Hardware Podcasts

Ep 171: Rent the Apple Toolkit, DIY an Industrial CNC, or Save the Birds with 3D Printing

Hackaday Podcast · 3 Jun 2022 · 1h 15m · Episode 171

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Dan Maloney discuss a variety of hardware hacks, including Radamir Dopirowski's 'Pew Pew' Circuit Python game console, Kenneth Hawthorne's DIY glass sintering with a laser cutter, and Apple's $49 rental toolkit for iPhone repair. They also cover Mark Mariano's use of 3D-printed boats and other tech to scare birds from the toxic Berkeley Pit, and 'Flowering Elbow's' massive DIY industrial CNC built from steel I-beams. The episode concludes with discussions on COBOL compiler maintenance and the paradox of choice in streaming media.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Apple
Products
Verifon H5000, Pew Pew, Pelican, Voron, AirTag, Arduino, Raspberry Pi
Chips
SAMD21, nRF51
Also
Radamir Dopirowski, Circuit Python, Kenneth Hawthorne, Mark Mariano, Berkeley Pit, Flowering Elbow, GCC COBOL, COBOL, OpenHaystack, Nipkow disc

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