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NASA’s Mars helicopter has a problem. This clever software trick could fix it

Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSSNASA is preparing to "patch" the flight computer software on its Ingenuity Mars helicopter to prepare it for flight again after its winter hibernation.   The software patch, which essentially hacks Ingenuity's flight computer software, will make the flight computer believe readings from one working sensor are coming from another sensor that recently stopped functioning.  Ingenuity, which started flying on Mars in April 2021, has been in a reduced operation mode during Mars winter.

Weather Strip iOS app expands clever timeline view with ‘feels like’ temp and humidity

Weather Strip launched last month with a unique week-long hourly timeline view to see everything going on with the weather in a single horizontal graph. Now the neat app is getting air temperature and humidity with the latest update. As we noted when it launched, other weather apps include extended hourly forecast views but Weather Strip for iPhone and iPad really goes all-in on the design. Adding to the rich weather data already available in Weather Strip, the new update today brings “feels like” air temperature…

Knotwords for iOS and Mac is a clever new logic puzzle similar to crosswords but without the clues

Good Sodoku developers Zach Gage and Jack Schlesinger are back again today with the launch of a creative new game for iOS, Mac, Android, and PC. Knotwords is a minimal and elegant logic puzzle that offers a familiar yet novel experience. The rules for Knotwords are straightforward, like a standard crossword puzzle, you need to place letters in each section so all the words are valid across and down. However, instead of giving you clues to the full words that will be used in each puzzle, Knotwords places letters…