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BogdanTheGeek has managed to run a web server on a disposable vape powered by a cheap Puya PY32 Arm Cortex-M0+ ...

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Engineer Bogdan Ionescu repurposed a discarded vape into a web server, showing how e-waste holds hidden potential far beyond ...

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Ever notice how disposable vapes come with a ludicrous amount of electronics? Someone just put them to good use.

While we often get a detailed backstory of the projects we cover here at Hackaday, sometimes the genesis of a build is a bit ...

A discarded vape pen becomes a 24 KB web server thanks to clever firmware and microcontroller tweaks by a Romanian engineer.

An engineer made a "blazingly fast" web server out of a disposable vape, according to a blog post from him. Bogdan Lonescu has been collecting vapes from friends and family, retrieving electronic ...

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Safes are everywhere in America, securing everything from cash and guns to narcotics and sensitive personal documents—in both homes and workplaces. But with no drills or cutting tools, security ...