Thursday, October 8, 2026

Custom PCB Earrings

Looking come up with something extra special for their girlfriend, Vishal soni created these LED earrings with a custom PCB. The earrings house 12 Adafruit NeoPixel Nano 2020s and a ATtiny85 microcontroller. See the full guide and details on Hackster.io: The initial concept was straightforward: a tiny PCB populated with multiple RGB LEDs and a…

Boosting Preventative Care with AI-Powered Wearable
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Boosting Preventative Care with AI-Powered Wearable

Using artificial intelligence to analyze gait data, the wearable device developed in Philip Gutruf’s lab detects frailty, a common condition among the elderly and disabled known to cause falls and lead to hospitalization. via the University of Arizona Researchers at the University of Arizona Gutruf Lab have developed a wearable device that incorporates artificial intelligence…

Recreating Banned Toys
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Recreating Banned Toys

Life size Skating Barbie complete with dubious sparks, via LittleJem   As part of a maker-focused secret Santa, LittleGem crafted some banned toys of the past. She gave herself three rules: They have to be bigger than the original, they have to replicate the banned action and she only has three days per toy. Over…

The Pedisedate: A Game Boy Accessory that Helps Deliver Anesthesia #WearableWednesday
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The Pedisedate: A Game Boy Accessory that Helps Deliver Anesthesia #WearableWednesday

Yes, it’s real. In the words of the National Institute of Health: “The PediSedate was designed to address this problem by delivering nitrous oxide in oxygen through a simple nosepiece, combined with an interactive video component, so that children can use attention and distraction with drug delivery.” Here’s more from Hackaday: Adults are typically comfortable…

Improving Mindfulness with Audio-Augmented Wearable
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Improving Mindfulness with Audio-Augmented Wearable

Researchers from Stanford’s SHAPE Lab and the Virtual Human Interaction Lab have developed a new device that consists of two microphones strapped to the wrists, which gather sounds produced by the hands and channel enhanced audio to earbuds. They believe the research can improve mindfulness and be used in clinical or therapeutic settings. To test…

Beginner Project: Flashlight Wristwrap #WearableWednesday
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Beginner Project: Flashlight Wristwrap #WearableWednesday

If you’re looking for a beginner project appropriate for young makers, here’s a great one. The project shows you how tomato a flashlight wristwrap! From karengertrude via Instructables: Flashlight wristwrap – it’s a great first project! You will learn how to enable the flow of electricity, and add small electronic components to your simple circuit…