Hardware Podcasts

Ep 242: Mechanical Math, KaboomBox, and Racing the Beam

Hackaday Podcast · 27 Oct 2023 · 43m · Episode 242

What this episode covers

Editors Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos discuss a range of hardware hacks, including Ken Shirriff’s teardown of a Bendix mechanical air data computer and Cameron Coward’s RFID-enabled 'Kaboombox' music player. They also cover Humphrey Whittington’s 3D printing on a spinning rod, Denki Otaku’s factory tour of Nippon Chemicon capacitors, and Julian Schiffer’s deep dive into 'racing the beam' graphics techniques for retro consoles. The episode concludes with Kristina Panos wrapping up her series on USPS stamp technology.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Bendix, Nippon Chemicon, Atari, USPS
Products
Kaboombox, Commodore Datassette, NES, Commodore 64
Chips
Raspberry Pi Pico
Also
Ken Shirriff, Cameron Coward, Humphrey Whittington, Denki Otaku, Linus Atkinson, Al Williams, Julian Schiffer

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