Flirting With Kessler: why Space Debris Physics Make it Such an Orbital Pain
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/flirting-with-kessler-why-space-debris-physics-make-it-such-an-orbital-pain/

Picture in your mind a big parking lot with 131 million cars on it. Now imagine that they are spread out over the entire Earth’s inhabited areas. Although still a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/flirting-with-kessler-why-space-debris-physics-make-it-such-an-orbital-pain/)

Tracking Hydrogen in Space With a Home Radio Telescope For 21 cm Emissions
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/tracking-hydrogen-in-space-with-a-home-radio-telescope-for-21-cm-emissions/

The Hardware pipeline consists of three parts: antenna, signal conditioners, and computer. The
solid lines indicate LMR-400 cable (low loss microwave coax), whereas the dotted line represents USB 3.0. (Credit: Jack Phelps)
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Ubiquitous Successful Bus: Hacking USB 2 Hubs
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/ubiquitous-successful-bus-hacking-usb-2-hubs/

USB 2 hubs are, by now, omnipresent. it doesn’t cost much to add to your board, and you truly have tons of options. The standard option is 4-port hubs – …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/ubiquitous-successful-bus-hacking-usb-2-hubs/)

Open-Source Robot Transforms
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/open-source-robot-transforms/

Besides Pokémon, there might have been no greater media franchise for a child of the 90s than the Transformers, mysterious robots fighting an intergalactic war but which can inexplicably change …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/open-source-robot-transforms/)

Split-Flap Clock Flutters Its Way to Displaying Time Without Numbers
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/split-flap-clock-flutters-its-way-to-displaying-time-without-numbers/

Here’s a design for a split-flap clock that doesn’t do it the usual way. Instead of the flaps showing numbers , Klapklok has a bit more in common with flip-dot …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/split-flap-clock-flutters-its-way-to-displaying-time-without-numbers/)

PicoROM, A DIP-32 8-Bit ROM Emulator
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/picorom-a-dip-32-8-bit-rom-emulator/

https://github.com/wickerwaka/PicoROM
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/picorom_32-featured.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/picorom_32-featured.png?w=800" tabindex="0" role="button">As we all know, when developing software for any platform or simply hacking a bit of code to probe how something works, the ability to deploy code rapidly is a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/picorom-a-dip-32-8-bit-rom-emulator/)

Zinc Creep and Electroplasticity: Why Arecibo Collapsed
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/05/zinc-creep-and-electroplasticity-why-arecibo-collapsed/