# Ep 231: Hacking NVMe into Raspberry Pi, Lighting LEDs with Microwaves, and How to Keep Your Fingers

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2024-12-20
- Length: 1h 01m
- Episode: 231
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-12-20-ep-231-hacking-nvme-into-raspberry-pi-lighting-leds-with-microwaves-and-how-to-k
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep-231-hacking-nvme-into-raspberry-pi-lighting-leds-with-microwaves-and-how-to-keep-your-fingers

## Summary

Hosts Elliot Williams and Dan Maloney review a week of hardware hacks, highlighting Jeff Keecher’s energy-harvesting Christmas card that powers LEDs from microwave leakage and Wi-Fi, and LessRight’s automated rig for growing large potassium dihydrogen phosphate crystals. They discuss enabling NVMe storage on the Raspberry Pi 500 by soldering an M.2 slot, Peter Bosch’s homebrew electron beam lithography using a scanning electron microscope, and Carl Bujega’s durable PCB motors. The episode concludes with a discussion on table saw safety technologies like SawStop and the privacy implications of AI image analysis services like 'They See Your Photos.'

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-12-20-ep-231-hacking-nvme-into-raspberry-pi-lighting-leds-with-microwaves-and-how-to-k#t=1) Introduction: Space Station Delays and What's the Sound
- [4:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-12-20-ep-231-hacking-nvme-into-raspberry-pi-lighting-leds-with-microwaves-and-how-to-k#t=268) Jeff Keecher's Energy-Harvesting Christmas Card
- [8:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-12-20-ep-231-hacking-nvme-into-raspberry-pi-lighting-leds-with-microwaves-and-how-to-k#t=515) LessRight's Automated Crystal Growth Rig
- [13:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-12-20-ep-231-hacking-nvme-into-raspberry-pi-lighting-leds-with-microwaves-and-how-to-k#t=831) Enabling NVMe on the Raspberry Pi 500
- [19:41](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-12-20-ep-231-hacking-nvme-into-raspberry-pi-lighting-leds-with-microwaves-and-how-to-k#t=1181) Peter Bosch's Homebrew Electron Beam Lithography
- [25:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-12-20-ep-231-hacking-nvme-into-raspberry-pi-lighting-leds-with-microwaves-and-how-to-k#t=1557) Carl Bujega's Durable PCB Motors
- [31:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-12-20-ep-231-hacking-nvme-into-raspberry-pi-lighting-leds-with-microwaves-and-how-to-k#t=1873) AI Privacy: They See Your Photos and Google Vision API
- [42:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-12-20-ep-231-hacking-nvme-into-raspberry-pi-lighting-leds-with-microwaves-and-how-to-k#t=2560) Quick Hacks: Xbox Lights, Dipole Antenna, and Table Saw Safety

## Topics

- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Security & privacy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/security-and-privacy)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Jeff Keecher (other)
- LessRight (other)
- Raspberry Pi 500 (product)
- Peter Bosch (other)
- Carl Bujega (other)
- They See Your Photos (product)
- SawStop (product)
- Google Vision API (other)

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