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Ep 297: Prusa Eschews Open Source Hardware, The Lemontron Prints Upside-Down, and the vecdec Cyberdeck Does Minority Report

Hackaday Podcast · 22 Nov 2024 · 43m · Episode 297

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos discuss the release of FreeCAD 1.0 and a pre-production Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 spotted at Electronica. They analyze Prusa's decision to close-source the Core One printer, debating the impact on the open-source hardware community, and review several community hacks including the Lemontron upside-down 3D printer, the vecdec cyberdeck, and a glow tape wearable display. The episode also covers the cleanup of Redbox kiosks by Junk Luggers and the formation of man-made stalactites known as calthamites.

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early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Raspberry Pi, Prusa, SparkFun, Seeed Studio, Bambu, Junk Luggers, Redbox, Digiki
Products
Compute Module 5, Core One, Voron, Glow Tape, Lemontron, Positron, vecdec, Raspberry Pi 4, Viking DLE 200B
Chips
RP2040, ESP32
Tools
FreeCAD
Also
Spotify

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