Hackaday Podcast 162: Hackaday Prize is On, Thermal Printers are So Hot These Days, Cloud Chambers are Super Cool, and Batteries Must be Replaceable [Hackaday]
Join Hackaday Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Managing Editor Tom Nardi for your weekly review of the best projects, hacks, and bits of news that we can cram into 45 minutes or so. We’ll look at the latest developments in DIY air-powered engines, discuss the whimsical combination of GitHub’s API and a cheap thermal printer, and marvel at impressive pieces of homebrew biology equipment. We’ve also got an exceptionally polished folding cyberdeck, a bevy of high-tech cloud chambers, and some soda bottles that are more than meets the eye. Finally we’ll go over the pros and cons of today’s super-smart cameras, and speculate wildly about what a new EU law means for our battery powered gadgets.
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Episode 162 Show Notes:
News This Week:
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Interesting Hacks of the Week:
Gravity-Water-Air Powered Engine
- Get GitHub Tickets IRL With A Raspberry Pi And A Receipt Printer
- Kenneth Finnegan’s Cow Oracle Reveal (Supercon 2019)
- Tube Tumbler Provides The Perfect Culture
- Retro Portable Computer Packs Printer For The Trip
- Peltier Cloud Chamber Produces Some Lovely Trails
- You Can Turn Soft Drink Bottles Into Handy Solar Lamps
Quick Hacks:
- Elliot’s Picks:
- Tom’s Picks:
Can’t-Miss Articles:
- Is The IPhone Camera Too Smart? Or Not Smart Enough?
- Replaceable Batteries Are Coming Back To Phones If The EU Gets Its Way