Hardware Podcasts

Ep 141: LowFER Badges, Outrun Clocks, Dichroic Lamps, and Piano Action

Hackaday Podcast · 22 Oct 2021 · 48m · Episode 141

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Mike Stish and Elliot Williams review a week of hardware hacks, highlighting Jeremy Fielding’s upcoming Remoticon keynote on mechanical engineering. They discuss a 3D-printed piano action, a microwave frequency doubler by Gregory Gusberti, and an IKEA dichroic lamp by Raymond Power. The episode also covers an Arduino-based floppy drive emulator, a web-based Doom game using checkboxes, and an ESP32 OutRun clock, before analyzing the lack of traffic rules for satellites in the article 'Space Age Road Rage.'

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
IKEA
Products
Steinway, Starlink, Hubble Space Telescope, Pinephone Pro
Chips
ESP32
Also
Jeremy Fielding, Remoticon, Gregory Gusberti, Raymond Power, Achemi Electronicy, Arduino, WebAssembly, Marcio Tech Sierra, LowFER

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