Saltwater is plentiful, but no good for drinking. Desalinization is the obvious solution, but a big problem isn’t taking the salt out, it’s where all that leftover salt goes. Excess …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/02/passive-desalination-discovers-how-to-avoid-salt-clogging/)

How Warehouse Robots Actually Work, As Explained by Amazon
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Amazon has been using robots to manage and automate their warehouses for years. Here’s a short feature on their current robot, Hercules. This is absolutely Amazon tooting their own horn, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/02/how-warehouse-robots-actually-work-as-explained-by-amazon/)

Why Walking Tanks Never Became A Thing
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The walking tank concept has always captured imaginations. Whether you’re talking about the AT-AT walkers of Star Wars, or the Dreadnoughts from Warhammer 40,000, they are often portrayed in fiction …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/02/why-walking-tanks-never-became-a-thing/)

Using LoRa Nodes As Soil Moisture Sensing Antennas
https://hackaday.com/2023/10/02/using-lora-nodes-as-soil-moisture-sensing-antennas/

The measurement results of: (a) RSSI in dBm collected from gateway 2 and (b) soil moisture during the winter period. (Credit: Maja Škiljo et al., 2022)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sensors-22-09863-g003.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sensors-22-09863-g003.png?w=800">Although we generally think of Internet of Things (IoT) and similar devices as things that are scattered around above ground, there are plenty of reasons to also have such devices …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/02/using-lora-nodes-as-soil-moisture-sensing-antennas/)

Modeling Space Hack Chat
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Join us on Wednesday, October 4 at noon Pacific for the Modeling Space Hack Chat with Bryan Murphy and Sam Treadgold! We’re going to go out on a limb here …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/02/modeling-space-hack-chat/)

Displays We Love Hacking: The HD44780 Family
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There are too many different kinds of displays – some of them, you already know. I’d like to help you navigate the hobbyist-accessible display world – let’s take a journey …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/02/displays-we-love-hacking-the-hd44780-family/)

Hackaday Prize 2023: An Agricultural Robot That Looks Ready For The Field
https://hackaday.com/2023/10/02/hackaday-prize-2023-an-agricultural-robot-that-looks-ready-for-the-field/

In the world of agriculture, not all enterprises are large arable cropland affairs upon which tractors do their work traversing strip by strip under the hot sun. Many farms raise …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/10/02/hackaday-prize-2023-an-agricultural-robot-that-looks-ready-for-the-field/)

ModuCoil – A Modular Coil for Motor and Generator Projects
https://hackaday.com/2023/10/02/moducoil-a-modular-coil-for-motor-and-generator-projects/