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Ep100: Arduino Plays CDs, Virtual Reality in the 60s, and Magical Linear Actuators

Hackaday Podcast · 8 Jan 2021 · 59m

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams review a diverse range of hardware hacks, including Daniel 1111's Arduino-driven CD player, Boston Dynamics' dancing robots, and a DIY capacitive water level sensor for Christmas trees. They also discuss the Kataka linear actuator, a tool for calibrating ATtiny oscillators, and a review of the Pine64 Pinecil soldering iron. The episode concludes with a historical look at the origins of virtual reality technology in the 1960s.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Boston Dynamics, Valve
Products
Pinecil, TS 100
Chips
ATtiny
Also
Arduino, Ivan Sutherland

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