# Ep 367: Radioactive Weather, Continuous Pickles, and Moon Junk

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2026-04-24
- Length: 58m
- Episode: 367
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2026-04-24-ep-367-radioactive-weather-continuous-pickles-and-moon-junk
- Listen: https://hackaday.com/2026/04/24/hackaday-podcast-episode-367-radioactive-weather-continuous-pickles-and-moon-junk/

## Summary

Hosts Elliot Williams and Al Williams review a week of hardware hacks, including a low-power DIY smart button network using nRF52 microcontrollers and a rocket camera module stabilized by a spinning brass gyroscope. They discuss a continuous pickle bioreactor, weather stations in Chernobyl, and a capacitive proximity sensor, before covering long-form articles on wire splicing techniques and the history of human debris on the moon.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2026-04-24-ep-367-radioactive-weather-continuous-pickles-and-moon-junk#t=1) Introduction and Event News
- [2:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2026-04-24-ep-367-radioactive-weather-continuous-pickles-and-moon-junk#t=147) Guess the Sound and Smart Button Hack
- [6:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2026-04-24-ep-367-radioactive-weather-continuous-pickles-and-moon-junk#t=413) Power Profiling and Low-Power Design
- [12:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2026-04-24-ep-367-radioactive-weather-continuous-pickles-and-moon-junk#t=725) Itanium and the Failure of New Architecture
- [14:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2026-04-24-ep-367-radioactive-weather-continuous-pickles-and-moon-junk#t=862) Rocket Camera Ejection and Gyroscopic Stabilization
- [22:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2026-04-24-ep-367-radioactive-weather-continuous-pickles-and-moon-junk#t=1353) Chernobyl Weather Stations and Radiation Monitoring
- [28:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2026-04-24-ep-367-radioactive-weather-continuous-pickles-and-moon-junk#t=1733) Continuous Pickle Bioreactor and Food Engineering
- [33:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2026-04-24-ep-367-radioactive-weather-continuous-pickles-and-moon-junk#t=1989) Capacitive Proximity Sensing and Quick Hacks
- [44:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2026-04-24-ep-367-radioactive-weather-continuous-pickles-and-moon-junk#t=2655) Wire Splicing Techniques and Moon Debris

## Topics

- [Batteries & low-power design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/batteries-and-low-power)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- nRF52 (chip)
- ESP32 (chip)
- ESP8266 (chip)
- Pico 2 (chip)
- Itanium (chip)
- AMD (company)
- Intel (company)
- HP (company)
- Switchbot (product)
- NASA (company)
- Apollo 15 (product)

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