# Ep 139: Furter Burner, Glowing Potato Peeler, Hacked Smartwatch, and The Last Atlas

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2021-10-08
- Length: 50m
- Episode: 139
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-10-08-ep-139-furter-burner-glowing-potato-peeler-hacked-smartwatch-and-the-last-atlas
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep-139-furter-burner-glowing-potato-peeler-hacked-smartwatch-and-the-last-atlas

## Summary

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi discuss a range of hardware hacks, including Sail Drone's autonomous ocean-going vessels, an analog computer by Berlin-based Anabrid, and a Nernst lamp built with a ceramic potato peeler. They also cover the reverse-engineering of a cheap smartwatch for open-source firmware, the teardown of a defective USB power bank module, and the use of corrugated political signs as prototyping material. The episode concludes with an analysis of the retirement of the Atlas rocket family due to reliance on Russian engines and the development of the new Vulcan rocket.

## Chapters

- [0:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-10-08-ep-139-furter-burner-glowing-potato-peeler-hacked-smartwatch-and-the-last-atlas#t=2) Introduction and Conference News
- [6:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-10-08-ep-139-furter-burner-glowing-potato-peeler-hacked-smartwatch-and-the-last-atlas#t=397) Sail Drone Autonomous Ocean Vehicles
- [9:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-10-08-ep-139-furter-burner-glowing-potato-peeler-hacked-smartwatch-and-the-last-atlas#t=552) Rijke Tube Thermoacoustics Demo
- [14:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-10-08-ep-139-furter-burner-glowing-potato-peeler-hacked-smartwatch-and-the-last-atlas#t=860) Anabrid Open Source Analog Computer
- [18:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-10-08-ep-139-furter-burner-glowing-potato-peeler-hacked-smartwatch-and-the-last-atlas#t=1130) Glowing Potato Peeler Nernst Lamp
- [22:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-10-08-ep-139-furter-burner-glowing-potato-peeler-hacked-smartwatch-and-the-last-atlas#t=1365) Open Source Smartwatch Firmware
- [27:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-10-08-ep-139-furter-burner-glowing-potato-peeler-hacked-smartwatch-and-the-last-atlas#t=1664) Teardown of Defective USB Power Bank
- [33:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-10-08-ep-139-furter-burner-glowing-potato-peeler-hacked-smartwatch-and-the-last-atlas#t=1993) Quick Hacks: Earthquake Plotter and Flipper Zero
- [37:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-10-08-ep-139-furter-burner-glowing-potato-peeler-hacked-smartwatch-and-the-last-atlas#t=2223) Prototyping with Corrugated Political Signs
- [42:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-10-08-ep-139-furter-burner-glowing-potato-peeler-hacked-smartwatch-and-the-last-atlas#t=2542) Retirement of the Atlas Rocket and Vulcan Development

## Topics

- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Analog & power electronics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/analog-and-power-electronics)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists, large enterprises

## Mentioned

- Sail Drone (company)
- Anabrid (company)
- Flipper Zero (product)
- Atlas 5 (product)
- Vulcan (product)
- RD-180 (chip)
- ESP32 (chip)
- Raspberry Pi (product)
- Defcon (other)
- Joe Grand (other)

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- [075 - Teleporting All Over The Timeline](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2025-08-02-075-teleporting-all-over-the-timeline) (Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast)
- [130: Criminal Training Camp](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2015-12-17-130-criminal-training-camp) (Embedded.fm)
- [Look at nature and meet nerds](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2017-03-13-look-at-nature-and-meet-nerds) (The Amp Hour)
- [It Works With Option Number 5](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2025-06-19-it-works-with-option-number-5) (The Amp Hour)

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