Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams sift for hacking gold from the past week. In this episode, we remember John Horton Conway’s Game of Life and its effect on novice programmers. We geek out adding screens to your car with an OBD-II hack, automating a Sharpie clicker as part of a plasma cutter, and 3D printing an incredible RC car that drives every wheel from a single motor. Plus we look at machine-learning for custom backgrounds in your video chats, take a gander at the coming generation of ePaper displays, and we get cultured about yeast.
Take a look at the links below if you want to follow along, and as always tell us what you think about this episode in the comments!
Take a look at the links below if you want to follow along, and as always, tell us what you think about this episode in the comments!
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Episode 063 Show Notes:
New This Week:
- John Horton Conway, Creator Of Conway’s Game Of Life, Has Died
- Beyond Conway: Cellular Automata From All Walks Of Life
Interesting Hacks of the Week:
- Simple Demo Shows The Potential Of Magnetic Gears
- LIDAR Built On Familiar Platform
- A Tidy Little OBD Display For Your Car
- Plasma Cutter + Sharpie Is Surprisingly Useful
- The Evolution Of A 3D Printed Off-Road R/C Car
- Background Substitution, No Green Screen Required
Quick Hacks:
- Mike’s Picks:
- Elliot’s Picks:
There are podcasts i listen to to have some background noise, there are some others I listen to that allow me to have have another part of my brain active during medial tasks.
This is not the case for this podcast. There is so much information passed along that it warrants your full attention. And better yet, you can just follow along here with the links so nicely laid out on hackaday. I don’t typically make it through a lot of hackaday posts due to being busy but this podcast guides you through them at record speed. Thanks guys for such an engaging podcast, keep up the good work!
We should make a “Hackaday Podcast Lite” for the non-attentive listeners. :)
Seriously, though, glad you enjoy.
I’d go the other way. I’m kind of sad we didn’t do a year in review for 2019. We should try to do a mega episode for 2019-2020 combined :-D
Great podcast, this is an awesome way to stay up to date and explore the depth of hackaday content.