{"id":421704,"date":"2026-05-11T04:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T04:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/421704\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T04:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T04:05:08","slug":"hackaday-links-may-10-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/421704\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackaday Links: May 10, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Artemis II was primarily a demonstration flight of the architecture NASA plans to use for future lunar missions, it was also an excellent excuse for the crew to snap some photos of the Moon and Earth with the benefit of modern camera technology. If you\u2019ve been looking forward to seeing more of the crew\u2019s images, you\u2019re in luck, as thousands of new images have recently been released.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Now we don\u2019t mean to beat up on the folks at NASA, but browsing through these images, we couldn\u2019t help but be reminded of an article we saw on PetaPixel<\/a> that discussed the space agency\u2019s haphazard approach to sharing images online.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s really more like an unsorted file dump than anything, made worse by the fact that you have to access it through a government website that looks and performs like it was designed in the early 2000s. There\u2019s even a prominent button that attempts to load a gallery feature that relies on the long-deprecated Adobe Flash. It would be nice to see the situation improved by the time astronauts actually touch down on the lunar surface, but we wouldn\u2019t count on it.<\/p>\n

Speaking of old tech, we\u2019ve been following the resurgence of keyboard-equipped smartphones with great interest, as we imagine many of you have been. A recent CNBC article addresses the trend<\/a>, although it didn\u2019t quite take the nerd contingent into account. We want physical keys so we can work in the terminal and write code without fighting an on-screen keyboard, but of course, that\u2019s not exactly what your average consumer is looking for.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s quite the opposite, in fact. A 20-something user referenced in the article explained how the younger generations see the physical keyboard as a way to be less connected to their phones, describing it as \u201can extra barrier of inconvenience that adds more steps into the thinking process.\u201d If you need us, we\u2019ll be collecting dust in the corner.<\/p>\n

As regular readers may know, we\u2019ve also taken an interest in plug-in solar panels<\/a> recently. So-called \u201csolar balconies\u201d have become quite popular in Europe, but regulatory friction in the United States has prevented them from achieving similar success here. An article in the MIT Technology Review talks about the process of bringing solar balconies to the US<\/a>, and we\u2019re not overly thrilled with some of the developments it highlights.<\/p>\n

As the key hurdle appears to be safety, UL Solutions recommends that balcony solar panels be plugged into a specialized outlet. If putting a regular AC plug on the end of a solar panel can lead to potentially dangerous situations, they believe the solution is to require a different plug that no one could mistake for anything else, with built-in safety features to reduce the risk of electric shock.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>That might not seem unreasonable at first, but it actually represents a pretty serious hurdle for many users. Consider that the whole advantage of these panels is the convenience: you can simply open the box, plug them in, and start collecting energy. But if you need to install a special outlet, potentially requiring an electrician, the whole concept falls apart. Expect to hear more from us on this particular subject as it develops.<\/p>\n

Finally, Spirit Airline customers weren\u2019t the only ones running into issues this week \u2014 a Southwest flight in California was delayed due to complications with a robotic passenger<\/a>. The bot actually had a ticket, but the flight crew said it still violated the airline\u2019s rules for large carry-on luggage and had to be moved to a different seat. Then somebody realized the robot\u2019s relatively large lithium-ion battery was also in violation of carry-on limits, and it had to be removed and confiscated by authorities. Important details to keep in mind if you happen to be a robot planning your summer vacation.<\/p>\n

See something interesting that you think would be a good fit for our weekly Links column? Drop us a line<\/a>, we\u2019d love to hear about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Artemis II was primarily a demonstration flight of the architecture NASA plans to use for future lunar…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[111,139,69,147,392],"class_list":["post-421704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}