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Spacecraft Commissioning On Track for Mission to Boost NASA’s Swift

Spacecraft Commissioning On Track for Mission to Boost NASA’s Swift

A fresh space update is giving scientists and engineers another useful data point, the kind that can matter long after the launch photo or mission headline fades.

The value of space work is often delayed. The public moment is the mission update; the real payoff comes from the data, the engineering lessons and the experiments that follow.

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Hacking Around the Financial Pain of New 3DS XL Top Screens

Hacking Around the Financial Pain of New 3DS XL Top Screens

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The Neo Geo Does Run DOOM After All

The Neo Geo Does Run DOOM After All

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Maker projects matter because they show technology at work with the cover removed: parts, constraints, mistakes, trade-offs and the small decisions that make an idea real.

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AIM-ing For a More Open Platform Than Discord

AIM-ing For a More Open Platform Than Discord

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Maker projects matter because they show technology at work with the cover removed: parts, constraints, mistakes, trade-offs and the small decisions that make an idea real.

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Benchmarking Repairability Scores with an Asus Tablet

Benchmarking Repairability Scores with an Asus Tablet

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Maker projects matter because they show technology at work with the cover removed: parts, constraints, mistakes, trade-offs and the small decisions that make an idea real.

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Full Body VR Tracking Is Just Some Recycled Hardware Away

Full Body VR Tracking Is Just Some Recycled Hardware Away

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Maker projects matter because they show technology at work with the cover removed: parts, constraints, mistakes, trade-offs and the small decisions that make an idea real.

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The Seemingly Impossible Oscillator

The Seemingly Impossible Oscillator

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Maker projects matter because they show technology at work with the cover removed: parts, constraints, mistakes, trade-offs and the small decisions that make an idea real.

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Star Trek Was Right about Prompt Injection, Sorta

Star Trek Was Right about Prompt Injection, Sorta

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It’s A Spectrum, With An RP2350 ULA

It’s A Spectrum, With An RP2350 ULA

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Maker projects matter because they show technology at work with the cover removed: parts, constraints, mistakes, trade-offs and the small decisions that make an idea real.

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Can’t Find That ISA Sound Card? No Worries!

Can’t Find That ISA Sound Card? No Worries!

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Maker projects matter because they show technology at work with the cover removed: parts, constraints, mistakes, trade-offs and the small decisions that make an idea real.

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Using Your Own RBMK Reactor Control Center At Home

Using Your Own RBMK Reactor Control Center At Home

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Maker projects matter because they show technology at work with the cover removed: parts, constraints, mistakes, trade-offs and the small decisions that make an idea real.

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Get your ESP32 Sunny Side Up with this Solar Dev Board

Get your ESP32 Sunny Side Up with this Solar Dev Board

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CGI Motion Capture with only a Camera

CGI Motion Capture with only a Camera

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Maker projects matter because they show technology at work with the cover removed: parts, constraints, mistakes, trade-offs and the small decisions that make an idea real.

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Speak Silently With An Ultrasound Probe

Speak Silently With An Ultrasound Probe

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Maker projects matter because they show technology at work with the cover removed: parts, constraints, mistakes, trade-offs and the small decisions that make an idea real.

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Building a Better CNC Hot Wire Foam Cutter

Building a Better CNC Hot Wire Foam Cutter

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Maker projects matter because they show technology at work with the cover removed: parts, constraints, mistakes, trade-offs and the small decisions that make an idea real.

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Musing on AI from 1964

Musing on AI from 1964

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Porting the Nvidia GPU Driver to Haiku for 3D Acceleration

Porting the Nvidia GPU Driver to Haiku for 3D Acceleration

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Hackaday Links: July 12, 2026

Hackaday Links: July 12, 2026

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To Build More Believable Bots, Simulate The Neurochemistry

To Build More Believable Bots, Simulate The Neurochemistry

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Porting DOOM to the Casio Loopy

Porting DOOM to the Casio Loopy

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