# Ep 212: Staring through ICs, Reading Bloom Filters, and Repairing, Reworking, and Reballing

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2023-03-31
- Length: 1h 00m
- Episode: 212
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-03-31-ep-212-staring-through-ics-reading-bloom-filters-and-repairing-reworking-and-reb
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep-212-staring-through-ics-reading-bloom-filters-and-repairing-reworking-and-reballing

## Summary

Hosts Elliot Williams and Dan Maloney discuss the 10th anniversary of the Hackaday Prize, highlighting the new 'Gearing Up' challenge for building tools. They review several hardware hacks, including Travis Goodspeed’s method of reading Game Boy ROMs via microscope imaging, Bunny Huang’s technique for peering into ICs using infrared, and Miklosh Kizeli’s all-mechanical filament respooler. The episode also covers Julian’s Bloom filter application for bus stops, Thunderfoot’s controversial proposal to use liquid sodium as fuel, and the Kino Wheels practice rig for camera operators, before analyzing Europe’s right-to-repair legislation and BGA rework techniques.

## Chapters

- [0:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-03-31-ep-212-staring-through-ics-reading-bloom-filters-and-repairing-reworking-and-reb#t=2) Introduction and Hackaday Prize 10th Anniversary
- [10:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-03-31-ep-212-staring-through-ics-reading-bloom-filters-and-repairing-reworking-and-reb#t=604) Reading Game Boy ROMs and Infrared IC Inspection
- [18:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-03-31-ep-212-staring-through-ics-reading-bloom-filters-and-repairing-reworking-and-reb#t=1094) All-Mechanical Filament Respooler and Bloom Filters
- [29:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-03-31-ep-212-staring-through-ics-reading-bloom-filters-and-repairing-reworking-and-reb#t=1744) Liquid Sodium Fuel and Kino Wheels Camera Rig
- [40:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-03-31-ep-212-staring-through-ics-reading-bloom-filters-and-repairing-reworking-and-reb#t=2427) Quick Hacks and Europe's Right to Repair
- [53:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-03-31-ep-212-staring-through-ics-reading-bloom-filters-and-repairing-reworking-and-reb#t=3200) BGA Soldering, Reballing, and Hot Plate Techniques

## Topics

- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Hackaday Prize (other)
- Travis Goodspeed (other)
- Bunny Huang (other)
- Miklosh Kizeli (other)
- Julian (other)
- Thunderfoot (other)
- Kino Wheels (product)
- CAD rage (company)
- Rosotics (company)
- G6 AML (other)
- Maya Posh (other)
- Robin (other)

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- [73: That's a Waste of Bits](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2014-10-22-73-thats-a-waste-of-bits) (Embedded.fm)
- [An Interview with Dmitry Nedospasov](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-06-17-an-interview-with-dmitry-nedospasov) (The Amp Hour)
- [015 - Updates!](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2018-08-30-015-updates) (Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast)
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