Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With All the Espionage
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-all-the-espionage/
The Constant Monitoring and Work That Goes into JWST’s Optics
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/the-constant-monitoring-and-work-that-goes-into-jwsts-optics/
Why the Saturn V Used Kerosene for its Hydraulics Fluid
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/why-the-saturn-v-used-kerosene-for-its-hydraulics-fluid/
Cheap Sensor Changes Personality
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/cheap-sensor-changes-personality/
Welcome to SubTropolis: the Limestone Mine Turned Climate-Controlled Business Complex
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/welcome-to-subtropolis-the-limestone-mine-turned-climate-controlled-business-complex/
Hackaday Links: November 11, 2024
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/hackaday-links-november-11-2024/
Building a Motor Feed For the UE1 Vacuum Tube Computer’s Paper Tape Reader
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/building-a-motor-feed-for-the-ue1-vacuum-tube-computers-paper-tape-reader/
Component Tester Teardown
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/component-tester-teardown/
Building a DIY Nipkow Disk Display
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/building-a-diy-nipkow-disk-display/
A Beautifully Illustrated Guide to Making
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/a-beautifully-illustrated-guide-to-making/
Inside an Arcade Joystick
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/inside-an-arcade-joystick/
Brick Layers: the Promise of Stronger 3D Prints and Why We Cannot Have Nice Things
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/brick-layers-the-promise-of-stronger-3d-prints-and-why-we-cannot-have-nice-things/
Here’s Code for that AI-Generated Minecraft Clone
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/heres-code-for-that-ai-generated-minecraft-clone/
All Aboard The Good Ship Benchy
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/all-aboard-the-good-ship-benchy/
HIDman Brings Modern Input to Vintage PCs
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/hidman-brings-modern-input-to-vintage-pcs/
The James Webb Space Telescope’s array of eighteen hexagonal mirrors went through an intricate (and lengthy) alignment and calibration process before it could begin its mission — but the process …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/the-constant-monitoring-and-work-that-goes-into-jwsts-optics/)
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Gimbal systems proposed for the F-1, oxygen-kerosene engine. The fueldraulic system (left) is simpler, with fewer components than the high-pressure hydraulic system. To simplify the illustration, flexible fittings and hose, and lines to other gimballing actuators and to other fluid power systems on the S-IC stage are not shown. (Source: Hydraulics & Pneumatics, 1963)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/fueldraulic_system_saturn_v_s-1c_f1_engine.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/fueldraulic_system_saturn_v_s-1c_f1_engine.jpg?w=800" tabindex="0" role="button">We usually think of a hydraulic system as fully self-contained, with a hydraulic pump, tubing, and actuators filled with a working fluid. This of course adds a lot of weight …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/why-the-saturn-v-used-kerosene-for-its-hydraulics-fluid/)
If you want to add humidity and temperature sensors to your home automation sensor, you can — like [Maker’s Fun Duck] did — buy some generic ones for about a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/cheap-sensor-changes-personality/)
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After extracting all the useful stuff from a mine, you are often left with a lot of empty subterranean space without a clear purpose. This was the case with the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/welcome-to-subtropolis-the-limestone-mine-turned-climate-controlled-business-complex/)
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Fair warning, while the first item this week has no obvious connection to hacking, when 43 Rhesus monkeys escape from a lab, it’s just something that needs to be discussed. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/hackaday-links-november-11-2024/)
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Building a paper tape reader by itself isn’t super complicated: you need a source of light, some photoreceptors behind the tape to register the presence of holes and some way …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/building-a-motor-feed-for-the-ue1-vacuum-tube-computers-paper-tape-reader/)
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In the modern age, when you hear “component tester” you probably think of one of those cheap microcontroller-based devices that can identify components and provide basic measurements on an LCD …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/component-tester-teardown/)
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Before flat screen technologies took over, we associate TV with the CRT. But there were other display technologies that worked, they just weren’t as practical. One scheme was the Nipkow …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/building-a-diy-nipkow-disk-display/)
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If you’ve ever been wondering what you should make next, it can be a daunting task to decide with the firehose of inspiration coming straight from the series of tubes …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/10/a-beautifully-illustrated-guide-to-making/)
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If you ever played an arcade game and wondered what was inside that joystick you were gripping, [Big Clive] can save you some trouble. He picked up a cheap replacement …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/inside-an-arcade-joystick/)
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Excerpt from 1995 Stratasys patent, showing the drawings of FDM layers, including brick layers.
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1995_stratasys_fdm_brick_layer_patent_drawings.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1995_stratasys_fdm_brick_layer_patent_drawings.jpg?w=800" tabindex="0" role="button">It is a fact of life that 3D-printed parts from an FDM (fused deposition modeling) printer have weaknesses where the layers join. Some of this is due to voids and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/brick-layers-the-promise-of-stronger-3d-prints-and-why-we-cannot-have-nice-things/)
A little while ago Oasis was showcased on social media, billing itself as the world’s first playable “AI video game” that responds to complex user input in real-time. Code is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/heres-code-for-that-ai-generated-minecraft-clone/)
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We’ll go out on a limb here and say that a large portion of Hackaday readers are also boat-builders. That’s a bold statement, but as the term applies to anyone …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/all-aboard-the-good-ship-benchy/)
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Retro computing enthusiasts, rejoice! HIDman, [rasteri]’s latest open source creation, bridges the gap between modern USB input devices and vintage PCs, from the IBM 5150 to machines with PS/2 ports. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/hidman-brings-modern-input-to-vintage-pcs/)
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We just got home from Supercon and well, it was super. It was great to see everyone, and meet a whole bunch of new folks to boot! The talks were …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/the-badge-hacks-of-supercon/)
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