Hackaday [Unofficial]1d ago

Medication Reminder Uses Only One Button

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/29/medication-reminder-uses-only-one-button/

131d ago
Medication Reminder Uses Only One Button https://hackaday.com/2026/05/29/medication-reminder-uses-only-one-button/
#Homehacks #MedicalHacks #Arduino #Medicine #Microcontroller #Reminder #Rtc #Simplicity #Timer
Medication Reminder Uses Only One Button

As anyone who takes medicines regularly will attest to, the days have a tendency to blur together, making it hard to remember if you did something like take that day’s dose or not. There are …

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Hackaday [Unofficial]May 19

Biofeedback Butterfly Beats With a Pulse

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/19/biofeedback-butterfly-beats-with-a-pulse/

Biofeedback Butterfly Beats With A Pulse

Biofeedback is the idea of making one conscious of a biological process or feature, and then using this to try and exert control over the very same. [Mariia Hruntes] demonstrates this ably with a f…

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Hackaday [Unofficial]May 19

How Pulse Oximetry Figures Out Your Blood Oxygen Levels

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/19/how-pulse-oximetry-figures-out-your-blood-oxygen-levels/

13May 19
How Pulse Oximetry Figures Out Your Blood Oxygen Levels https://hackaday.com/2026/05/19/how-pulse-oximetry-figures-out-your-blood-oxygen-levels/
#HackadayColumns #MedicalHacks #Blood #Heart #Medicalhacks #Medicine #Oxygensaturation #Pulseoximeter #Pulseoximetry #Pulserate
How Pulse Oximetry Figures Out Your Blood Oxygen Levels

If you’ve ever had a medical team investigating cardiac issues, you’ve probably had a bunch of electrodes stuck all over your chest and been hooked up to an electrocardiogram. This is t…

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13May 19
Biofeedback Butterfly Beats With a Pulse https://hackaday.com/2026/05/19/biofeedback-butterfly-beats-with-a-pulse/
#MedicalHacks #RobotsHacks #3dprinted #ArduinoUno #Biofeedback #Butterfly #Pulseoximetry
Biofeedback Butterfly Beats With A Pulse

Biofeedback is the idea of making one conscious of a biological process or feature, and then using this to try and exert control over the very same. [Mariia Hruntes] demonstrates this ably with a f…

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13Apr 20
Fluidic Contact Lens Treats Glaucoma https://hackaday.com/2026/04/20/fluidic-contact-lens-treats-glaucoma/
#MedicalHacks #WearableHacks #Contactlens #Fluidics #Glaucoma
Fluidic Contact Lens Treats Glaucoma

We’ve always been interested in fluidic computers, a technique that uses moving fluids to perform logic operations. Now, Spectrum reports that researchers have developed an electronics-free c…

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Hackaday [Unofficial]Apr 16

Emergency Bolt-Action Launcher for EpiPens

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/16/emergency-bolt-action-launcher-for-epipens/

Emergency Bolt-Action Launcher For EpiPens

Imagine you and your friend are enjoying a nice sunny day, and BAM — they start to have a severe allergic reaction to who knows what. You have an EpiPen, but your friend is on the other side …

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13Apr 16
Emergency Bolt-Action Launcher for EpiPens https://hackaday.com/2026/04/16/emergency-bolt-action-launcher-for-epipens/
#MedicalHacks #Aircannon #Aircompressor #Epipen
Emergency Bolt-Action Launcher For EpiPens

Imagine you and your friend are enjoying a nice sunny day, and BAM — they start to have a severe allergic reaction to who knows what. You have an EpiPen, but your friend is on the other side …

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Hackaday [Unofficial]Apr 10

Bacteria Marching to the Beat of a Tiny Drum

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/10/bacteria-marching-to-the-beat-of-a-tiny-drum/

Bacteria Marching To The Beat Of A Tiny Drum

Traditionally, identifying a bacterium requires peering through a microscope. Researchers from TU Delft want to trade your eyes for your ears when identifying bacteria. This is possible because the…

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