Collaborate Disseminate
Real-time flight data used to be something that was only available to air traffic controllers, hunched over radar scopes in darkened rooms watching the comings and goings of flights as …read more Continue reading Real Radar Scope CRT Shows Flights Using ADS-B
In the last few decades, building engineers and architects have made tremendous strides in improving the efficiency of various buildings and the devices that keep them safe and comfortable to …read more Continue reading Smart Occupancy Sensor Knows All
After decades of speculation, astronomers have discovered the first direct evidence of volcanic activity on Venus. Radar images of Earth’s “twin” taken just a few months apart reveal a recent eruption.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Geolo… Continue reading Astronomers discover first direct evidence of vulcanism on Venus
When the automobile industry really began to take off in the 1930s, radar was barely in its infancy, and there was no reason to think something that complicated would ever …read more Continue reading Take a Deep Dive Into a Commodity Automotive Radar Chip
It looks like the Martian winter may have claimed another victim, with reports that Chinese ground controllers have lost contact with the Zhurong rover. The solar-powered rover was put into …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: January 15, 2023
If you’re partial to browsing AliExpress, Banggood, or eBay for unusual hardware, you may have seen the HB100 Doppler Radar modules. These are a PCB with a metal can on …read more Continue reading How On-Frequency Are Those Cheap Radar Modules?
Lots of space news this week, with the big story being that Artemis I finally blasted off for its trip to the Moon. It was a spectacular night launch, with …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: November 20, 2022
Despite making up 85% of the total mass in the universe, dark matter has remained elusive to direct detection. A new study proposes a unique way to look for it using the Earth’s atmosphere as a giant detector for dark matter particles streaming through… Continue reading Dark matter “meteors” could be streaking through Earth’s atmosphere
New evidence has emerged in the ongoing debate about whether or not there’s water on Mars. In a study led by the University of Cambridge, scientists examined the topology of Martian ice sheets and found signatures that match subglacial lakes here on Ea… Continue reading New study adds compelling evidence for lake of liquid water on Mars
A British tech entrepreneur posted on Reddit looking for help getting a Cold War era nuclear early warning radar dish to spin again. Continue reading A Tech Millionaire Bought a Giant Cold War Radar to ‘Find UFOs’