Hackaday Links: May 14, 2023
https://hackaday.com/2023/05/14/hackaday-links-may-14-2023/

It’s been a while since we heard from Dmitry Rogozin, the always-entertaining former director of Roscosmos, the Russian space agency. Not content with sending mixed messages about the future of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/05/14/hackaday-links-may-14-2023/)

Anodizing Titanium in Multiple Colors
https://hackaday.com/2023/05/14/anodizing-titanium-in-multiple-colors/

[Titans of CNC Machining] wanted to anodize some titanium parts. They weren’t looking for a way to make the part harder or less prone to corrosion. They just wanted some …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/05/14/anodizing-titanium-in-multiple-colors/)

Missing DR-DOS Power Management Source Code Found in Patent
https://hackaday.com/2023/05/14/missing-dr-dos-power-management-source-code-found-in-patent/

Modern processors come with all kinds of power management features, which you don’t typically notice as a user until you start a heavy program and hear the CPU fan spin …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/05/14/missing-dr-dos-power-management-source-code-found-in-patent/)

Zippy Plastic Welding
https://hackaday.com/2023/05/15/zippy-plastic-welding/

Plastic welding isn’t a new idea. But a recent video from [The Maker] shows an interesting twist. Given a broken piece of plastic, he secures it together with tape, machines …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/05/15/zippy-plastic-welding/)

Mark Your Calendars, NASA is Holding a Public Meeting on UFOs
https://hackaday.com/2023/05/15/mark-your-calendars-nasa-is-holding-a-public-meeting-on-ufos/

We’re sorry, the politically correct term these days is “unidentified anomalous phenomena” (UAP), as it’s less likely to excite those with a predilection for tinfoil hats. But whether you call …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/05/15/mark-your-calendars-nasa-is-holding-a-public-meeting-on-ufos/)

The Soviet Space Station Program: From Military Satellites to the ISS
https://hackaday.com/2023/05/15/the-soviet-space-station-program-from-military-satellites-to-the-iss/

Space Shuttle Atlantis connected to Russia’s Mir Space Station as photographed by the Mir-19 crew on July 4, 1995. (Credit: NASA)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Atlantis_docked_to_MIR_-_GPN-2000-001315.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Atlantis_docked_to_MIR_-_GPN-2000-001315.jpg?w=781">When the Space Race kicked off in earnest in the 1950s, in some ways it was hard to pin down where sci-fi began and reality ended. As the first artificial …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/05/15/the-soviet-space-station-program-from-military-satellites-to-the-iss/)

Turning Old Kindles into AI Powered Picture Frames
https://hackaday.com/2023/05/15/turning-old-kindles-into-ai-powered-picture-frames/

While we tend to think of Amazon’s e-paper Kindles as more or less single-purpose devices (which to be fair, is how they’re advertised), there’s actually a full-featured Linux computer running …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/05/15/turning-old-kindles-into-ai-powered-picture-frames/)