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Ep 300: Hackaday Podcast Episode 300: The Dwingeloo 25 m Dish, a Dead-Tech Twofer, and Deconstructing PCBs

Hackaday Podcast · 13 Dec 2024 · 49m · Episode 300

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos host the 300th episode, covering a wide range of hardware hacks and industry commentary. Key projects include Lawrence Brody's reverse-engineering of the PlayStation 1 PCB, Julian Krause's experiment using baby carrots as audio cables, and the Dwingeloo radio amateurs' detection of Voyager 1 signals. The hosts also analyze the historical failures of the hovercraft and Kodak Disk cameras to illustrate critical design trade-offs.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Products
PlayStation 1, Voyager 1, Kodak Disk, Raspberry Pi 500
Chips
nRF52840
Tools
Creality CR Scan Otter, Ghidra
Also
Postmarket OS, Dwingeloo 25m Dish, ZMK

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