Ep 134: Hackers Camping, Metal Detecting, 360o Hearing, and Pocket Computing

Hackaday Podcast · 3 Sept 2021 · 50m · Episode 134

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams, joined by contributing editor Jenny List, discuss a variety of hardware hacks including a portable Raspberry Pi handheld with a slide-out keyboard, an ambisonic microphone, and a junk-box metal detector. They also cover Amazon's palm-print payment system, 3D printer bed leveling innovations, and Jenny's report from the Bornhack hacker camp in Denmark.

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makers and hobbyists

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Companies: Amazon
Products: AnyCubic Vyper, HP 15 C, Macintosh
Chips: Raspberry Pi, ESP32 S2
Tools: BL touch
Also: Bornhack

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Ep 134: Hackers Camping, Metal Detecting, 360o Hearing, and Pocket Computing

What this episode covers

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Topics

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