Good news from Jezero crater as the Mars rover Perseverance manages to accomplish for the first time what it was sent to do: collect and cache core samples from rocks. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/05/hackaday-links-september-5-2021/)

Stranger Things Message Board Passes the Time by Spelling it Out
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/05/stranger-things-message-board-passes-the-time-by-spelling-it-out/

Will Netflix’s nostalgic hit Stranger Things be back for a fourth series anytime soon? We could pull out a Ouija board and ask the spirits, but we’d much rather ask …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/05/stranger-things-message-board-passes-the-time-by-spelling-it-out/)

Injection Molding Silicone Parts for Under $50
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/05/injection-molding-silicone-parts-for-under-50/

You’ve likely seen many tutorials on making silicone parts using 3D printed molds online. The vast majority of these methods use a simple pour method to fill the mold. This …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/05/injection-molding-silicone-parts-for-under-50/)

How to Get Good With Wood
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/06/how-to-get-good-with-wood/

It’s perhaps unsurprising that we don’t see much in the way of woodworking here at Hackaday; after all, this is a plastics and metal community if there ever was one. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/06/how-to-get-good-with-wood/)

Lightning Detector Keeps a Tally
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/06/lightning-detector-keeps-a-tally/

Lightning is one of the great forces of nature. The huge releases of electricity release detectable electromagnetic emissions, as you might expect. The team at the [LVL1 Hackerspace] put together …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/06/lightning-detector-keeps-a-tally/)

Small Scale Mad Max: Danny Huynh’s Dystopian Animatronics
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/06/small-scale-mad-max-danny-huynhs-dystopian-animatronics/

The hacker spirit is always alive and well in post-apocalyptic fiction, as characters throw together contraptions from whatever junk they can find. While these might not always be practical or …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/06/small-scale-mad-max-danny-huynhs-dystopian-animatronics/)

Tiny ESP32 Strider Walks The Walk
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/06/tiny-esp32-strider-walks-the-walk/

Wheels might be the simplest method of locomotion for robots, but walkers are infinitely more satisfying to watch. This is certainly the case for [Chen Liang’s] tiny Strider walker controlled by …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/09/06/tiny-esp32-strider-walks-the-walk/)

M4 Breadstick is a Tasty Prototyping Alternative
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/06/m4-breadstick-is-a-tasty-prototyping-alternative/