Hardware Podcasts

Ep 159: Zombie Killer or Rug Maker, 3D Printed Rims, 1950s Drum Machines, and Batteries on Wheels

Hackaday Podcast · 11 Mar 2022 · 56m · Episode 159

What this episode covers

Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi discuss a range of hardware hacks, including Owen Trueblood’s robotic tufting gun for CNC rug making and Proper Printing’s successful 3D printed car rims reinforced with threaded rods. They also examine historical engineering, featuring the 1958 Wurlitzer Sideman drum machine and Jonathan Wild’s recreation of the WWII Fliegerfaust rocket launcher. The episode concludes with an analysis of grid-scale battery integration and the efficiency of ion thrusters in modern spaceflight.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

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Mentioned

Products
Wurlitzer Sideman, Fliegerfaust, Starlink
Also
FCC, 5G, Xenon

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