Hardware Podcasts

Ep 305: Caustic Clocks, Practice Bones, and Brick Layers

Hackaday Podcast · 24 Jan 2025 · 51m · Episode 305

What this episode covers

Hosts Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos discuss Bambu Labs' controversial authentication scheme that locks 3D printers to their cloud, forcing users to choose between cloud features and local control. They highlight a reverse-engineering hack of a Yamaha PSR-E433 keyboard that allows running a shell and video via MIDI, and explore the use of bone-simulating filament for surgical planning. The episode also covers a logic-gate-based Commodore 64 clone, an exploding wire experiment, and a caustic lens clock.

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early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Bambu Labs
Products
Yamaha PSR-E433, Commodore 64, NES, TRRS 80
Chips
Raspberry Pi Pico 2040, Arduino Nano, MPU 6050

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