Hardware Podcasts

Ep108: Eulogizing Daft Punk Helmets, Bitcoin Feeling the Heat, Squeezing Soft Robots, and Motorizing Ice Skates

Hackaday Podcast · 5 Mar 2021 · 45m · Episode 108

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams discuss a range of hardware hacks, including motorized ice skates by Simon, soft robots by James Bruton, and Daft Punk helmet tributes. They review software tools like Kirimoto for CAM and Gerbalize for PCB art, while debating the trade-offs between speed and quality in prototyping, citing Christina Panos's article 'What if I never make version two?'. The episode concludes with an analysis of Bitcoin's energy consumption, highlighting Christian Hoschek's heat-exchanger mining rig.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
TTGO
Tools
Kirimoto, FreeCAD, Gerbalize, SVG to Shenzhen
Also
Daft Punk, Bitcoin, Christian Hoschek, James Bruton, Simon, Christina Panos

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