Ep 366: DOOM on a Toaster, Music in LED Strips, and Old Drives in New Clothes

Hackaday Podcast · 17 Apr 2026 · 53m · Episode 366

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Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Jenny List discuss recent community hacks, including Scott Lawson’s sound-reactive LED strips, a Mac 128 emulator running on an ESP32, and a custom LCD replacement for a Fluke multimeter. They also cover Blue Origin’s lunar regolith oxygen project, the Linux kernel’s new stance on AI-assisted code, and Tom Nardi’s discovery of personal data on cheap hard drives. The episode concludes with an analysis of AI utility by Jenny List and a history of the SeaLab underwater research program.

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Companies: Blue Origin
Products: Fluke 8060A, SeaLab, Doom
Chips: ESP32
Also: GNU Herd

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Ep 366: DOOM on a Toaster, Music in LED Strips, and Old Drives in New Clothes

What this episode covers

Most relevant to

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