Hackster’s Handpicked Projects of the Week Dec 7, 2017

Make a cellular backhauled gateway which collects data from WiFi devices.

A small wireless ornament that can play YouTube videos on your tree!

The Raspberry Pi Internet Weather Station project displays the weather information such as temperature, humidity, and successive weather forecast.

Use the Arduino MKR GSM 1400 DTMF feature to have a direct interaction between your board and your phone.

Send data from a 4zerobox (based on ESP32 and Python programmable using Zerynth) to The Things Network via a Microchip LoRa module

A guitar with FX and MIDI controls powered by UDOO X86.

Using an mcModule120, MQTT and IFTTT, can monitor your tree’s water level and be notified of when it’s wet/dry!

Upgrading an old Roomba to have WiFi capabilities.

Using an accelerometer and Arduino Yún, the device monitors clothes dryer vibration and notifies via Echo when the dryer stops.

Use the Micro:bit as a wireless Bluetooth remote for a smartphone’s camera.

Disrupt any teenager gaming session that happens while everybody should be sleeping.

Build a video-sreaming robot with the Raspberry Pi and GoPiGo3.

A YouTube stats display based on ESP8266 NodeMCU.

This simple circuit will detect the presence of VHF / UHF frequency radiation.

We all know that being without that special person in your life can be difficult, but what if you could send love and affection remotely over the Internet by just hugging a pillow?

Frosty the SPyman’s a snowman on a shelf that livestreams video and moves on his own! Santa can now be 100% sure that people are being nice.

Using IFTTT, let Bolt notify you when the ISS passes overhead.

Make a simple but challenging badge with an LED matrix display and an ATtiny13!

A model lighthouse, built with 3D printing, using an Adafruit NeoPixel ring for the lights.