Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams met up to cover the best of Hackaday this week, and they want you to listen in. There were a hodgepodge of hacks this week, ranging from home automation with RF, volumetric displays in glass, and some crazy clocks, too.
Ever see a typewriter that uses an ink pen? Elliot and Al hadn’t either. Want time on a supercomputer? It isn’t free, but it is pretty cheap these days. Finally, the guys discussed how to focus on a project like Dan Maloney, who finally got a 3D printer, and talked about Maya Posch’s take on LLM intelligence.
Check out 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 349 Show Notes:
News:
What’s that Sound?
- What is that sound? Al didn’t guess, but if you can, you could win a coveted Hackaday Podcast T-Shirt.
Interesting Hacks of the Week:
- Bridging RTL-433 To Home Assistant
- The Key To Plotting
- Reverse Sundial Still Tells Time
- Trace Line Clock Does It With Magnets
- Volumetric Display With Lasers And Bubbly Glass
- The Engineering That Makes A Road Cat’s Eye Self-Cleaning
Quick Hacks:
- Elliot’s Picks:
- Al’s Picks:
RE:Viking Sunstone
no idea if this is what they used, but I have a slab of calcite which has really cool optical properties. among which, you can definitely locate the sun when its cloudy.
Elliot, you passed my litmus test for explaining the volumetric display! Wow! Well done! PS: Thanks for the shoutout!