# Ep018: Faxploitation! Ikea RFID Hacking, Space Ads, Hydrogen Dones, And Blinkies

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2019-05-10
- Length: 52m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-05-10-ep018-faxploitation-ikea-rfid-hacking-space-ads-hydrogen-dones-and-blinkies
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep018-faxploitation-ikea-rfid-hacking-space-ads-hydrogen-dones-and-blinkies

## Summary

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams review a week of hardware hacks, including a hydrogen fuel cell drone, fax machine security exploits, and an IKEA RFID lock teardown. They discuss an ESP32 driving 20,000 LEDs, a reverse camera using an LED matrix and phototransistor, and Josh Sheldon's CNC light painting. The episode concludes with an interview with Bart Dring about his string art robot and kinematics.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-05-10-ep018-faxploitation-ikea-rfid-hacking-space-ads-hydrogen-dones-and-blinkies#t=1) Intro and Bay Area Maker Fair
- [2:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-05-10-ep018-faxploitation-ikea-rfid-hacking-space-ads-hydrogen-dones-and-blinkies#t=172) Linux Partition Expansion Story
- [6:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-05-10-ep018-faxploitation-ikea-rfid-hacking-space-ads-hydrogen-dones-and-blinkies#t=390) Hydrogen Fuel Cell Drone
- [9:41](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-05-10-ep018-faxploitation-ikea-rfid-hacking-space-ads-hydrogen-dones-and-blinkies#t=581) Faxploit: Fax Machine Exploitation
- [12:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-05-10-ep018-faxploitation-ikea-rfid-hacking-space-ads-hydrogen-dones-and-blinkies#t=769) ESP32 Driving 20,000 LEDs
- [14:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-05-10-ep018-faxploitation-ikea-rfid-hacking-space-ads-hydrogen-dones-and-blinkies#t=877) IKEA RFID Lock Teardown
- [17:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-05-10-ep018-faxploitation-ikea-rfid-hacking-space-ads-hydrogen-dones-and-blinkies#t=1074) LED Matrix Reverse Camera
- [21:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-05-10-ep018-faxploitation-ikea-rfid-hacking-space-ads-hydrogen-dones-and-blinkies#t=1263) Josh Sheldon CNC Light Painting
- [24:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-05-10-ep018-faxploitation-ikea-rfid-hacking-space-ads-hydrogen-dones-and-blinkies#t=1486) Quick Hacks: Game Boy, Neon, SDR
- [30:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-05-10-ep018-faxploitation-ikea-rfid-hacking-space-ads-hydrogen-dones-and-blinkies#t=1847) Soldering Physics and Flux
- [37:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-05-10-ep018-faxploitation-ikea-rfid-hacking-space-ads-hydrogen-dones-and-blinkies#t=2223) Space Advertising and Art
- [42:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-05-10-ep018-faxploitation-ikea-rfid-hacking-space-ads-hydrogen-dones-and-blinkies#t=2547) Interview with Bart Dring

## Topics

- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- ESP32 (chip)
- WS2812 (chip)
- IKEA Rotholt (product)
- STM32 (chip)
- HP fax machine (product)
- Airspy mini (tool)
- Bart Dring (other)
- Buildlog.net (other)

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