Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys chew the fat over the coolest of hacks. It’s hard to beat two fascinating old-tech demonstraters; one is a mechanical IBM computer for accurate cheese apportionment, the other an Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) built from logic chips. We gawk two very different uses of propeller-based vehicles; one a flying-walker, the other a ground-effect coaster. Big news shared at the top of the show is that Keith Thorne of LIGO is going to present a keynote at Hackaday Remoticon. And we wrap the episode talking about brighter skies from a glut of satellites and what the world would look like if one charging cable truly ruled all smartphones.
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Episode 140 Show Notes:
What’s that Sound?
- That sound was from Zero Wing, source of the “All Your Base” meme
- [Ben] was randomly drawn from 18 correct responses and wins the shirt!
New This Week:
Interesting Hacks of the Week:
- Autonomous Ground Effect Vehicle Demonstrator Aims To Speed Up Maritime Shipping
- Nifty Chip Adapter Does The Impossible
- Power Your Home With A Water Battery
- LEONARDO: The Hopping, Flying Bipedal Robot
- IBM Cheese Cutter Restoration
- Homebrew Circuit Explores The Mysteries Of Analog-to-Digital Conversion
Quick Hacks:
- Elliot’s Picks
- Mike’s Picks:
The Spruce Goose managed to have a challenging relationship with ground effect as well.
Yeah, right? That falls firmly in the stay-in-ground-effect-simply-by-failing-to-fly category.