Hackaday Links: June 4, 2023
A report released this week suggests that 50 flights into its five-flight schedule, the Mars helicopter might be starting to show its age. The report details a protracted communications outage…
It Turns Out Parrots Love Videoconferencing
A recent experiment showed that parrots seem considerably enriched by the ability to video call other parrots. It’s important that the activity be done in a healthy and ethical way,…
Make Yourself a Megamind With a Hypercentric Camera
Sometimes, all it takes to learn something new is a fresh perspective on things. But what’s to be learned from reversing your perspective completely with a hypercentric lens? For one…
A Real-World Experience In PCB Dye-Sub Printing
We all love PCB artwork, but those who create it work under the restriction of having a limited color palette to work with. If it’s not some combination of board,…
C++17’s Useful Features for Embedded Systems
Although the world of embedded software development languages seem to span somewhere between ASM and C89 all the way to MicroPython, there is a lot to be said for a…
The Most Ornate Birdbath You’ve Ever Seen
When one thinks of art, a birdbath may not be the first thing that comes to mind. However, there is no denying that the La Fontaine aux Oiseaux (The Bird…
An Almost Invisible Desktop
When you’re putting together a computer workstation, what would you say is the cleanest setup? Wireless mouse and keyboard? Super-discrete cable management? How about no visible keeb, no visible mouse,…
The Glitch That Brought Down Japan’s Lunar Lander
When a computer crashes, it usually doesn’t leave debris. But when a computer happens to be descending towards the lunar surface and glitches out, that’s a very different story. Turns…
New BlackSuit Ransomware Exhibit Striking Similarities With Royal
Trend Micro examined and uncovered “an extremely high degree of similarity” between the recently surfaced BlackSuit group and the Royal ransomware group. They share approximately 98% similarity in functions, 99.5%…
Bike Rides Played Back Via Aircraft Altitude Indicator
Any good bike ride should have a big climb to push your fitness, and a nice descent for the joy of careening down at high speed. [Glen Akins] has been…