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" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/map-main.jpeg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/map-main.jpeg?w=800" tabindex="0" role="button">The oft-quoted saying “all models are wrong, but some are useful” is a tounge-in-cheek way of saying that at some level, tools we use to predict how the world behaves …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/09/10/misleading-gps-philosophy-of-maps-and-you/)

Cruise Ship-Lengthening Surgery: All the Cool Companies Are Doing It
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Credit: Silversea cruises
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cruise_ship_lengthening.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cruise_ship_lengthening.jpg?w=800" tabindex="0" role="button">The number of people going on cruises keeps rising year over year, with the number passengers carried increasing from just over 3.7 million in 1990 to well over 28 million …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/09/10/cruise-ship-lengthening-surgery-all-the-cool-companies-are-doing-it/)

The Apple Watch As An Ammeter
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Your shiny new personal electronic device is likely to be designed solely as an app platform to run the products of faceless corporations, so the story goes, and therefore has …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/09/10/the-apple-watch-as-an-ammeter/)

A Look Inside a DIY Rocket Motor
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[Joe Barnard] made a solid propellant rocket motor, and as one does in such situations, he put it through its paces on the test stand. The video below is not …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/09/11/a-look-inside-a-diy-rocket-motor/)

Voyager 1 Completes Tricky Thruster Reconfiguration
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After 47 years it’s little wonder that the hydrazine-powered thrusters of the Voyager 1, used to orient the spacecraft in such a way that its 3.7 meter (12 foot) diameter …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/09/11/voyager-1-completes-tricky-thruster-reconfiguration/)

Lithium-Ion Battery Hotswapping, Polarity, Holders
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Everyone loves, and should respect, lithium-ion batteries. They pack a ton of power and can make our projects work better. I’ve gathered a number of tips and tricks about using …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/09/11/lithium-ion-battery-hotswapping-polarity-holders/)

Using a Potato as Photographic Recording Surface
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Following in the tracks of unconventional science projects, [The Thought Emporium] seeks to answer the question of whether you can use a potato as a photograph recording medium. This is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/09/11/using-a-potato-as-photographic-recording-surface/)

Supercon 2023: Aleksa Bjelogrlic Dives Into Circuits That Measure Circuits
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