Hardware Podcasts

Ep 125: Linux Users Talking Windows 11, Pop Bottle Filament, Old Phones with Modern Guts, and Eavesdropping in RF

Hackaday Podcast · 2 Jul 2021 · 54m · Episode 125

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams review a week of hardware hacks, highlighting François Junod’s intricate mechanical automata and Maker Wolf’s RF eavesdropping device. They discuss projects that repurpose old cell phone casings with modern STM32 and Android components, and a spherical gear mechanism for multi-axis movement. The episode concludes with a critique of Windows 11’s hardware requirements and a discussion on the recyclability of toothpaste packaging.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Chips
STM32
Also
François Junod, Maker Wolf, Vivaldi antenna, Minitel, Zardos OS, Windows 11, TPM, PET bottle

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