# Ep 191: Researchers Parse Starlink, Switches Sense Muscles, and LFT Plays the Commodordion

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2022-10-28
- Length: 1h 04m
- Episode: 191
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-10-28-ep-191-researchers-parse-starlink-switches-sense-muscles-and-lft-plays-the-commo
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep-191-researchers-parse-starlink-switches-sense-muscles-and-lft-plays-the-commodordion

## Summary

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Dan Maloney review a diverse range of hardware hacks, including a German researcher's software patch for encrypted medical connectors, a Starlink signal reverse-engineering project for GPS, and a mechanical forearm muscle sensor using Hall effect sensors. They also discuss a University of Maryland project creating flexible PCBs via laser ablation, a software decompilation hack to fix an obsolete solar inverter, and an explanation of Stable Diffusion AI. The episode concludes with a Commodore 64-based accordion, a citizen science water colorimeter, and a discussion on a Glasgow nightclub's heat recovery system.

## Chapters

- [0:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-10-28-ep-191-researchers-parse-starlink-switches-sense-muscles-and-lft-plays-the-commo#t=2) Introduction: Hackaday Podcast Episode 191
- [0:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-10-28-ep-191-researchers-parse-starlink-switches-sense-muscles-and-lft-plays-the-commo#t=18) German Medical Connector Hack by Flipka
- [3:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-10-28-ep-191-researchers-parse-starlink-switches-sense-muscles-and-lft-plays-the-commo#t=180) Starlink Signal Reverse Engineering for GPS
- [14:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-10-28-ep-191-researchers-parse-starlink-switches-sense-muscles-and-lft-plays-the-commo#t=851) Forearm Muscle Sensor and Flexible PCBs
- [25:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-10-28-ep-191-researchers-parse-starlink-switches-sense-muscles-and-lft-plays-the-commo#t=1534) Solar Inverter Decompilation and Stable Diffusion
- [40:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-10-28-ep-191-researchers-parse-starlink-switches-sense-muscles-and-lft-plays-the-commo#t=2414) Commodore 64 Accordion and Quick Hacks
- [50:59](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-10-28-ep-191-researchers-parse-starlink-switches-sense-muscles-and-lft-plays-the-commo#t=3059) Glasgow Nightclub Heat Recovery and Retro Weather

## Topics

- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [Wireless & RF](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/wireless-and-rf)
- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Hackaday (company)
- Elliot Williams (other)
- Dan Maloney (other)
- Flipka (other)
- Starlink (product)
- University of Texas Austin (other)
- RTLSDR (tool)
- Hall effect sensor (chip)
- University of Maryland (other)
- Stable Diffusion (other)
- Commodore 64 (product)
- IO Rodeo (company)
- Glasgow nightclub (other)
- Telemation (company)

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