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Ep140: Aqua Battery, IBM Cheese Cutter, Waiting for USB-C, and Digging ADCs

Hackaday Podcast · 15 Oct 2021 · 52m · Episode 140

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams discuss a range of hardware hacks, including an autonomous Akrano ground-effect vehicle by Kavan, a water-based battery experiment by Quint Builds, and a discrete ADC built from logic chips by Mitsuru Yamada. They also cover the restoration of an IBM cheese cutter, the EU's move to standardize USB-C for mobile devices, and the impact of satellite constellations on astronomy. The episode highlights the technical details of these projects and the broader implications of standardization and space debris.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
LIGO, FTDI, Caltech, IBM, Facebook, Dresden Technical University
Products
Akrano, Leonardo, Oculus Quest
Also
Hackaday Remoticon, Kavan, Think Flight, ArduPilot, Quint Builds, Hand Tool Rescue, Mitsuru Yamada, Jenny List, Bob Badly, Ryan Flowers, Tom Nardi

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