Hackaday Links: May 3, 2026
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/03/hackaday-links-may-3-2026/

Software that collects public data from the Internet and uses it to provide half-assed answers to your questions might seem like a modern craze, but today we bid farewell to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/03/hackaday-links-may-3-2026/)

ReactOS Gets Unified Installer Image and a New Storage Stack
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/03/reactos-gets-unified-installer-image-and-a-new-storage-stack/

Although the ReactOS project is in no rush to dethrone Windows as the desktop operating system of choice, this doesn’t mean that some real changes aren’t happening. Most recently two …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/03/reactos-gets-unified-installer-image-and-a-new-storage-stack/)

True-Spectrum Photography with Structural Color
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/03/true-spectrum-photography-with-structural-color/

Although modern cameras can, with skill and good conditions, produce photographs nearly indistinguishable from the original scene, this fidelity relies on the limitations of human vision. According to the trichromatic …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/03/true-spectrum-photography-with-structural-color/)

TDR For Auto Diagnostics Done On The Cheap
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/04/tdr-for-auto-diagnostics-done-on-the-cheap/

A time domain reflectometer (TDR) is a useful tool to have for finding faults in a wiring harness. However, they don’t come cheap, putting them out of reach for many …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/04/tdr-for-auto-diagnostics-done-on-the-cheap/)

TagTinker Lets You Hack Electronic Shelf Labels
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/04/tagtinker-lets-you-hack-electronic-shelf-labels/

Was there ever anything wrong with simple paper price labels? Absolutely not. And yet, the world invented the electronic price tag anyway. If you happen to come across some of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/04/tagtinker-lets-you-hack-electronic-shelf-labels/)

Why Leaded Fuel Is Still A Thing
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/04/why-leaded-fuel-is-still-a-thing/

Leaded fuel is considered one of the greatest environmental failures in modern human history. Adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline reduced knock in internal combustion engines, which was widely considered a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/04/why-leaded-fuel-is-still-a-thing/)

ESP32 Hosts SolarPunk Message Board
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/04/esp32-hosts-solarpunk-message-board/

Solarpunk is sometimes thought of as the “good ending” to cyberpunk– there’s technology, but it’s community-focused instead of in the hands of evil conglomerates, and– if the name doesn’t give …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/04/esp32-hosts-solarpunk-message-board/)