Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams ogle the greatest hacks from the past 168 hours. Did you know that Mars Rover didn’t get launched into space all alone? Nestled in it’s underbelly is a two-prop helicopter that’s a fascinating study in engineering for a different world. Fingerprinting audio files isn’t a special trick reserved for Shazam, you can do it just as easily with an ESP32. A flaw in the way Bluetooth COVID tracing frameworks chirp out their anonymized hashes means they’re not as perfectly anonymized as planned. And you’re going to love these cool ways to misuse items from those massive parts catalogs.
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 083 Show Notes:
New This Week:
- “A Guy In A Jet Pack” Reported Flying Next To Aircraft Near LAX
- Service on Thingiverse has been touch and go this week
Interesting Hacks of the Week:
- Hacker Driven To Build R/C Forza Controller
- COVID-tracing Framework Privacy Busted By Bluetooth
- 3D-Printed Flight Controls Use Magnets For Enhanced Flight Simulator 2020 Experience
- Olaf Lets An ESP32 Listen To The Music
- Mil-Spec Looks Without Defense Department Budget
- WiiBoy Color Is Exactly What It Sounds Like
Quick Hacks:
- Mike’s Picks:
- Elliot’s Picks:
A listener wrote in.
The RC controller in the story that Mike featured was sadly made by a company not called Dumb Orc, but rather Dumbo RC.
My dreams are crushed. But I’m making stickers for all my RC gear to compensate.
An clue why this podcast has dissappeared from Google Podcast?
It’s stopped working for me in Google podcasts.