Ep092: Orbital Data by Mail, Human Flight on Styrofoam Wings, and Seven Shades of E-Ink

Hackaday Podcast · 6 Nov 2020 · 51m · Episode 92

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Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys review a diverse range of hardware hacks, including a 7-color E-Ink photo frame by Charles Lore, a human-scale Styrofoam ultralight aircraft by Peter Shripole, and a computer vision tool for mapping Christmas lights. They also discuss the Raspberry Pi 400, flexible ultrasonic motors from Kyushu University, and the implications of Facebook's new privacy policies for the Oculus Quest 2 VR headset.

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Companies: Wave Share, Facebook, NASA Goddard Flight Center
Products: Raspberry Pi 400, Oculus Quest 2, Commodore PET
Chips: ESP32, Atmel ATmega 168, WS2812
Tools: OpenCV, Arc Welder, Marlin

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Ep092: Orbital Data by Mail, Human Flight on Styrofoam Wings, and Seven Shades of E-Ink

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