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Ep 361: Hackaday Podcast Mailbag, A Phone is Not a Computer, 3D Printing History is New Again

Hackaday Podcast · 13 Mar 2026 · 1h 31m · Episode 361

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi discuss a range of hardware hacks, including XSS Fox's reverse engineering of emergency traffic light preemption signals and Creality's new M1 filament maker. They analyze the debate over whether powerful smartphones like the Samsung S26 Ultra can function as desktop computers, the DIY construction of a 3D printing welding gun by Half Baked Research, and Jerome Brinkman's workbench power controller. The episode concludes with an analysis of Niantic's monetization of Pokemon Go player data for spatial mapping and a report on the recent German meteorite fireball.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Creality, Samsung, Niantic, Niantic Spatial, Cocoa Robotics, Hackaday
Products
M1, S26 Ultra, Pokemon Go
Chips
RP2040
Also
Arduino

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