# Ep 291: Walking in Space, Lead in the Earth, and Atoms under the DIY MIcroscope

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2024-10-04
- Length: 1h 02m
- Episode: 291
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-10-04-ep-291-walking-in-space-lead-in-the-earth-and-atoms-under-the-diy-microscope
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep-291-walking-in-space-lead-in-the-earth-and-atoms-under-the-diy-microscope

## Summary

Hosts Elliot Williams and Al Williams review the week's top hacks, including a DIY scanning tunneling microscope built by Mech Panda that images atoms, and a deep dive into power optimization for the Raspberry Pi Zero by Manaworm. They also discuss a 32-IMU sensor array by Will Wong designed for high-precision dead reckoning, and a hardware hack by Treble that enables NVMe SSDs in a ThinkPad 13. The episode concludes with long-form articles on the history and dangers of spacewalks (EVA) and the industrial mining of lead.

## Chapters

- [0:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-10-04-ep-291-walking-in-space-lead-in-the-earth-and-atoms-under-the-diy-microscope#t=4) Introduction and Supercon Badge Discussion
- [6:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-10-04-ep-291-walking-in-space-lead-in-the-earth-and-atoms-under-the-diy-microscope#t=382) DIY Scanning Tunneling Microscope
- [15:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-10-04-ep-291-walking-in-space-lead-in-the-earth-and-atoms-under-the-diy-microscope#t=922) AI-Generated Video Game Frames
- [24:38](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-10-04-ep-291-walking-in-space-lead-in-the-earth-and-atoms-under-the-diy-microscope#t=1478) Raspberry Pi Zero Power Optimization
- [30:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-10-04-ep-291-walking-in-space-lead-in-the-earth-and-atoms-under-the-diy-microscope#t=1807) F4 Attitude Indicator Teardown
- [35:29](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-10-04-ep-291-walking-in-space-lead-in-the-earth-and-atoms-under-the-diy-microscope#t=2129) 32-IMU Sensor Array and ThinkPad Hack
- [44:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-10-04-ep-291-walking-in-space-lead-in-the-earth-and-atoms-under-the-diy-microscope#t=2680) Spacewalk History and Lead Mining Articles

## Topics

- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Batteries & low-power design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/batteries-and-low-power)
- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Mech Panda (other)
- Dan Berard (other)
- Raspberry Pi Zero (product)
- Manaworm (other)
- Solar Cam Pi (product)
- Ken Shirriff (other)
- F4 Attitude Indicator (product)
- Will Wong (other)
- Sony SPREsense (product)
- Treble (other)
- ThinkPad 13 (product)
- Open Source Simple Smartphone (product)
- Dave Darko (other)
- Jay Summit (other)
- HP (company)
- SpaceX (company)
- Polaris Dawn (product)
- Alexei Leonov (other)
- Ed White (other)
- Dan Maloney (other)

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- [Productive Pi Hacks, Amazing Arduino Inventions, New Hardware Galore!](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2023-07-27-productive-pi-hacks-amazing-arduino-inventions-new-hardware-galore) (The Electromaker Show)
- [119: Do Your Neighbors Have Any Idea?](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2015-09-24-119-do-your-neighbors-have-any-idea) (Embedded.fm)
- [83: The First Time I Was Electrocuted](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2015-01-07-83-the-first-time-i-was-electrocuted) (Embedded.fm)
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