Get your weekly fix of great hacks with your guides, Elliot Williams and Al Williams. This week, the guys talk about hacking airline WiFi, vanishing cloud services, and hobbies adjacent to hacking, such as general aviation. Things go into the weird and wonderful when the topic turns to cavity filters, driving LEDs with a candle, and thermite.
Quick hacks? Everything from vintage automated telescopes to home fusion reactors and ham radio mobile from a bicycle. Then there’s the can’t miss articles about the Solar Dynamics Observatory and an explainer about flash memory technology.
Check out the links below and leave your favorite hack of the week in the comments below!
As always, this week’s episode is freeze-dried as an MP3 for your convenience.
Episode 279 Show Notes:
News:
What’s that Sound?
- Do you know what the sound is? Al didn’t, but if you do, you might win a limited edition Hackaday Podcast T-shirt.
Interesting Hacks of the Week:
- Hacking Airline WiFi The Hard Way
- Samsung Killed The Online Service, This 20 Dollar Dongle Brings It Back
- Supercon 2023: Why More Hackers Should Earn Their Wings
- Cavity Filters, The Black Art You Have A Chance Of Pursuing
- Candle Powered Lantern Isn’t As Silly As You Think
- The Thermite Process Iron Foundry
Quick Hacks:
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- Al’s Picks:
Thanks Guys – an enjoyable episode. I worked in Telecom, and waveguides always seemed like black magic as they blur the line between signal conduction being electromagnetic wave propagation and electron oscillation