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

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2024-11-22
- Length: 43m
- Episode: 297
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-11-22-ep-297-prusa-eschews-open-source-hardware-the-lemontron-prints-upside-down-and-t
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep-297-prusa-eschews-open-source-hardware-the-lemontron-prints-upside-down-and-the-vecdec-cyberdeck-does-minority-report

## Summary

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.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-11-22-ep-297-prusa-eschews-open-source-hardware-the-lemontron-prints-upside-down-and-t#t=1) Introduction: Electronica News and FreeCAD 1.0
- [4:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-11-22-ep-297-prusa-eschews-open-source-hardware-the-lemontron-prints-upside-down-and-t#t=240) What's That Sound Segment
- [5:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-11-22-ep-297-prusa-eschews-open-source-hardware-the-lemontron-prints-upside-down-and-t#t=301) Prusa Core One and the End of Open Source Hardware
- [12:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-11-22-ep-297-prusa-eschews-open-source-hardware-the-lemontron-prints-upside-down-and-t#t=750) Glow Tape Wearable Display and Lemontron 3D Printer
- [18:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-11-22-ep-297-prusa-eschews-open-source-hardware-the-lemontron-prints-upside-down-and-t#t=1107) vecdec Cyberdeck and Telephone Line Simulator Hack
- [26:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-11-22-ep-297-prusa-eschews-open-source-hardware-the-lemontron-prints-upside-down-and-t#t=1579) Cyberpunk Pocket Watch and Quick Hacks
- [35:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-11-22-ep-297-prusa-eschews-open-source-hardware-the-lemontron-prints-upside-down-and-t#t=2140) Redbox Cleanup and Calthamites
- [42:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-11-22-ep-297-prusa-eschews-open-source-hardware-the-lemontron-prints-upside-down-and-t#t=2564) Conclusion

## Topics

- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Open-source hardware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/open-source-hardware)
- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Sustainability & circular products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sustainability-and-circularity)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Raspberry Pi (company)
- Compute Module 5 (product)
- FreeCAD (tool)
- Prusa (company)
- Core One (product)
- SparkFun (company)
- Seeed Studio (company)
- Bambu (company)
- Voron (product)
- Glow Tape (product)
- RP2040 (chip)
- Lemontron (product)
- Positron (product)
- vecdec (product)
- Raspberry Pi 4 (product)
- Viking DLE 200B (product)
- Junk Luggers (company)
- Redbox (company)
- Digiki (company)
- ESP32 (chip)
- Spotify (other)

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