--- title: Hackaday Links: October 17, 2026 | daily.dev description: A weekly roundup of quirky tech news: a retired professor was arrested for protesting a delivery robot's commercial operation; NASA's Perseverance rover set a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-october-17-2026-w487ehnsh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Hackaday Links: October 17, 2026 | daily.dev og:description: A weekly roundup of quirky tech news: a retired professor was arrested for protesting a delivery robot's commercial operation; NASA's Perseverance rover set a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-october-17-2026-w487ehnsh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/w487ehNSH.png og:image:alt: Hackaday Links: October 17, 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Hackaday Links: October 17, 2026 **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A weekly roundup of quirky tech news: a retired professor was arrested for protesting a delivery robot's commercial operation; NASA's Perseverance rover set a new solar system distance record at 28.10 miles, surpassing Opportunity; MapQuest added a 'Surveillance Layer' showing license plate readers and cameras, sourced partly from OpenStreetMap; and a framed 2001 carrier pigeon internet protocol datagram from Norway's Bergen Linux User Group sold at Christie's for $20,480, far above its $3,000 estimate. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Which Mars rover holds the record for most distance driven on another planet? NASA's Perseverance rover holds the record, after its odometer reached 28.10 miles (45.22 kilometers), surpassing the previous record of 28.06 miles (45.16 km) set by the Opportunity rover. Curiosity, despite operating for over a decade longer, has not matched this distance due to differences in mission objectives and terrain covered by the two nearly identical rovers. _Space tech milestones like this surface regularly for developers tracking NASA's engineering feats on daily.dev._ ### What does MapQuest's Surveillance Layer feature show on the map? MapQuest's Surveillance Layer displays the locations of known license plate readers and cameras, letting users plan routes around them. The feature pulls at least some data from OpenStreetMap, though it remains unclear whether additional sources like DeFlock are incorporated into the dataset. _Privacy-conscious developers follow surveillance tech and mapping feature rollouts like this on daily.dev._ ### How much did the original carrier pigeon internet protocol datagram sell for at auction? The framed carrier pigeon data packet, sent in 2001 by Norway's Bergen Linux User Group to demonstrate RFC 1149 (IP over Avian Carriers), sold at a Christie's auction for $20,480, far exceeding the auction house's estimate of around $3,000. _Networking history oddities like this pop up for developers who follow internet protocol trivia on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Hackaday Links: April 19, 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-april-19-2026-eipytihmg) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Hackaday Links: May 10, 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-may-10-2026-dmyfmz1hx) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Hackaday Links: July 12, 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-july-12-2026-jdsocf8q4) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Tracks along the longest drive on another world](https://daily.dev/posts/tracks-along-the-longest-drive-on-another-world-xguzqnigl) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Videos: A Lunar Mars Rover, Floating Robots, and More](https://daily.dev/posts/videos-a-lunar-mars-rover-floating-robots-and-more-0mlfolqae) · IEEE Spectrum · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#robotics](https://daily.dev/tags/robotics) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-october-17-2026-w487ehnsh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Hackaday Links: October 17, 2026","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-october-17-2026-w487ehnsh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-october-17-2026-w487ehnsh"},"datePublished":"2026-10-19T02:23:27.361Z","dateModified":"2026-10-19T02:24:14.490Z","description":"A weekly roundup of quirky tech news: a retired professor was arrested for protesting a delivery robot's commercial operation; NASA's Perseverance rover set a...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/7b7f0fc189d91e36b5b9e0d6ad7eb93b?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/7b7f0fc189d91e36b5b9e0d6ad7eb93b?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hackaday","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hackaday","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--JhDfhy70--/f_auto,q_auto/v1767541814/logos/hackaday","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-october-17-2026-w487ehnsh","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"privacy,robotics","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hackaday","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Hackaday Links: October 17, 2026"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-october-17-2026-w487ehnsh#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Which Mars rover holds the record for most distance driven on another planet?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"NASA's Perseverance rover holds the record, after its odometer reached 28.10 miles (45.22 kilometers), surpassing the previous record of 28.06 miles (45.16 km) set by the Opportunity rover. 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