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Water World! [Hackaday] Hair-Raising Tales of Electrostatic Generators [Read article now »]( Exploring the Depths By [Elliot Williams]( Hackaday is fascinated by space, and quite rightly. I'm sure that we've all been caught staring into the night sky and wondering "what if we could get there?". And to some extent, we have -- at least to our neighborhood moon, and through our robotic extensions to the other planets in the solar system. There's no denying the amazing success, and even [epic hacks]( of humankind's efforts in exploring outside of our planet. But if you've ever lived by the ocean, or taken up diving, you know that there's another barely explored frontier that's a lot closer to home. We all know the cliché of the deep oceans: [we've explored only about 5% of the ocean realm]( and while 500 people have been sent into space, only three have visited the Mariana Trench. So there's a lot left to discover. And technically, it's just as interesting a challenge to build an underwater colony as it is to build one on the moon -- but you get to save on rocket fuel. So why don't more little kids dream of becoming acquanauts? It was actually a thread in the comments on our bio of Valentina Tereshkova (see below) that got us thinking about this. There have been tremendous feats of engineering, and some righteous hacks, in service of our exploration of the oceans. Heck, the winner of the Hackaday Prize last year was an [open-source underwater glider ROV](. And speaking of robots: space and ocean exploration are looking more and more similar all the time, as it's a lot easier to send some quasi-sentient metal to these inhospitable climates. But if you still insist on sending people, the deep ocean is cheap compared to space. So here's to ocean exploration! We know that there are new lifeforms to be discovered, and learning the lessons of our own oceans may be more fruitful than digging around in Martian sand. Besides, where is the seafood likely to be better: Atlantis or the Schiaparelli Crater? Hack Chat is All About the Hackaday Prize Would you like a behind-the-scenes look at the Hackaday Prize? Want to know what makes for a winning entry? Come on by the [Hack Chat]( and ask [Stephen Tranovich] who is coordinating the prize this year. And if you missed it, we announced the [twenty winners of the Robotics Module Challenge]( a few days ago. Great work, and congratulations to all the winners, but also to the many, many fantastic entries. Your new challenge: [Power Harvesting]( From The Blog [Field Trip! Hackaday Visits Pimoroni]( By [Jenny List]( Pimoroni designs and sells original Raspberry Pi shields, and we got to take a tour. [Read more »]( [General Purpose I/O: How to get more]( By [Inderpreet Singh]( Blinking one LED is the "hello world" of the embedded world. Blinking hundreds of thousands is trickier. We work through some strategies to scale up. [Read more »]( [The Flight of the Seagull: Valentina Tereshkova, Cosmonaut]( By [Dan Maloney]( Who was the first woman in space? Sky-diver Valentina Tereshkova. [Read more »]( If You Missed It [Chromebook Trades Camera for WiFi Freedom]( [This Is An Inordinate Amount Of Switches]( [Who Said Thermal Cameras Weren’t Accessible To The Masses?]( [Framed Raspberry Pi Keeps Tabs on Spotify]( [Teardown Locates Fractal Antenna]( [Hackaday]( NEVER MISS A HACK [Share]( [Share]( [Share]( [Share]( [Terms of Use]( [Privacy Policy]( [Hackaday.io]( [Hackaday.com]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( SupplyFrame, Inc · 61 South Fair Oaks Avenue · Suite 200 · Pasadena, CA 91105 · USA