The Amp Hour · 30 Aug 2011 · 1h 06m · Episode 58
Hosts Chris Gammell and Dave Jones discuss a DIY drone crash video, the ADE 651 bomb detection scam, and rumors of Texas Instruments selling its OMAP processor line. They also cover Tektronix's new oscilloscope launch, a Kickstarter scam involving the Tech Sync Power System, and the future of personal robots like the Willow Garage PR2.
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Hosts Christopher and Elecia White discuss their recent experiences judging the Hackaday Prize, highlighting finalists like the Ramen Spectrometer and Chip Whisperer, and review the rapid success of Darma Kickstarter campaign. They also cover the logistics challenges faced by Light Up and the upcoming Peep camera project, while critiquing the technical accuracy of the TV show Scorpion versus the novel The Martian.
Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams discuss the closure of Maker Media, a GPS hardware failure grounding flights, and a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ power management chip vulnerability. They also review community hacks including a vintage speech synthesizer, an SOIC test clip debug connector, and a mechanical drum machine, before analyzing the Takata airbag scandal.
Hosts Elecia White and Christopher White discuss the intersection of science fiction and engineering inspiration, review Digilent's Analog Discovery 2 and Digital Discovery test equipment, and detail Christopher's experience building a QRP Labs Ultimate 3S ham radio kit for WSPR. They also cover Elecia's struggles with Ubuntu and the NVIDIA Jetson TX2, the choice of programming languages for embedded firmware, and Elecia's appearance on the Jennylyn Show.
Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams discuss a variety of hardware hacks, including decoding telemetry from the Tianwen-1 Mars probe, a wireless SD card reader using an ESP8266, and a plasma cutter collision detection system based on exact constraint design. They also review a mechanical shadow-casting 7-segment display, a Commodore 64 used to control a meat smoker, and a 4-axis stencil printer for PCBs. The episode concludes with a retrospective on the 25th anniversary of the MP3 format and a discussion on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rapid reflight records.
Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams discuss the 2021 Hackaday Prize, Siemens' acquisition of parent company Supplyframe, and several community hacks including a phased array ultrasonic scanner, a bristle-bot art robot, and reverse-engineered E-Ink displays. They also cover particle physics news from CERN and the logistics of the oil pipeline network.
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