Hackaday Links: August 6, 2023
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/06/hackaday-links-august-6-2023/

“Have you tried turning it off and on again?” is a common tech support maneuver that everyone already seems to know and apply to just about all the wonky tech …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/06/hackaday-links-august-6-2023/)

Star Wars Pit Droid has a Jetson Brain
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/06/star-wars-pit-droid-has-a-jetson-brain/

In the Star Wars universe, pit droids are little foldable robots that perform automated repairs on spacecraft and the like. They were introduced in 1999’s The Phantom Menace, and beyond …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/06/star-wars-pit-droid-has-a-jetson-brain/)

An Open Firmware for LILYGO’s e-ink Smart Watch
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/06/an-open-firmware-for-lilygos-e-ink-smart-watch/

The world’s first quartz wristwatches were miles ahead of electric and mechanical wristwatches by most standards of the time, their accuracy was unprecedented and the batteries typically lasted somewhere on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/06/an-open-firmware-for-lilygos-e-ink-smart-watch/)

This Kinetic Art Display Uses a Gin Bottle
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/07/this-kinetic-art-display-uses-a-gin-bottle/

https://davidmcdaid.wordpress.com/2023/08/03/rube-goldberg-machine/
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/screenshot-2023-08-02-212419.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/screenshot-2023-08-02-212419.png?w=746">[David McDaid] likes gin. So in homage to their favourite tipple, a certain brand of Scottish origin, a kinetic art project was brewed. Tabled as a Rube Goldberg machine — …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/07/this-kinetic-art-display-uses-a-gin-bottle/)

A Magnetohydrodynamic Drive in the Kitchen Sink
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/07/a-magnetohydrodynamic-drive-in-the-kitchen-sink/

The magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) drive certainly sounds like something out of science fiction — using an array of magnets and electrodes, this high-tech propulsion technology promises to silently propel a craft …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/07/a-magnetohydrodynamic-drive-in-the-kitchen-sink/)

Review: Beepy, A Palm-sized Linux Hacking Playground
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/07/review-beepy-a-palm-sized-linux-hacking-playground/

In the long ago times, when phones still flipped and modems sang proudly the songs of their people, I sent away for a set of Slackware CDs and embarked on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/07/review-beepy-a-palm-sized-linux-hacking-playground/)

What Can We Do With These Patient Monitor Videos?
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/07/what-can-we-do-with-these-patient-monitor-videos/

So we’ll admit from the start that we’re not entirely sure how the average Hackaday reader can put this content to use. Still, these simulated patient monitor videos on YouTube …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/07/what-can-we-do-with-these-patient-monitor-videos/)