Ron Garrett standing in front of the Robbie prototype. Rocky III can be see in the lower left, and above him are Rajiv Desai and Robert Ivlev, two other members of the team. (Credit: Ron Garret)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ron_garrett_robbie_rocky_iii_mars_rovers.jpeg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ron_garrett_robbie_rocky_iii_mars_rovers.jpeg?w=800">During the late 1980s NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) was busy developing the first ever wheeled robot that would roam the surface of Mars. Due to the long round-trip times …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/07/when-the-sojourner-mars-rover-nearly-ran-lisp/)

Linux Containers the Hard Way
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If you want to make containers under Linux, plenty of high-level options exist. [Lucavallin] wanted to learn more about how containers really work, so he decided to tackle the problem …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/07/linux-containers-the-hard-way/)

Enhance Your Enclosures With a Shadow Line
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Some design techniques and concepts from the injection molding world apply very nicely to 3D printing, despite them being fundamentally different processes. [Teaching Tech] demonstrates designing shadow lines into 3D printed …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/07/enhance-your-enclosures-with-a-shadow-line/)

Reviving an 8-Inch Hard Drive From the 1980s
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As part of the eternal quest within the realm of retrocomputing, storage devices can be one of the most challenging, especially when it comes to firmly obsolete hard drives, such …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/08/reviving-an-8-inch-hard-drive-from-the-1980s/)

Different Etching Strokes for Different PCBs, Folks
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[Sebastian] probably didn’t think he was wading into controversial waters when he posted on his experimental method for etching PCBs (in German). It’s not like etching with hydrochloric acid and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/08/different-etching-strokes-for-different-pcbs-folks/)

Under the Sea: Optical Repeaters for Submarine Cables
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Once a month or so, I have the privilege of sitting down with Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams to record the Hackaday Podcast. It’s a lot of fun spending a couple of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/08/under-the-sea-optical-repeaters-for-submarine-cables/)

Hacking Fake Food
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Ever seen a restaurant where they display fake models of the food on the menu? We never thought much about how shokuhin sampuru — the Japanese name — were made until …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/08/hacking-fake-food/)

Easyeda2KiCad: Never Draw a Footprint Again
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