If you want to build your own rover, there’s plenty of cheap RC trucks out there that will provide a serviceable chassis to work with. Looking to go airborne with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/10/robotic-boat-rides-high-on-pvc-pipe-pontoons/)

Hackaday Links: April 10, 2022
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/10/hackaday-links-april-10-2022/

A funny thing happened on the way to the delta. The one on Jezero crater on Mars, that is, as the Perseverance rover may have captured a glimpse of the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/10/hackaday-links-april-10-2022/)

Boards For Playful Exploration Of Digital Protocols
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/10/boards-for-playful-exploration-of-digital-protocols/

Teaching people efficiently isn’t limited to transmitting material from one head to another — it’s also about conveying the principles that got us there. [Mara Bos] shows us a toolkit …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/10/boards-for-playful-exploration-of-digital-protocols/)

Coin Acceptors are Higher-Tech Than You Think
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/10/coin-acceptors-are-higher-tech-than-you-think/

Coin-operated machines have a longer history than you might think. Ancient temples used them to dispense, for example, holy water to the faithful in return for their coins. Old payphones …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/10/coin-acceptors-are-higher-tech-than-you-think/)

Swing Gate Motors Come To Help For Opening A Giant Servery Window
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/11/swing-gate-motors-come-to-help-for-opening-a-giant-servery-window/

[Martin Roberts] wrote to us, telling us about a build that his company, [Ocean View Workshop], was tasked with. Creating a four meter wide window able to open vertically is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/11/swing-gate-motors-come-to-help-for-opening-a-giant-servery-window/)

This End Table Conceals A Close Encounter
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/11/this-end-table-conceals-a-close-encounter/

If you’re of a Certain Age, perhaps you had a train set as a child. An oval of track, a loco, and some rolling stock; it matters not whether it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/11/this-end-table-conceals-a-close-encounter/)

Mothballing Rosalind: How to Put a Space Mission in Storage
https://hackaday.com/2022/04/11/mothballing-rosalind-how-to-put-a-space-mission-in-storage/

In planetary exploration circles, Mars has quite a bad reputation. The Red Planet has a habit of eating spacecraft sent there to explore it, to the degree that nearly half …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/04/11/mothballing-rosalind-how-to-put-a-space-mission-in-storage/)