Hackaday Podcast

Ep 292: Stainless Steel Benchies, Lego Turing Machines, and a Digital Camera Made of Pure DIY


Listen Later

Here we are in October, improbably enough, and while the leaves start to fall as the goblins begin to gather, Elliot and Dan took a break from the madness to talk about all the wonderful hacks that graced our pages this week. If there was a theme this week, it was long-term projects, like the multiple years one hacker spent going down dead ends in the quest for DIY metal 3D printing. Not to be outdone, another hacker spent seven years building a mirrorless digital camera that looks like a commercial product. And getting a solderless PCB to do the blinkenlight thing took a long time too.

Looking to eliminate stringing in your 3D prints? Then you'll want to avoid the "pause and attach" approach, which intentionally creates strings in your prints. Wondering if you can 3D print bearings? You can, but you probably shouldn't unless you have a particular use in mind. And what happens when you have an infinitely large supply of Lego? Why, you build a Turing machine on steroids, of course.

Finally, we take a look at this week's "Can't-Miss" articles with a look into plastic recycling and why we can't have nice things yet, and we take a trip out into orbit and examine the ins and outs of Lagrange points.

And a little mea culpa from the editing desk: Sorry the podcast is coming out late this week. Audacity ate my files. If you're ever in a similar circumstance, you can probably halfway save your bacon with audacity-project-tools. Ask me how I know.

Check out the links over at Hackaday.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Hackaday PodcastBy Hackaday

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

63 ratings


More shows like Hackaday Podcast

View all
The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source by Changelog Media

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

283 Listeners

The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast by The Amp Hour (Chris Gammell and David L Jones)

The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast

229 Listeners

LINUX Unplugged by Jupiter Broadcasting

LINUX Unplugged

265 Listeners

Talk Python To Me by Michael Kennedy

Talk Python To Me

592 Listeners

Python Bytes by Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

Python Bytes

214 Listeners

Late Night Linux by The Late Night Linux Family

Late Night Linux

154 Listeners

Home Assistant Podcast by HK Media

Home Assistant Podcast

65 Listeners

Malicious Life by Malicious Life

Malicious Life

928 Listeners

Darknet Diaries by Jack Rhysider

Darknet Diaries

7,871 Listeners

Ham Radio Workbench Podcast by Ham Radio Workbench

Ham Radio Workbench Podcast

191 Listeners

CoRecursive: Coding Stories by Adam Gordon Bell - Software Developer

CoRecursive: Coding Stories

189 Listeners

Self-Hosted by Jupiter Broadcasting

Self-Hosted

135 Listeners

The Real Python Podcast by Real Python

The Real Python Podcast

141 Listeners

2.5 Admins by The Late Night Linux Family

2.5 Admins

92 Listeners

Oxide and Friends by Oxide Computer Company

Oxide and Friends

47 Listeners