Fewer brackets, more smart devices.

These are the projects I recommend building instead of just buying something off the shelf.

GPT-5.6 was already running in Codex for some users before OpenAI’s government-approved preview opened to partners. A ...

In 2025 and 2026, several independent sources have highlighted the same trend: Prompt injection remains one of the most ...

Espressif Systems released the ESP-IDF v6.0 framework a few days ago with stable support for ESP32-C5 and ESP32-C61 SoCs, as well as preview support for ESP32-H21 and ESP32-H4 low-power wireless ...

Want instant SMS alerts from your ESP32 without relying on a bulky GSM module? Whether it's motion detection, a sudden temperature spike, or an unauthorized locker door opening, your ESP32 can now ...

Like Ars Senior Technology Editor Lee Hutchinson, I have a garage. The door on that garage is opened and closed by a device made by a company that, as with Lee’s, offers you a way to open and close it ...

The ESP32-S3 PowerFeather board is an Adafruit Feather-shaped ESP32-S3 WiFi and BLE IoT board that can be powered by a Li-Ion or LiPo battery and supports up to 18V DC input for direct connection to a ...

This library started as a fork for the FlexyStepper library. While the FlexyStepper Library is a general Arduino compatible library this fork had a focus on the ESP32 modules from Espressif. Soon this ...

The number of UEFI vulnerabilities discovered in recent years and the failures in patching them or revoking vulnerable binaries within a reasonable time window hasn’t gone unnoticed by threat actors.