NASA concept for a floating Venus colony as part of the HAVOC missions concept. (Source: NASA)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/NASA_Cloud_City_on_Venus.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/NASA_Cloud_City_on_Venus.jpg?w=800" tabindex="0" role="button">The planet Venus is in so many ways an enigma. It’s a sister planet to Earth and also within relatively easy reach of our instruments and probes, yet we nevertheless …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/19/the-continuing-venusian-mystery-of-phosphine-and-ammonia/)

Modern In-Circuit Emulator for the 6809
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/19/modern-in-circuit-emulator-for-the-6809/

The Motorola 6809, released in 1978, was the follow-up to their 6800 from four years earlier. It’s a powerful little chip with many 16-bit features, although it’s an 8-bit micro …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/19/modern-in-circuit-emulator-for-the-6809/)

Robot Seeks and Sucks Up Cigarette Butts, With Its Feet
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/20/robot-seeks-and-sucks-up-cigarette-butts-with-its-feet/

It would be better if humans didn’t toss cigarette butts on the ground in the first place, but change always takes longer than we think it should. In the meantime, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/20/robot-seeks-and-sucks-up-cigarette-butts-with-its-feet/)

Sealed Packs of Pokémon Cards Give Up Their Secrets Without Opening Them
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/20/sealed-packs-of-pokemon-cards-give-up-their-secrets-without-opening-them/

[Ahron Wayne] succeeded in something he’s been trying to accomplish for some time: figuring out what’s inside a sealed Pokémon card packet without opening it. There’s a catch, however. It …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/20/sealed-packs-of-pokemon-cards-give-up-their-secrets-without-opening-them/)

Do Your Research
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/20/do-your-research/

We were talking about a sweet hack this week, wherein [Alex] busts the encryption for his IP web cam firmware so that he can modify it later. He got a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/20/do-your-research/)

2024 Business Card Challenge: CardTunes Bluetooth Speaker
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/20/2024-business-card-challenge-cardtunes-bluetooth-speaker/

A business card form factor can be quite limiting, but that didn’t stop [Schwimmflugel] from creating CardTunes, an ESP32-based Bluetooth audio speaker that tried something innovative to deliver the output. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/20/2024-business-card-challenge-cardtunes-bluetooth-speaker/)

This Vintage Computing Device is No Baby Food
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/20/this-vintage-computing-device-is-no-baby-food/

Today, if you want a computer for a particular task, you go shopping. But in the early days of computing, exotic applications needed custom computers. What’s more is that with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/20/this-vintage-computing-device-is-no-baby-food/)