China’s Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission launched on 28 May of 2025 and is scheduled to arrive at its target – near-Earth asteroid 469219 Kamo’oalewa – in June 2026. This gives …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/27/decoding-the-tianwen-2-sample-return-missions-telemetry-signal/)

Testing LFP Battery Failure Modes With Overcharging
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/28/testing-lfp-battery-failure-modes-with-overcharging/

As great as batteries are, it’s essential to understand their risks and how to keep them from going spicy. Recently there has been a bit of a fuss about the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/28/testing-lfp-battery-failure-modes-with-overcharging/)

Virtual Museum Hosts Every OS You Haven’t Heard Of
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/28/virtual-museum-hosts-every-os-you-havent-heard-of/

OK, every operating system is a bit of a stretch — Windows Vista notably didn’t make the cut — but [Andrew]’s Virtual OS museum has a good claim to being …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/28/virtual-museum-hosts-every-os-you-havent-heard-of/)

Linux Fu: Fake Webcams Have Many Uses
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/28/linux-fu-fake-webcams-have-many-uses/

Dealing with text streams is a fundamental skill for the Linux power user. You can sort, merge, and search text files easily from the command line. What if you could …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/28/linux-fu-fake-webcams-have-many-uses/)

Bring Back Your Bose with an ESP32
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/28/bring-back-your-bose-with-an-esp32/

It’s become a familiar theme over the last couple of decades — hardware is rendered useless when its manufacturer pulls the cloud service on which it depends. This is particularly …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/28/bring-back-your-bose-with-an-esp32/)

An Atic Atac Minimap For The ZX Spectrum
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/28/an-atic-atac-minimap-for-the-zx-spectrum/

The use of modern microcontrollers as add-on peripherals for 1980s home computers has delivered significant benefits and capabilities unimaginable in the days when those machines were new. A great example …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/28/an-atic-atac-minimap-for-the-zx-spectrum/)

Medication Reminder Uses Only One Button
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/29/medication-reminder-uses-only-one-button/

As anyone who takes medicines regularly will attest to, the days have a tendency to blur together, making it hard to remember if you did something like take that day’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/29/medication-reminder-uses-only-one-button/)

When is an Apple Laptop Not a Macbook? When it’s an Apple II
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/29/when-is-an-apple-laptop-not-a-macbook-when-its-an-apple/

Do you remember, some years ago, when that brand-new 8086-based laptop hit the shelves? Great for PC lovers, but not so fun for those on the fruitier side of the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/29/when-is-an-apple-laptop-not-a-macbook-when-its-an-apple/)