Visiting Our Neighbor Sedna: Feasibility Study of a Mission to This Planetoid
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/06/visiting-our-neighbor-sedna-feasibility-study-of-a-mission-to-this-planetoid/

While for most people Pluto is the most distant planet in the Solar System, things get a lot more fuzzy once you pass Neptune and enter the realm of trans-Neptunian …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/06/visiting-our-neighbor-sedna-feasibility-study-of-a-mission-to-this-planetoid/)

Does Made-in-America Make Sense for PCB Prototyping?
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/06/does-made-in-america-make-sense-for-pcb-prototyping/

These are tough times for American hackers, and rife with uncertainty. Trade wars are on, off, on again– who can keep track? If you’re used to getting everything from China, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/06/does-made-in-america-make-sense-for-pcb-prototyping/)

Diagnosing Whisker Failure Mode in AF114 and Similar Transistors
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/06/diagnosing-whisker-failure-mode-in-af114-and-similar-transistors/

AF114 germanium transistors and related ones like the AF115 through AF117 were quite popular during the 1960s, but they quickly developed a reputation for failure. This is due to what …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/06/diagnosing-whisker-failure-mode-in-af114-and-similar-transistors/)

Hackaday Links: July 6, 2025
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/06/hackaday-links-july-6-2025/

Taking delivery of a new vehicle from a dealership is an emotional mixed bag. On the one hand, you’ve had to endure the sales rep’s hunger to close the deal, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/06/hackaday-links-july-6-2025/)

Fastener Fusion: Automating the Art of Counting
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/06/fastener-fusion-automating-the-art-of-counting/

Counting objects is an ideal task for automation, and when focusing on a single type of object, there are many effective solutions. But what if you need to count hundreds …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/06/fastener-fusion-automating-the-art-of-counting/)

Building a Potato-based GLaDOS as an Introduction to AI
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/06/building-a-potato-based-glados-as-an-introduction-to-ai/

Although not nearly as intimidating as her ceiling-mounted hanging arm body, GLaDOS spent a significant portion of the Portal 2 game in a stripped-down computer powered by a potato battery. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/06/building-a-potato-based-glados-as-an-introduction-to-ai/)

Building an X-Ray Crystallography Machine
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/07/building-an-x-ray-crystallography-machine/

X-ray crystallography, like mass spectroscopy and nuclear spectroscopy, is an extremely useful material characterization technique that is unfortunately hard for amateurs to perform. The physical operation isn’t too complicated, however, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/07/building-an-x-ray-crystallography-machine/)