Hackaday Links: July 9, 2023

Good news this week from Mars, where Ingenuity finally managed to check in with its controllers after a long silence. The plucky helicopter went silent just after nailing the landing …read more

99% Partspiration

Thomas Edison once said that genius was 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. That doesn’t leave much room for partspiration. I’m working on a top-secret project, and had to place a …read more

Retrotechtacular: The Nuclear Cruise Ship Of The Future Earns Glowing Reviews

The average modern cruise ship takes about 250 tons or 80,000 gallons of fuel daily. But can you imagine a cruise ship capable of circling the globe fourteen times before …read more

Hackaday Podcast 226: Ice, Snow, And Cooling Paint In July

This week, Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Al Williams shoot the breeze about all things Hackaday. We start off with some fond remembrances of Don Lancaster, a legendary hardware hacker who …read more

This Week In Security: Bogus CVEs, Bogus PoCs, And Maybe A Bogus Breach

It appears we have something of a problem. It’s not really a new problem, and shouldn’t be too surprising, but it did pop up again this week: bogus CVEs. Starting …read more

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Software For Satellites Hack Chat

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By Dan Maloney | July 10, 2023

Join us on Wednesday, July 12 at noon Pacific for the Software for Space Hack Chat with Jacob Killelea! In space, everything is harder. Hardware has to be built to …read more
Gas-Powered Fly Swatter Slightly Over-Engineered

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By Bryan Cockfield | July 10, 2023

Any good flyswatter ought to be able to break through a hefty piece of wood. At least, that is how [Finn] explains the design philosophy behind this enormous, overpowered flyswatter. …read more
Jenny’s Daily Drivers: Slackware 15

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By Jenny List | July 10, 2023

As a recent emigre from the Ubuntu Linux distribution to Manjaro, I’ve had the chance to survey the field as I chose a new distro, and I realised that there’s …read more
Kim-1: Memory Problem Resolved

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By Al Williams | July 10, 2023

At the very start of the personal computer revolution, there were relatively inexpensive boards with little more than a CPU, some memory, a display, and switches or a keypad. Some …read more
The ThinkPad You All Wish You Had, With A Brain That’s Not Ancient

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By Jenny List | July 10, 2023

An IBM (or, later, Lenovo) ThinkPad is a popular choice in our community. They’re prized for their rugged design, longevity, and good software support. Over the many years that the …read more
Enhance VR Immersion By Shoehorning An Ambilight Into A Headset

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By Donald Papp | July 9, 2023

Everyone wants a wider field of view in their VR headsets, but that’s not an easy nut to crack. [Statonwest] shows there’s a way to get at least some of the …read more
A Quick Look At The Hilbert Transform

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By Al Williams | July 9, 2023

While the Fourier transform gets all the attention, there are other transforms that engineers and mathematicians use to transform signals from one form to another. Sometimes you use a transform …read more

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