# Ep 306: Bambu Hacks, AI Strikes Back, John Deere Gets Sued, and All About Capacitors

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2025-01-31
- Length: 59m
- Episode: 306
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-01-31-ep-306-bambu-hacks-ai-strikes-back-john-deere-gets-sued-and-all-about-capacitors
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep-306-bambu-hacks-ai-strikes-back-john-deere-gets-sued-and-all-about-capacitors

## Summary

Hosts Elliot Williams and Dan Maloney discuss the recent DeepSeek AI release, noting its open-source nature and impact on the AI market, alongside security concerns like prompt injection. They review Joshua Wise’s work hacking the Bambu Lab X1 Carbon 3D printer to run custom firmware, highlighting the ongoing battle between the community and the manufacturer's lock-down measures. The episode also covers a hobbyist's backyard antenna farm for deep space communications, technical insights into capacitor selection and orientation, and a legal battle where the FTC sues John Deere over right-to-repair restrictions.

## Chapters

- [0:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-01-31-ep-306-bambu-hacks-ai-strikes-back-john-deere-gets-sued-and-all-about-capacitors#t=2) Introduction and DeepSeek AI Analysis
- [7:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-01-31-ep-306-bambu-hacks-ai-strikes-back-john-deere-gets-sued-and-all-about-capacitors#t=467) Tamagotchi Sound Guess and Joshua Wise's Bambu Lab Hacks
- [15:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-01-31-ep-306-bambu-hacks-ai-strikes-back-john-deere-gets-sued-and-all-about-capacitors#t=937) Dave Prucci's Deep Space Radio Communications
- [21:29](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-01-31-ep-306-bambu-hacks-ai-strikes-back-john-deere-gets-sued-and-all-about-capacitors#t=1289) Capacitor Decoupling and Film Capacitor Orientation
- [29:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-01-31-ep-306-bambu-hacks-ai-strikes-back-john-deere-gets-sued-and-all-about-capacitors#t=1795) Dual-Website QR Codes and Kinetic Sculpture Tooling
- [40:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-01-31-ep-306-bambu-hacks-ai-strikes-back-john-deere-gets-sued-and-all-about-capacitors#t=2420) Quick Hacks: FM Band Transmission and Vacuum Displays
- [45:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-01-31-ep-306-bambu-hacks-ai-strikes-back-john-deere-gets-sued-and-all-about-capacitors#t=2737) Can't Miss Articles: Finger Protocol and John Deere Lawsuit

## Topics

- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Wireless & RF](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/wireless-and-rf)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists, early-stage companies, large enterprises

## Mentioned

- DeepSeek (other)
- Bambu Lab (company)
- X1 Carbon (product)
- Joshua Wise (other)
- Dave Prucci (other)
- Juno (product)
- John Deere (company)
- FTC (other)

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- [031 - The Title Isn't DibbleDabble](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2019-12-27-031-the-title-isnt-dibbledabble) (Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast)
- [058 - Technically Met the Specs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2022-06-15-058-technically-met-the-specs) (Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast)
- [AI aren't sentient yet...right?](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2022-06-20-ai-arent-sentient-yet-right) (The Amp Hour)
- [Spacing Out On Space - Dave's Dongle Designing](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-05-07-spacing-out-on-space-daves-dongle-designing) (The Amp Hour)

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