Thunderstorms were raging across southern Germany as Elliot Williams was joined by Jenny List for this week’s podcast. The deluge outside didn’t stop the hacks coming though, and we’ve got a healthy smorgasbord for you to snack from. There’s the cutest ever data cassette recorder taking a tiny Olympus dictation machine and re-engineering it with a beautiful case for the Commodore 64, a vastly overcomplex machine for perfectly cracking an egg, the best lightning talk timer Hackaday has ever seen, and a demoscene challenge that eschews a CPU. Then in Quick Hacks we’ve got a QWERTY slider phone, and a self-rowing canoe that comes straight out of Disney’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice sequence.
For a long time we’ve had a Field guide series covering tech in infrastructure and other public plain sight, and this week’s one dealt with pivot irrigation. A new subject for Jenny who grew up on a farm in a wet country. Then both editors are for once in agreement, over using self-tapping screws to assemble 3D-printed structures. Sit back and enjoy the show!
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Episode 336 Show Notes:
What’s that Sound?
- Congrats to [1tR3x] who knew more about the music of 2001 Space Odyssey than I did!
Interesting Hacks of the Week:
- Tiny Datasette Uses USB For The Modern Day
- Does It Make Sense To Upgrade A Prusa MK4S To A Core One?
- Lightning Talks On Time, With This Device
- Over-Engineering An Egg Cracking Machine
- This Plotter Knows No Boundaries
- An Amiga Demo With No CPU Involved
Quick Hacks:
- Elliot’s Picks:
- Jenny’s Picks:
I wanted to hear more about Jenny’s mic setup! A setup with Ikea lamp arm plus ripoff Shure mic plus 3d printed mounts is right up my alley!