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Hackaday Editors take a look at all of the interesting uses of technology that pop up on the internet each week. Topics cover a wide range like bending consumer electronics to your will, designing circuit boards, building robots, writing software, 3D printing interesting objects, and using machine tools. Get your fix of geeky goodness from new episodes every Friday morning.
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Ep 286: Showing off SAOs, Hiding from HOAs, and Beautiful Byproducts
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Even when the boss is away, the show must go on, so Dan slid back behind the guest mic and teamed up with Tom to hunt down the freshest of this week's hacks. It was a bit of a chore, with a couple of computer crashes and some side-quests down a few weird rabbit holes, but we managed to get things together in the end. Tune in and you'll hear us bemo…
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Shaka Hislop: Professional Career, ESPN, Tech in Sports - Caribbean Tech Pioneers
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Neil Shaka Hislop is an ESPN soccer analyst and commentator, Howard University alum, and former professional soccer player. He represented Trinidad and Tobago internationally, including the 2006 World Cup. Hislop co-founded "Show Racism the Red Card" and has received numerous awards for his contributions to sports and anti-racism efforts. EPISODE L…
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Ep 285: Learning Laser Tricks, Rocket Science, and a Laptop That's Not a Laptop
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This week on the Podcast, we have something a little different for you. Elliot is on vacation, so Tom was in charge of running the show and he had Kristina in the hot seat. First up in the news: the 2024 Tiny Games Challenge is still underway and has drawn an impressive 44 entries as of this writing. You have until 9AM PDT on September 10th to show…
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Ep 284: Laser Fault Injection, Console Hacks, and Too Much Audio
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The summer doldrums are here, but that doesn't mean that Elliot and Dan couldn't sift through the week's hack and find the real gems. It was an audio-rich week, with a nifty microsynth, music bounced off the moon, and everything you always wanted to know about Raspberry Pi audio but were afraid to ask. We looked into the mysteries of waveguides and…
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Ep 283: Blinding Lasers, LEDs, and ETs
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Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams reflect on the fact that, as humans, we have--at most--two eyes and no warp drives. While hacking might not be the world's most dangerous hobby, you do get to work with dangerous voltages, temperatures, and frickin' lasers. Light features prominently, as the guys talk about LED data interfaces, and d…
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Ep 282: Saildrones, a New Classic Laptop, and SNES Cartridges are More Than You Think
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In this episode, the CrowdStrike fiasco has Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi pondering the fragility of our modern infrastructure. From there the discussion moves on to robotic sailboats, the evolving state of bespoke computers, and the unique capabilities of the Super Nintendo cartridge. You'll also hear about cleaning paintings with…
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Ep 281: Metal Clay, Desiccants, Silica Gel, and Keeping Filament Dry
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This week on the Podcast, it's Kristina's turn to bloviate alongside Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams. First up in the news: our fresh new contest has drawn three entries already! That's right, the 2024 Tiny Games Challenge is underway. You have until September 10th to show us your best tiny game, whether that means tiny hardware, tiny code, or a ti…
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Ep 280: TV Tubes as Amplifiers, Smart Tech in Sportsballs, and Adrian Gives Us the Fingie
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Despite the summer doldrums, it was another big week in the hacking world, and Elliot sat down with Dan for a rundown. Come along for the ride as Dan betrays his total ignorance of soccer/football, much to Elliot's amusement. But it's all about keeping the human factor in sports, so we suppose it was worth it. Less controversially, we ogled over a …
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Ep 279: Solar Flares, Flash Cells, and Free Airline WiFi
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Get your weekly fix of great hacks with your guides, Elliot Williams and Al Williams. This week, the guys talk about hacking airline WiFi, vanishing cloud services, and hobbies adjacent to hacking, such as general aviation. Things go into the weird and wonderful when the topic turns to cavity filters, driving LEDs with a candle, and thermite. Quick…
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Ep 278: DIY Subs, the ErgoRing, and Finding NEMA 17
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In this episode, Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi kick things off with a reminder about the impending deadline for Supercon talk and workshop proposals. From there discussion moves on to the absolutely incredible tale of two brothers who solved a pair of missing person cases with their homebrew underwater vehicle, false data sneaking …
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Episode 277: Edible Robots, a Personal Eclipse, and DIY PCBs to Die For
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This week on the Podcast, it's Kristina's turn to ramble on alongside Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams. First up in the news: Paul Allen's Living Computers Museum + Labs is being liquidated at auction after just 12 years of being open to the public. In Hackaday news, the 2024 Business Card Challenge ends next Tuesday, July 2nd, so this is your weeke…
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Ep 276: A Mac on a Pico, Ropes on the Test Stand, A Battleship up on Blocks
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The week gone by was rich with fun hacks, and Elliot and Dan teamed up this time around to run them down for everyone. The focus this week seemed to trend to old hardware, from the recently revived Voyager 1 to a 1940s car radio, a homebrew instrument from 1979, a paper tape reader, and a 128k Mac emulator built from an RP2040. Newer hacks include …
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Episode 275: Mud Pulse Telemetry, 3D Printed Gears in Detail, and Display Hacking in our Future
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Join Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi for a review of the best stories to grace the front page of Hackaday this week. Things kick off with the news about Raspberry Pi going public, and what that might mean for everyone's favorite single-board computer. From there they'll cover the technology behind communicating through mud, DIY press…
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Ep 274: Capstan Robots, Avionics of Uncertain Purpose, and What the Frack?
