Escaping US Tech Giants Leads European YouTuber to Open Source
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/17/escaping-us-tech-giants-leads-european-youtuber-to-open-source/

The video (embedded below) by [TechAltar] is titled “1 Month without US tech giants“, but it could have been titled “1 Month with Open Source Tools” — because, as it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/17/escaping-us-tech-giants-leads-european-youtuber-to-open-source/)

MCP Blender Addon Lets AI Take the Wheel and Wield the Tools
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/18/mcp-blender-addon-lets-ai-take-the-wheel-and-wield-the-tools/

Want to give an AI the ability to do stuff in Blender? The BlenderMCP addon does exactly that, connecting open-source 3D modeling software Blender to Anthropic’s Claude AI via MCP …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/18/mcp-blender-addon-lets-ai-take-the-wheel-and-wield-the-tools/)

Casting Shade on “Shade-Tolerant” Solar Panels
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/18/casting-shade-on-shade-tolerant-solar-panels/

Shade is the mortal enemy of solar panels; even a little shade can cause a disproportionate drop in power output. [Alex Beale] reviewed a “revolutionary” shade-tolerant panel by Renology in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/18/casting-shade-on-shade-tolerant-solar-panels/)

Magnetohydrodynamic Motors to Spin Satellites
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/18/magnetohydrodynamic-motors-to-spin-satellites/

Almost all satellites have some kind of thrusters aboard, but they tend to use them as little as possible to conserve chemical fuel. Reaction wheels are one way to make …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/18/magnetohydrodynamic-motors-to-spin-satellites/)

Christmas Comes Early With AI Santa Demo
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/18/christmas-comes-early-with-ai-santa-demo/

With only two hundred odd days ’til Christmas, you just know we’re already feeling the season’s magic. Well, maybe not, but [Sean Dubois] has decided to give us a head …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/18/christmas-comes-early-with-ai-santa-demo/)

Speed Up Arduino with Clever Coding
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/18/speed-up-arduino-with-clever-coding/

We love Arduino here at Hackaday; they’ve probably done more to make embedded programming accessible to more people than anything else in the history of the field. One thing the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/18/speed-up-arduino-with-clever-coding/)

Hackaday Links: May 18, 2025
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/18/hackaday-links-may-18-2025/