# Ep 294: SAO Badge Reveal, Precision on a Shoestring, and the Saga of Redbox

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2024-10-25
- Length: 1h 08m
- Episode: 294
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-10-25-ep-294-sao-badge-reveal-precision-on-a-shoestring-and-the-saga-of-redbox
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep-294-sao-badge-reveal-precision-on-a-shoestring-and-the-saga-of-redbox

## Summary

Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi discuss the 2024 Hackaday Supercon SAO badge, highlighting its modular design and prototyping capabilities. They analyze the implosion of Redbox, warning of data security risks in the abandoned kiosks, and explore DIY precision engineering, including a concrete-filled 3D printed lathe and diffraction-limited air bearings. The episode also covers the Libra Space Foundation's open-source satellite deployment simulator and the potential survival of the .io domain name.

## Chapters

- [0:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-10-25-ep-294-sao-badge-reveal-precision-on-a-shoestring-and-the-saga-of-redbox#t=3) Introduction: SAO Badge Reveal and Modular Design
- [6:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-10-25-ep-294-sao-badge-reveal-precision-on-a-shoestring-and-the-saga-of-redbox#t=367) What's That Sound?: The HAARP Transmitter
- [11:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-10-25-ep-294-sao-badge-reveal-precision-on-a-shoestring-and-the-saga-of-redbox#t=699) Precision on a Shoestring: Concrete Lathe and Air Bearings
- [13:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-10-25-ep-294-sao-badge-reveal-precision-on-a-shoestring-and-the-saga-of-redbox#t=806) The Saga of Redbox: Abandoned Kiosks and Data Security
- [22:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-10-25-ep-294-sao-badge-reveal-precision-on-a-shoestring-and-the-saga-of-redbox#t=1340) Libra Space Foundation and Open Source Satellite Tech
- [45:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-10-25-ep-294-sao-badge-reveal-precision-on-a-shoestring-and-the-saga-of-redbox#t=2710) Quick Hacks: DIY Tires, Macropads, and SMD Lifting
- [52:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-10-25-ep-294-sao-badge-reveal-precision-on-a-shoestring-and-the-saga-of-redbox#t=3166) Can-Miss: .io Domain Survival and Hacker Tactic Building Blocks

## Topics

- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)
- [Open-source hardware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/open-source-hardware)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Hackaday Supercon (other)
- Redbox (company)
- Libra Space Foundation (company)
- FreeCAD (tool)
- HAARP (other)
- Dan Gelbart (other)

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