Hardware Podcasts

#456.2 - Crossover Camp with Hackaday and Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcasts

The Amp Hour · 1 Sept 2019 · 41m

What this episode covers

Chris Campbell hosts a crossover episode with Alvaro Prieto of the Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast, Mike Szczys, and Elliot Williams of the Hackaday Podcast, discussing their experiences at Chaos Communication Camp. They describe the camp's unique infrastructure, including a GSM/DECT phone network, a working post office, and various DIY hardware projects like hoverboard-powered trains and a bartender robot. The group highlights the community-driven nature of the event, noting how attendees build and share quirky, functional art and technology, such as a GPS-based generative music player and POV displays.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Hackaday
Products
World O Techno
Chips
Google AI Kit, Raspberry Pi
Also
Chaos Communication Camp, Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast, DECT, GSM, Osmocom

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