https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/japans-northernmost-main-island-of-hokkaido
" data-image-caption="Japan’s northermost island of Hokkaido, with the glow from Earth’s atmosphere visible. (Source: NASA, Aki Hoshide)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/japan_northernmost_island_hokkaido_from_ISS.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/japan_northernmost_island_hokkaido_from_ISS.jpg?w=800">Recently the MagQuest competition on improving the measuring of the Earth’s magnetic field announced that the contestants in the final phase have now moved on to launching their satellites within …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/09/magquest-measuring-earths-magnetic-field-with-space-based-quantum-sensors/)

Putting KDE On Raspberry Pi OS Simpler Than Expected
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/09/putting-kde-on-raspberry-pi-os-simpler-than-expected/

Raspberry Pi boards are no longer constrained – these days, you can get a quad-core board with 8 or 16GB of RAM to go around, equip it with a heatsink, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/09/putting-kde-on-raspberry-pi-os-simpler-than-expected/)

A Musically-Reactive LED Christmas Tree
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/a-musically-reactive-led-christmas-tree/

Regular Christmas trees don’t emit light, nor do they react to music. If you want both things in a holiday decoration, consider this build from [dbmaking].  An ESP32-D1 mini runs …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/a-musically-reactive-led-christmas-tree/)

Failed 3D Printed Part Brings Down Small Plane
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/failed-3d-printed-part-brings-down-small-plane/

Back in March, a small aircraft in the UK lost engine power while coming in for a landing and crashed. The aircraft was a total loss, but thankfully, the pilot …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/failed-3d-printed-part-brings-down-small-plane/)

Ask Hackaday: Solutions, or Distractions?
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/ask-hackaday-solutions-or-distractions/

The “Long Dark” is upon us, at least for those who live north of the equator, and while it’s all pre-holiday bustle, pretty lights, and the magical first snow of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/ask-hackaday-solutions-or-distractions/)

Cheap 10x10cm Hotplate Punches Above Its Weight
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/cheap-10x10cm-hotplate-punches-above-its-weight/

For less than $30 USD, you can get a 10×10 centimeter hotplate with 350 Watts of power. Sounds mighty fine to us, so surely there must be a catch? Maybe …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/cheap-10x10cm-hotplate-punches-above-its-weight/)

Why LLMs are Less Intelligent than Crows
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/why-llms-are-less-intelligent-than-crows/

The basic concept of human intelligence entails self-awareness alongside the ability to reason and apply logic to one’s actions and daily life. Despite the very fuzzy definition of ‘human intelligence‘, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/10/why-llms-are-less-intelligent-than-crows/)