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What do capstans, direct conversion receivers, and fracking have in common? They were all topics Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams found fascinating this week. If you wonder what makes an electrical ground a ground, or what a theodolite is, you should check it out. Al struck on on the What's That Sound, but [Ferric Bueler] didn't so …
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Ep 273: A Tube Snoot, Dynamic Button Blobs, and Tokamaks Aren't Whack
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This week, it was Kristina's turn in the hot seat with Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams. First up in the news: Germany's solar expansion and a lot of wind have resulted in excess energy, which some people think is bad. In Hackaday news, the entries in the 2024 Business Card Challenge are really stacking up. Then it's on to What's That Sound, which K…
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Ep 272: Desktop EDM, Silence of the Leaves, and the Tyranny of the Rocket Equation
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With Elliot off on vacation, Tom and Dan made a valiant effort to avoid the dreaded "clip show" and provide you with the tastiest hacker treats of the week. Did they succeed? That's not for us to say, but if you're interested in things like non-emulated N64 games and unnecessarily cool filament sensors, this just might be one to check out. We also …
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Ep 271: Audio Delay in a Hose, Ribbon Cable Repair, and DIY Hacker Metrology
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What did Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams find interesting on Hackaday this week? Well, honestly, all the posts, but they had to pick some to share with you in the podcast below. There's news about SuperCon 2024, and failing insulin pumps. After a mystery sound, the guys jump into reverbing garden hoses, Z80s, and even ribbon cable …
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Ep 270: A Cluster of Microcontrollers, a rocket engine from scratch, and a look inside Voyager
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Join Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi as they get excited over the pocket-sized possibilities of the recently announced 2024 Business Card Challenge, and once again discuss their picks for the most interesting stories and hacks from the last week. There's cheap microcontrollers in highly parallel applications, a library that can easil…
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Ep 269: 3D Printed Flexure Whegs, El Cheapo Bullet Time, and a DIY Cell Phone Sniffer
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This week, it was Kristina's turn in the hot seat with Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams. First up in the news -- the results are in for the 2024 Home Sweet Home Automation contest! First and second place went to some really gnarly, well-documented hacks, and third went to the cutest pill-dispensing robot you'll probably see before you hit the retire…
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Ep 268: RF Burns, Wireless Charging Sucks, and Barnacles Grow on Flaperons
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Elliot and Dan got together to enshrine the week's hacks in podcast form, and to commiserate about their respective moms, each of whom recently fell victim to phishing attacks. It's not easy being ad hoc tech support sometimes, and as Elliot says, when someone is on the phone telling you that you've been hacked, he's the hacker. Moving on to the ha…
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Ep 267: Metal Casting, Plasma Cutting, and a Spicy 555
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What were some of the best posts on Hackaday last week? Elliot Williams and Al Williams decided there were too many to choose from, but they did take a sampling of the ones that caught their attention. This week's picks were an eclectic mix of everything from metal casting and plasma cutters to radio astronomy and space telescope budgets. In betwee…
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Ep 266: A Writer's Deck, Patching Your Battleship, and Fact-Checking the Eclipse
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Before Elliot Williams jumps on a train for Hackaday Europe, there was just enough time to meet up virtually with Tom Nardi to discuss their favorite hacks and stories from the previous week. This episode's topics include the potential benefits of having a dual-gantry 3D printer, using microcontrollers to build bespoke note taking gadgets, the exci…
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Ep 265: Behind the Epic SSH Hack, 1980s Cyber Butler, The Story of Season 7
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This week, Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos convened once again to give the lowdown on this week's best hacks. First up in the news -- it's giga-sunset time for Gigaset IoT devices, which simultaneously became paperweights on March 29th. And all that Flipper Zero panic? It has spread to Australia, but still remains exactly that: p…
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Ep 264: Cheap Minimills, 65-in-1 Electronics, and Time on Moon
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It was Dan's turn behind the mic with Elliot this time as we uncovered the latest from the world of hacking, and what an eclectic mix it was. It was slightly heavy on machining, with a look at mini-mills that are better than nothing, and a DIY DRO that's A-OK. We also kicked the nostalgia bucket over -- whatever that means -- and got a new twist on…
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Ep 263: Better DCMA, AI Spreadsheet Play, and Home Assistants Your Way
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No need to wonder what stories Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams were reading this week. They'll tell you about them in this week's podcast. The guys revisit the McDonald's ice cream machine issue to start. This week, DIY voice assistants and home automation took center stage. But you'll also hear about AI chat models implemented as …
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Ep 262: Wheelchair Hacking, Big Little Science at Home, Arya Talks PCBs
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Join Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi as they go over their favorite hacks and stories from the past week. This episode starts off with an update on Hackaday Europe 2024, which is now less than a month away, and from there dives into wheelchairs with subscription plans, using classic woodworking techniques to improve your 3D printer’s…
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