toy helicopter and control it via infrared using Arduino.

This tutorial will teach you how to turn any WiFi-enabled SoC into a fully functional device.

Using WiFi location on the TrackALL device, we’ll plot our indoor locations on a Power BI map after sending data to MS Azure IoT Hub!

This chest is made out of 3D printed parts and painted popsicle sticks. It’s using an ATtiny85 to play the iconic melody when it’s opened.

Control your household devices and get alerts about home no matter wherever you are!

We are sending commands and receiving real-time UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopic data from a linear pixel array spectrometer over Cellular-WiFi

Using the Micro:bit & xCHIPs assembly of this temperature monitor is effortless. Coding is a piece of cake with the blocks software too!