Another week, another Hackaday podcast, and for this one Elliot is joined by Jenny List, fresh from the BornHack hacker camp in Denmark.
There’s a definite metal working flavour to this week’s picks, with new and exciting CNC techniques and a selective electroplater that can transfer bitmaps to metal. But worry not, there’s plenty more to tease the ear, with one of the nicest cyberdecks we’ve ever seen, and a bird that can store images in its song.
Standout quick hacks are a synth that makes sounds from Ethernet packets, and the revelation that the original PlayStation is now old enough to need replacement motherboards. Finally we take a closer look at the huge effort that goes in to monitoring America’s high voltage power infrastructure, and some concerning privacy news from the UK. Have a listen!
Episode 331 Show Notes:
News:
- We’ve reache the halfway point: Announcing The 2025 Hackaday One Hertz Challenge
What’s that Sound?
- If you know what this week’s sound is, enter your best guess here.
Interesting Hacks of the Week:
- Painting In Metal With Selective Electroplating
- A Dual-Screen Cyberdeck To Rule Them All
- Human In The Loop: Compass CNC Redefines Workspace Limits
- AVIF: The Avian Image Format
- Skateboard Wheels Add Capabilities To Plasma Cutter
- Engrave A Cylinder Without A Rotary Attachment? No Problem!
- The LumenPnP Pasting Utility: Never Buy Solder Stencils Again?
Quick Hacks:
- Elliot’s Picks:
- Jenny’s Picks: