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Ep 196: Flexing Hard PCBs, Dangers of White Filament, and the Jetsons' Kitchen Computer

Hackaday Podcast · 9 Dec 2022 · 58m · Episode 196

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi discuss a variety of hardware hacks, including Rehana Al Sultan's flexible PCB crown created with SVG PCB and curve-bending techniques, and a warning from Slant3D about the abrasive nature of white PLA filament containing titanium dioxide. They also cover Michael Rechton's 3D-printed radial vector reducer gearbox, a prank keyboard with a rotary dial replacing the numpad, and Grady from Practical Engineering's explanation of power grid black start procedures. The episode concludes with a look at the 1969 Neiman Marcus kitchen computer and a discussion on the ethics of cloning closed-source hardware like the SDRplay RSP1.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Slant3D, Neiman Marcus
Products
SDRplay RSP1, LibreVNA, Honeywell 316
Chips
ESP32, STM32
Tools
SVG PCB, OpenSCAD, KiCad

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