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Ep 192: Supercon was Awesome, How to Grind ICs and Make Your Own Telescope

Hackaday Podcast · 11 Nov 2022 · 59m · Episode 192

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi discuss highlights from Supercon, including the Hackaday Prize winner Adrian's 3D printed portable wind turbine and the educational Avoya badge. They review several community hacks, such as Red Herring 32's method of grinding down NES DIP chips to QFNs, Science Shack's radioactive Dungeons & Dragons dice roller, and Jeija Seegers' hand-cranked solar metal smelter. The episode also covers the shutdown of the Slingbox service, a 3D printed telescope project by Hadley, and a rope-based drum machine by Look Mom No Computer.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Hackaday
Products
NES, Slingbox
Chips
Raspberry Pi
Also
Supercon, OctoPrint

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