Hardware Podcasts

Ep 269: 3D Printed Flexure Whegs, El Cheapo Bullet Time, and a DIY Cell Phone Sniffer

Hackaday Podcast · 3 May 2024 · 48m · Episode 269

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Christina Panos review the 2024 Home Sweet Home Automation contest winners, including Stefan Schnitzer’s SKADA system and Marcus Bindhammer’s pill-dispensing robot. They discuss several community hacks, such as P1 Security’s DIY cell phone sniffer using Qualcomm diagnostic protocols, 3D Sage’s budget bullet time rig using cheap cameras and AI interpolation, and Thomas Godden’s research on 3D printed flexure whegs. The episode concludes with a discussion on NASA’s upcoming lunar time standard and various quick hacks involving probe extenders and cyberdecks.

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makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
P1 Security, Harbor Freight, RadioShack, NASA, NIST
Products
Bic Crystal
Chips
Qualcomm
Tools
Wireshark
Also
SKADA, Stefan Schnitzer, Bernard Kerkenere, Marcus Bindhammer, Primal Space, 3D Sage, Flow Frames, Raspberry Pi, Josh Maranacci, Thomas Godden, Thingiverse, Rustfold, Kevin Bates, Max Imagination, Hydrogen Time, Petri Aimonen, Caleb Holloway 08, Thomas Rinsma, Eric B., KC 9 PSW, Al Williams, PC-Byte, Lewin Day

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