Ep060: Counting Bees, DogBox Transmissions, and the Lowdown on Vents, BiPAP, and PCR

Hackaday Podcast · 27 Mar 2020 · 1h 06m

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams discuss the Folding@home distributed computing effort outperforming the Summit supercomputer in the fight against coronavirus, the new ESP32-S2 microcontroller, and an NFC-powered e-paper display. They review hardware hacks including a bee counter, a differential screw for 3D printer calibration, and a compliant quadruped robot by James Bruton. The episode concludes with a deep dive into the technical details of PCR testing and the complexities of ventilator and BiPAP design.

Mentioned

Companies
Chai Bio
Products
Open QPCR
Chips
ESP32-S2, RISC-V, STM32
Also
Folding@home, Summit, Hydronics 2, Mark Rehorst, James Bruton, Moko, Mark Shink, Johannes Obermeyer, indeterminate design, Bob Badley

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