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

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2021-10-15
- Length: 52m
- Episode: 140
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-10-15-ep140-aqua-battery-ibm-cheese-cutter-waiting-for-usb-c-and-digging-adcs
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep140-aqua-battery-ibm-cheese-cutter-waiting-for-usb-c-and-digging-adcs

## Summary

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.

## Chapters

- [0:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-10-15-ep140-aqua-battery-ibm-cheese-cutter-waiting-for-usb-c-and-digging-adcs#t=2) Introduction and LIGO Keynote Announcement
- [7:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-10-15-ep140-aqua-battery-ibm-cheese-cutter-waiting-for-usb-c-and-digging-adcs#t=421) Autonomous Akrano Ground-Effect Vehicle
- [12:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-10-15-ep140-aqua-battery-ibm-cheese-cutter-waiting-for-usb-c-and-digging-adcs#t=741) QFP to QFN Adapter for Chip Shortages
- [16:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-10-15-ep140-aqua-battery-ibm-cheese-cutter-waiting-for-usb-c-and-digging-adcs#t=973) Water Battery Energy Storage Experiment
- [20:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-10-15-ep140-aqua-battery-ibm-cheese-cutter-waiting-for-usb-c-and-digging-adcs#t=1237) Leonardo Hopping Flying Robot
- [26:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-10-15-ep140-aqua-battery-ibm-cheese-cutter-waiting-for-usb-c-and-digging-adcs#t=1566) IBM Cheese Cutter Restoration
- [30:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-10-15-ep140-aqua-battery-ibm-cheese-cutter-waiting-for-usb-c-and-digging-adcs#t=1814) Discrete ADC Built from Logic Chips
- [39:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-10-15-ep140-aqua-battery-ibm-cheese-cutter-waiting-for-usb-c-and-digging-adcs#t=2344) EU USB-C Standardization and Satellite Light Pollution

## Topics

- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)
- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)
- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- LIGO (company)
- Hackaday Remoticon (other)
- Akrano (product)
- Kavan (other)
- Think Flight (other)
- ArduPilot (other)
- FTDI (company)
- Quint Builds (other)
- Leonardo (product)
- Caltech (company)
- IBM (company)
- Hand Tool Rescue (other)
- Mitsuru Yamada (other)
- Oculus Quest (product)
- Facebook (company)
- Dresden Technical University (company)
- Jenny List (other)
- Bob Badly (other)
- Ryan Flowers (other)
- Tom Nardi (other)

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