# Ep 214: Jet Engine Hair Dryer, Comic Sans Type Balls, and Belief in Graphene

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2023-04-14
- Length: 46m
- Episode: 214
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-04-14-ep-214-jet-engine-hair-dryer-comic-sans-type-balls-and-belief-in-graphene
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep-214-jet-engine-hair-dryer-comic-sans-type-balls-and-belief-in-graphene

## Summary

Hosts Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos review a week of hardware hacks, including Will Straver’s UV photo-plotter for PCBs, Sam Eddinger’s 3D-printed type balls for IBM Selectric typewriters, and Tech Ingredients’ method for synthesizing graphene. They also discuss the MNT Pocket Reform open-source laptop, a repurposed RAF cockpit indicator, and Aiden Cullen’s ambitious low-cost AR glasses project.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-04-14-ep-214-jet-engine-hair-dryer-comic-sans-type-balls-and-belief-in-graphene#t=1) Op Amp Contest and Fusion News
- [5:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-04-14-ep-214-jet-engine-hair-dryer-comic-sans-type-balls-and-belief-in-graphene#t=354) Will Straver’s UV Photo-Plotter
- [10:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-04-14-ep-214-jet-engine-hair-dryer-comic-sans-type-balls-and-belief-in-graphene#t=606) 3D-Printed IBM Selectric Type Balls
- [11:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-04-14-ep-214-jet-engine-hair-dryer-comic-sans-type-balls-and-belief-in-graphene#t=668) Hobbyist Graphene Synthesis
- [18:41](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-04-14-ep-214-jet-engine-hair-dryer-comic-sans-type-balls-and-belief-in-graphene#t=1121) Dyson Hair Dryer Jet Engine Mod
- [20:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-04-14-ep-214-jet-engine-hair-dryer-comic-sans-type-balls-and-belief-in-graphene#t=1256) MNT Pocket Reform Review
- [24:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-04-14-ep-214-jet-engine-hair-dryer-comic-sans-type-balls-and-belief-in-graphene#t=1498) RAF Cockpit Indicator and Quick Hacks
- [35:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-04-14-ep-214-jet-engine-hair-dryer-comic-sans-type-balls-and-belief-in-graphene#t=2115) Aiden Cullen’s AR Glasses Project
- [40:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-04-14-ep-214-jet-engine-hair-dryer-comic-sans-type-balls-and-belief-in-graphene#t=2418) Photography Best Practices

## Topics

- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Open-source hardware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/open-source-hardware)
- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Digi-Key (company)
- ST40 (product)
- Wendelstein 7-X (product)
- Will Straver (other)
- IBM Selectric (product)
- Sam Eddinger (other)
- Tech Ingredients (company)
- Rice University (company)
- Dyson (company)
- Integza (other)
- MNT Pocket Reform (product)
- MNT (company)
- Carrie Sharfglass (other)
- ABB (company)
- Brian Brocken (other)
- Water Stanton (other)
- Extreme Electronics (company)
- RP2040 (chip)
- University of Tel Aviv (company)
- Cornell (company)
- Aidan Cullen (other)
- Google Glass (product)
- Sony (company)
- Arya Voranova (other)
- Becky Stern (other)
- IKEA Trofast (product)

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- [474: The Doublemint Gum Remote Control](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-03-07-474-the-doublemint-gum-remote-control) (Making It)
- [3D Printed Shark Jumps - Edifying Edison's Energy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-09-24-3d-printed-shark-jumps-edifying-edisons-energy) (The Amp Hour)
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