Ep088: Flywheel Trebuchet, Thieving Magpies, Hero Engines, and Hypermiling

Hackaday Podcast · 9 Oct 2020 · 48m

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Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams discuss a variety of hardware hacks, including Tom Stanton’s flywheel trebuchet that throws tennis balls at 180 mph, Hans Forsberg’s system for training magpies to collect bottle caps, and Sarah Adkins’ Go board sequencer that uses OpenCV to generate music. They also cover Lou and Day’s hypermiling article, which details aerodynamic and weight-reduction techniques for improving fuel economy, and the announcement of the Sun's 25th solar cycle.

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Companies: IKEA
Products: Commodore 64
Chips: Arduino, MCP 4725, Raspberry Pi, STM32
Tools: Physlets.org Tracker

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Ep088: Flywheel Trebuchet, Thieving Magpies, Hero Engines, and Hypermiling

What this episode covers

Most relevant to

Topics

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