Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams cover the hacks that made us happy over the past week. There’s an incredible cable-driven robotic elbow hack whose quality is only eclipsed by the fantastic explanation of how it works (like a block and tackle). Getting data like WiFi credentials into your embedded project may be just a blinking Android app away. Try your hand at digital solargraphy with creative use of f-stop and post processing. And Mike ogles an RC F-35 project while Elliot goes gaga for the deepest of all submarine designs.

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 065 Show Notes:

New This Week:

• • New Contest: Making Tech At Home
  • New Contest Puts PSoC Boards In The Hands Of 50 Entries

Interesting Hacks of the Week:

• Cable Driven Robotic Joint
  • Humanoid Robot Has Joints That Inspire
  • CS235: Applied Robot Design, Lecture 7-Introduction to Cable Transmissions – YouTube
• Get Your Microcontroller Online At The Speed Of Light
  • Blinky Grid and Blinky POV
  • You Can Learn A Lot From A Blinkenrocket
  • Timex Datalink – Wikipedia
  • Chromecast can use ultrasonic signals via TV speakers
• Pi Cam Replaces Pinhole And Film For Digital Solargraphy
• Instruction Set Hack For Protected Memory Access
  • GitHub – cortexm/pyswd: Python SWD Debugging library for ST-Link/V2
• A DIY Functional F-35 Is No Simple Task
  • JOEL VLASHOF HARRIER & F-35B VTOL PROJECT UPDATE
• Snakes And Ladders: Game Boy Emulator In Python
  • ESP32 Refines Game Boy Bluetooth Adapter
  • The Nintendo Game Boy Color Is An Aircon Remote
  • The Ultimate Game Boy Talk

Quick Hacks:

• Mike’s Picks:
  • Defocused Laser Welding Fabric Proves There’s Many Ways To Slice It
  • Pouring Creativity Into Musical Upcycling Of Plastic Bottles
  • Greatest Keycaps And Where To Find Them
• Elliot’s Picks:
  • Watch The Day Inch Along With A Tape Measure Clock
  • Fuel From Water Using Only An Arc Welder
  • Tired Of Fruit Ninja? Try Vegetable Assassin Using An ESP32 Sword

Can’t-Miss Articles:

• Core Devs Say A Fond But Firm Farewell To Python 2
  • PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language index
  • Stop Using Python 2: What You Need To Know About Python 3
• Limiting Factor Submersible Is In A League Of Its Own