The Advanced Project Gemini Concepts That Could Have Been
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" data-image-caption="Illustration of a Gemini B reentry vehicle separating from the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL). (Source: US Air Force)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/MOL_USAF.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/MOL_USAF.png?w=695">Looking back on the trajectory leading to Project Apollo and the resulting Moon missions, one can be forgiven for thinking that this was a strict and well-defined plan that was …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/29/the-advanced-project-gemini-concepts-that-could-have-been/)

The (RF) Sniff Test
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Sometimes the old tricks are the best. [Kevin] learned an old trick about using a ‘scope to sniff RF noise and pays it forward by sharing it in a recent …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/29/the-rf-sniff-test/)

The Confusing World of Wood Preservation Treatments
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Wood is an amazing material to use around the house, both for its green credentials and the way it looks and feels. That said, as a natural product there are …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/29/the-confusing-world-of-wood-preservation-treatments/)

Feathers are Fantastic, but Flummoxing for Engineers
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Birds are pretty amazing creatures, and one of the most amazing things about them and their non-avian predecessors are feathers. Engineers and scientists are finding inspiration from them in surprising …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/29/feathers-are-fantastic-but-flummoxing-for-engineers/)

NFC Hidden In Floppy Disk For Retro-Themed PC
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As we all look across a sea of lifeless, nearly identically-styled consumer goods, a few of us have become nostalgic for a time when products like stereo equipment, phones, appliances, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/29/nfc-hidden-in-floppy-disk-for-retro-themed-pc/)

Measuring Nanoparticles by Scattering a Laser
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A fundamental difficulty of working with nanoparticles is that your objects of study are too small for an optical microscope to resolve, and thus measuring their size can be quite …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/30/measuring-nanoparticles-by-scattering-a-laser/)

FPGA Brings UNIX v1 to the DEC J-11
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