Fresh hacks here! Get your fresh hot hacks right here! Elliot and Dan teamed up this week to go through every story published on our pages to find the best of the best, the cream of the crop, and serve them up hot and fresh for you. The news this week was all from space, with the ISS getting its latest push from Dragon, plus <<checks notes>> oh yeah, life on Mars. Well, maybe, but it’s looking more and more like we are not alone, or at least not a few million years ago.

But even if we are, plenty is still going on down here to keep you interested. Like homebrewing? Good, because we looked at DIY inductors, wire nuts, and even a dope — but nope — ultralight helicopter. Into retro? We’ve got you covered with a loving look at IRC, a 60s bedside computer guaranteed to end your marriage, and a look at the best 8-bit language you never heard of.

We looked at a rescued fume hood, sensors galore on your phone, a rug that should have — and did, kind of — use a 555, and raytracing for the rest of your natural life. As for “Can’t Miss Articles,” Elliot could barely contain himself with the bounty of projects written up by our Hackaday writers, not to mention Arya’s deep dive into putting GPS modules to work in your builds.

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Episode 337 Show Notes:

News:

• Dragon Is The Latest, And Final, Craft To Reboost ISS
• NASA Presser Reveals New Clues About Ancient Life on Planet Mars – YouTube

What’s that Sound?

• Have a listen, guess where the music is from, and enter your guess right here!

Interesting Hacks of the Week:

• Give Your Twist Connections Some Strength
  
  • Print-in-Place Connectors Aim To Make Wiring Easier

  
  

• Tips For Homebrewing Inductors
• Was Action! The Best 8-Bit Language?
  
  • AtariWiki V3.1: Action Source Code
  • AtariWiki V3.1: Action
  • AtariWiki V3.1: Forth

  
  

• Retrotechtacular: The Noisy Home Computer From 1967
• A Love Letter To Internet Relay Chat
  
  • Life After IRC – Your Move, Mozilla!

  
  

• Making An Ultralight Helicopter

Quick Hacks:

• Elliot’s Picks
  
  • Old Phone Upcycled Into Pico Projector, ASMR
  • Reverse Engineering A Robot Mower’s Fence
  • The 555 As You’ve Never Seen It: In Textile!
  • A Look At Not An Android Emulator
  • No Plans For The Weekend? Learn Raytracing!

  
  

• Dan’s Picks:
  
  • Restoring A Cheap Fume Hood
  • Smartphone Sensors Unlocked: Turn Your Phone Into A Physics Lab
  • Heart Rate Monitoring Via WiFi

  
  

Can’t-Miss Articles:

• FreeCAD Foray: From Brick To Shell
• Bootstrapping Android Development: A Survival Guide
• The Android Linux Commander
• GPS And Its Little Modules

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