It’s still hot on both sides of the Atlantic, but Kristina has a new secret weapon for staying cool without making noise. Will Elliot and the others follow suit? Time will tell.

In Hackaday news, well, there’s a lot of it. For starters, Supercon Ten tickets went on sale Thursday morning, but chances are good that by the time you read this, the early bird offering will be all pecked out. But, never fear! More tickets will be released soon enough.

Don’t want to buy a ticket, but still want to go? Submit a talk proposal that gets accepted, and you’ll be welcomed in free of charge. Lucky for you, we just extended the deadline by two weeks to August 26th.

After exhausting the news, Elliot reached into the ol’ Mailbag and found a funny anecdote from [Vik Olliver]. (Funny in that it’ll make you go ‘hmm’.) A brief discussion about imperial vs. metric ensued, but then it was on to the hacks.

Check out the links below if you want to follow along, and as always, tell us what you think about this episode in the comments!

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• Supercon Ten Tickets On Sale Now
• Procrastineers Rejoice! 2026 Supercon Call For Participation Extended
• Have Scientists Stuck The Landing On The Glueball Discovery?
• Watch Today’s Eclipse At Home

• This week, we have a head-scratcher from [Vik Olliver] and well, you’ll just have to listen!

• Hacking Fiber To The Home
• FlipBuddy Is Borg, You Will Be Assimilated
• Creating A Supersonic Trebuchet
  • Trebucheting Tennis Balls At 124 MPH
  • Make Physics Fun With A Trebuchet
  • Flywheel Trebuchet Spins Right Round
• Track Bird Visitors With A Raspberry Pi And A USB Mic
• Lighting 3D Printed Parts On Fire For Science
• Wrist Welcomes Wii Nunchuk As Gloriously Ergonomic Macropad

• Elliot’s Picks:
  • Retrotechtacular: A View Of The Moon From 1964
  • The Chernobyl NPP And Forty Years Of Robots For High Radiation Environments
  • Read A USB Logitech Racing Wheel On An ESP32‑S3
• Kristina’s Picks:
  • Your Laptop Keyboard, On Another Device
  • Titanic-esqe Telegraph Keeps Relationship Afloat
  • The PiShot Is Ready For Your Snaps

• Bladerunners And The Mother Of Invention
• FitzRoy’s Glass: Victorian Weather Marvel Or Glorified Thermometer?