Last week I was sitting in a waiting room when the news came across my phone that Ingenuity, the helicopter that NASA put on Mars three years ago, would fly …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/07/in-defense-of-anthropomorphizing-technology/)

Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize Awarded And 2024’s New Challenge
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In the year 79 CE, a massive cloud of volcanic ash rained down on the Roman city of Herculaneum after an eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Along with the city of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/07/vesuvius-challenge-2023-grand-prize-awarded-and-2024s-new-challenge/)

Friendly Flexible Circuits: The Cables
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Plextor PX-716A – disc drive motor with Sony Chemicals flexible flat cable
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hadimg_ffc_intro_feat.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hadimg_ffc_intro_feat.jpg?w=800">Flexible cables and flex PCBs are wonderful. You could choose to carefully make a cable bundle out of ten wires and try to squish them to have a thin footprint …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/07/friendly-flexible-circuits-the-cables/)

Tetris Goes Full Circle
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As a game concept, Tetris gave humanity nearly four solid decades of engagement, but with the possibility for only seven possible puzzle pieces it might seem a little bit limiting. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/07/tetris-goes-full-circle/)

Your 1983 Video Phone is Finally Ready
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If you read Byte magazine in 1983, you might have expected that, by now, you’d be able to buy the red phone with the video screen built-in. You know, like …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/07/your-1983-video-phone-is-finally-ready/)

FLOSS Weekly Episode 769: OpenCost — We Spent How Much?
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This week Jonathan Bennett and Katherine Druckman talk with Matt Ray about OpenCost. What exactly is Cloud Native? Why do we need a project just for tracking expenses? Doesn’t the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/07/floss-weekly-episode-769-opencost-we-spent-how-much/)

Metal Crystal Stops Electrons
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Researchers at Rice University have found an alloy of copper, vanadium, and sulfur that forms crystals that, due to quantum effects, can trap electrons. This can produce flat bands, which …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/07/metal-crystal-stops-electrons/)