There were hopes that the roller ship concept could be applied to ocean liners, as per this depiction from La Nature, 1896. The hope w
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Bateau_rouler_2_Poyet.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Bateau_rouler_2_Poyet.png?w=784">Boats come in all shapes and sizes. We have container ships, oil tankers, old-timey wooden sailing ships, catamarans, trimarans, and all sorts besides. Most are designed with features that give …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/the-roller-ship-was-not-an-effective-way-to-cross-the-high-seas/)

2024 Home Sweet Home Automation: [HEX]POD – Climate Tracker and Digital Nose
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/2024-home-sweet-home-automation-hexpod-climate-tracker-and-digital-nose/

[eBender] was travelling India with friends, when one got sick. Unable to find a thermometer anywhere during COVID, they finally ended up in a hospital. After being evacuated back home, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/2024-home-sweet-home-automation-hexpod-climate-tracker-and-digital-nose/)

3D Printing with (Ersatz) Moon Dust
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/3d-printing-with-ersatz-moon-dust/

When the people of Earth set up bases on the moon, you can imagine that 3D printing will be a key enabling technology. Of course, you could ship plastic or …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/3d-printing-with-ersatz-moon-dust/)

FLOSS Weekly Episode 776: Dnsmasq, Making the Internet Work Since 1999
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/floss-weekly-episode-776-dnsmasq-making-the-internet-work-since-1999/

This week Jonathan Bennett and Simon Phipps sit down with Simon Kelley to talk about Dnsmasq! That’s a piece of software that was first built to get a laptop online …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/floss-weekly-episode-776-dnsmasq-making-the-internet-work-since-1999/)

Retrotechtacular: TOPS Runs the 1970s British Railroad
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/retrotechtacular-tops-runs-the-1970s-british-railroad/

How do you make the trains run on time? British Rail adopted TOPS, a computer system born of IBM’s SAGE defense project, along with work from Standford and Southern Pacific …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/retrotechtacular-tops-runs-the-1970s-british-railroad/)

Webserver Runs on Android Phone
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/webserver-runs-on-android-phone/

Android, the popular mobile phone OS, is essentially just Linux with a nice user interface layer covering it all up. In theory, it should be able to do anything a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/27/webserver-runs-on-android-phone/)

Automation Makes Traditional Japanese Wood Finishing Easier
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/automation-makes-traditional-japanese-wood-finishing-easier/

Unless you move in architectural circles, you might never have heard of Yakisugi. But as a fence builder, [Lucas] over at Cranktown City sure has, with high-end clients requesting the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/28/automation-makes-traditional-japanese-wood-finishing-easier/)