Power Sinks, DRM Shifts, and Pedal Alerts: Hackaday Links
TL;DR
Hackaday's April 19 links cover: Voyager 1's LECP shutdown as RTG power fades, Amazon retiring Kindle PC software with a new Windows 11 client in the works, researchers extracting GPS logs from a wrecked car's ECU, Škoda's ANC‑busting bike bell designed to alert pedestrians, and PBS's Artemis II: Return to the Moon documentary.
- Hackaday Links: April 19, 2026 Hackaday
- The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off NPR
- NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating NASA Science (.gov)
- Mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California turned off the Low-energy Charged Particles experiment aboard Voyager 1 on April 17th, 2026. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) Clarksville Online
- NASA working on ‘Big Bang’ upgrade to keep the Voyagers alive for longer theregister.com
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