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24 alternatives to I hacked my microwave with a Raspberry Pi
A few months ago, I was inspired by this post on Reddit, titled: Food items should have QR codes that instruct the microwave exactly what to do. Like high for 2 minutes, let stand 1 minute, medium 1 minutes.. I thought this was a pretty cool idea, and that it
This project involves integrating a Raspberry Pi into a microwave to modify its functionality. Created by Nathan and launched in 2013, it demonstrates creative hardware hacking for hobbyists interested in IoT and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. I hacked my microwave with a Raspberry Pi launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hi. I heard HN likes e-paper gadgets so I wanted to share a little side project I’ve been working on with @sqfmi. We’re building Beepberry - a portable e-paper computer for hackers, designed for chatting on Beeper. My day job is running Beeper [0], but I will always have a soft spot for building hardware. I wanted to create a ‘weekend’ device that would let me stay in touch with friends and family, without the distractions of a full smartphone. I imagined a tiny, hackable e-paper screen with a physical keyboard, powered by a Raspberry Pi, that I could use to chat around my home…and pretty…
2023 · beepberry.sqfmi.com · its alternatives →
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Raspberry Pi 3▲4383nd generation with faster processor, wireless and Bluetooth
2016 · raspberrypi.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · kelu124.gitbooks.io · its alternatives →
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Wow, half a year has passed since my last blog. I have to admit, during this period I was a bit disconnected from the physical AI world. I transitioned to a different team at work after their two data scientists were reassigned to other teams, and I had to ramp up quickly to take over…
Dec 2025 · airoboticist.blog · its alternatives →
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Using only a Raspberry Pi and an $11 video capture dongle, you can create your own KVM over IP device, allowing you to send keyboard input to a remote computer and capture its display.
2020 · mtlynch.io · its alternatives →
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A Flipper Zero clone, but cheapest, DIY and simply Open Source, made with Arduino IDE - lraton/FlopperZiro
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Tingbot▲119Transform your Raspberry Pi into a platform for creativity
2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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A global contest to grow and monitor your own food with Raspberry Pi - alexellis/growlab
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Simple demo illustrating remanence of data in RAM (see Cold boot attack) using a Raspberry Pi. Loads many images of the Mona Lisa into RAM and recovers after powering off/on again. - anfractuosity/ramrecovery
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Written by someone who has watched "Apollo 13" more times than he'd like to admit.
2020 · johnjonesfour.com · its alternatives →
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Smaller, better, and cheaper: $20
2014 · raspberrypi.org · its alternatives →
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http://picirus.com For Startup Weekend Tulsa, we created a small low-power appliance (built on Raspberry Pi) that you connect to your different cloud accounts -- Facebook, Flickr, Dropbox, etc. -- and it downloads a copy of all your stuff every night. I was thinking about all the people I love who share directly to the cloud, without a lot of planning for the case where their Facebook account gets hacked, their Dropbox account has a glitch, or one of these services they love goes out of business suddenly some day. We had a ton of fun building Picirus during Startup Weekend. I highly…
2012 · picirus.com · its alternatives →
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#HackTheMenu▲226Secret menu items available at fast-food restaurants.
2014 · hackthemenu.com · its alternatives →
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Building a Bus Clock for my House using a Raspberry PI and Python. I won't miss the bus ever again!
2022 · purplehoisin.com · its alternatives →
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1 record player + 1 Raspberry Pi = team bonding at Mozilla.
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · jordanburgess.com · its alternatives →
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I am not sure if this is fits the HN community, but I am posting it here if people are interested. This is the current iteration of the car: http://i.imgur.com/ko8YBh.jpg Details: I wrote a simple android app that streams the accelerometer data from the phone to the pi over a simple socket. The pi then uses this data to drive the DC motor and the servo motor. Tilting the phone to control the car feels very natural. In this[0] pic you can see the wifi dongle I've used. I am using Adafruit Occidental v0.2[1] as my OS because it has support for my wifi dongle. It also makes some hardware…
2012 · i.imgur.com · its alternatives →
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Smart Doppler radar powered by your phone
Feb 2026 · pi-speedlab.us · its alternatives →
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Hi Hacker News, This is definitely out of my comfort zone. I just wanted to show you guys because I'm super proud of it. It's a 100% faithful recreation based off of the schematics, patents, and ROMs that were found online. So please watch the video and tell me what you think https://youtu.be/auOlZXI1VxA The reason why I think this is relevant is because I've been a programmer for 25 years and AI scares the shit out of me. I'm not a programmer anymore. I'm something else now. I don't know what it is but it's multi-disciplinary, and it doesn't involve writing code myself--for…
Jan 2026 · its alternatives →
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Weekend Project: Web-controlled Christmas Lights with Node.js, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi
2013 · gnewt.at · its alternatives →
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I've never posted on ShowHN before, but I wanted to share my Xmas 2025 project; to try a new approach to controlling our kids screen time. This also involved massively over-engineering a solution in order to play with a shiny new gadget (and avoid the in laws at Christmas, obviously) I've shared some learnings on AI coding with embedded devices, and how I approached the product design/hardware selection side of things. The Web App is at https://screenie.org - and I'm Open Sourcing the device and web app code later today (links to follow on that site)
Jan 2026 · partridge.works · its alternatives →
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