NASA is Taking Suggestions for Raising Swift’s Orbit
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/31/nasa-is-taking-suggestions-for-raising-swifts-orbit/

Launched in 2004, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory – formerly the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer – has been dutifully studying gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) during its two-year mission, before moving on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/31/nasa-is-taking-suggestions-for-raising-swifts-orbit/)

Lightning Talks On Time, With This Device
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/31/lightning-talks-on-time-with-this-device/

Ask a Hackaday scribe who’s helped run the lightning talks at one of our events, and they’ll tell you that keeping the speakers on time is a challenge. Conversely if …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/31/lightning-talks-on-time-with-this-device/)

Hackaday Links: August 31, 2025
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/31/hackaday-links-august-31-2025/

Back in March, we covered the story of Davis Lu, a disgruntled coder who programmed a logic bomb into his employers’ systems. His code was malicious in the extreme, designed …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/31/hackaday-links-august-31-2025/)

Microsoft Removed WMR Headset Support? No Problem!
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/31/microsoft-removed-wmr-headset-support-no-problem/

In late 2024 Microsoft removed support for WMR (Windows Mixed Reality), and they didn’t just cease development. As of Windows 11 version 24H2, headsets like the HP Reverb and others …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/31/microsoft-removed-wmr-headset-support-no-problem/)

The Challenges of Digitizing Paper Films
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/31/the-challenges-of-digitizing-paper-films/

In the 1930s, as an alternative to celluloid, some Japanese companies printed films on paper (kami firumu), often in color and with synchronized 78 rpm record soundtracks. Unfortunately, between the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/31/the-challenges-of-digitizing-paper-films/)

NASA Seeks Volunteers to Track Artemis II Mission
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/01/nasa-seeks-volunteers-to-track-artemis-ii-mission/

As NASA’s Artemis program trundles onwards at the blazing pace of a disused and very rusty crawler-transporter, the next mission on the list is gradually coming into focus. This will …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/01/nasa-seeks-volunteers-to-track-artemis-ii-mission/)

Worlds Largest Neutrino Detector Is Collecting Data In China
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/01/worlds-largest-neutrino-detector-is-collecting-data-in-china/