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Ep 147: Animating Traces, Sucking and Climbing, Spinning Sails, and Squashing Images

Hackaday Podcast · 3 Dec 2021 · 56m · Episode 147

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams discuss Mike's career move to Golioth IoT and Elliot's promotion to editor-in-chief, alongside news about the 555 timer contest and Samsung's decision to brick stolen smart TVs. They review several hacks, including Chris Harbor's hydroelectric generator, Chris Harb's animated PCB trace Python script, and Elijah Serioli's suction-cup climbing device. The episode also covers Dominic Sabuski's lightweight image compression, James Walmsley's Magnus effect boat, Nicholas Gruneboom's Turbo Rascal retro compiler, and Tom Nardi's review of the Prusa XL 3D printer.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Golioth IoT, Samsung, Prusa
Products
Turbo Rascal, Prusa XL
Chips
555 timer
Tools
Blender
Also
Hackaday, Chris Harbor, Chris Harb, Elijah Serioli, Dominic Sabuski, James Walmsley, Nicholas Gruneboom, Matthew Carlson, UEFI, BIOS, Tom Nardi

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