# Ep 199: Ferrofluid Follies, Decentralized Chaos, and NTSC for You and Me

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2022-12-30
- Length: 44m
- Episode: 199
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-12-30-ep-199-ferrofluid-follies-decentralized-chaos-and-ntsc-for-you-and-me
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep-199-ferrofluid-follies-decentralized-chaos-and-ntsc-for-you-and-me

## Summary

Hackaday Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Assignments Editor Kristina Panos discuss the EU's push for replaceable phone batteries and the decentralized Chaos Communication Congress. They review several hacks, including a Game Boy interceptor using an RP2040 to emulate video output, a modular morphing keyboard, and software that emulates NTSC video artifacts. The hosts also explore making ferrofluid from VHS tapes, FPV drone simulators, and various retro computing projects.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-12-30-ep-199-ferrofluid-follies-decentralized-chaos-and-ntsc-for-you-and-me#t=1) Introduction: Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos
- [0:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-12-30-ep-199-ferrofluid-follies-decentralized-chaos-and-ntsc-for-you-and-me#t=16) EU Replaceable Battery Law and Chaos Communication Congress
- [4:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-12-30-ep-199-ferrofluid-follies-decentralized-chaos-and-ntsc-for-you-and-me#t=277) What's That Sound: Flip Dot Display
- [6:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-12-30-ep-199-ferrofluid-follies-decentralized-chaos-and-ntsc-for-you-and-me#t=417) Game Boy Interceptor and RP2040 Emulation
- [11:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-12-30-ep-199-ferrofluid-follies-decentralized-chaos-and-ntsc-for-you-and-me#t=692) Morphing Keyboard and NTSC Emulation Software
- [17:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-12-30-ep-199-ferrofluid-follies-decentralized-chaos-and-ntsc-for-you-and-me#t=1076) Ferrofluid from VHS Tapes and FPV Hacks
- [24:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-12-30-ep-199-ferrofluid-follies-decentralized-chaos-and-ntsc-for-you-and-me#t=1459) Beat Boxing Drum Machine and Quick Hacks
- [31:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2022-12-30-ep-199-ferrofluid-follies-decentralized-chaos-and-ntsc-for-you-and-me#t=1918) Chainless Digital Drive Bikes and Beer Can Microphones

## Topics

- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Fabrication & craft](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fabrication-and-craft)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- EU (other)
- Chaos Communication Congress (other)
- Game Boy (product)
- RP2040 (chip)
- Raspberry Pi Pico (product)
- NTSC (other)
- VHS (product)
- ferrofluid (material)
- FPV (other)
- ESP32 (chip)
- ZX Spectrum (product)
- Teensy (product)
- Pisio (material)

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