Hackster’s Handpicked Projects of the Week Jul 19, 2019

A hacked Nespresso machine that requests cryptocurrencies in order to dispense coffee.

Using Azure IoT Edge on Nvidia Jetson Nano with Time Series Insights to detect objects in video feeds with offsite recording to the cloud.

Help mapping the signal strength of the TTN in your region with this tiny GPS mapper feeding the ttnmapper.org.

Quo Vadis is an interactive boat in the inner garden of a retirement home for people with dementia.

Setting up a Raspberry Pi device to communicate with an MQTT broker hosted on AWS IoT using balenaCloud.

Use machine learning to stop a cat from jumping onto the countertop.

This device can measure the weight of its users (the cats), check cleaning conditions, save the data online and send reminder and alerts!

An ESP32 with ePaper display showing the Apollo 11 radio transcript to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing.

How to connect multiple Atlas EZO sensors to a Raspberry PI.

Make beautiful music with Adafruit, SparkFun, Arduino and ProtoStax! Create an RGB matrix audio visualizer with Arduino.

Through WhatsApp, get variables (location, altitude, pressure… ) from NodeMCU as requested or send commands to NodeMCU via Twilio’s API.

This device automatically detects and uploads the location of road hazards, creating a safer driving environment!

Knobo is a programmable shortcut keyboard with eight programmable keys and a knob that will help you speed up your workflow.

The sensors on board the smart buoy enable it to measure: wave height, wave period, wave power, water temperature, air temperature, air pressure, voltage, current usage and GPS location.

This project was brought on by a love of tikis, tiki drinks, tiki culture and also making a few tikis out of ceramics.

A simple maintenance-free clock designed for single-board computers.

CR2032 coin battery and ATtiny are small enough to fit inside a LEGO Duplo brick.

Functions as a black box by recording various parameters during driving.

A safe way to wake WoL-enabled devices on your LAN remotely (via your router).

A simple circuit for measuring electrical current with Arduino.

An interactive game for a new Heineken 0.0 non-alcohol drink.

This FPV antenna plotter plots the 5.8GHz video coverage of your antenna in distance, based on actual coordinates (of your flying path).

Implement an Arduino NFC reader inside a motorbike so you can start and stop it just with the implant in your hand.

How to combine chess and running? How to get kids more interested into chess?

A small device that will help you sort resistors without wasting time with their color code.

How to make an RC tank with materials you already have.

Build your own easy or simple DIY smart power strip to control electrical devices from remotely.

Make yourself a propeller hat using the TinyLily Motor board!

A text clock with Arduino that can display the time in two languages: English or Portuguese.

Connect up to 5 fairy light strings to an ATtiny85 and insert them into a bottle. Program the ATtiny85 for any light design that you wish.

M5StickC + Angle unit = Protractor (detecting range: 0–180 degrees）

This counter is made only from an ATtiny13 and LED diodes.

Build a wind turbine MPPT regulator within direct injection or battery configuration, 24V or 48V, 30A max.

Use the T-Skin as a PPT controller with gesture control and tools support.

A rather convenient device to monitor heart rate while running.