This week, Hackaday’s Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos met up over coffee to bring you the latest news, mystery sound, and of course, a big bunch of hacks from the previous seven days or so.

On What’s That Sound, Kristina got sort of close, but of course failed spectacularly. Will you fare better and perhaps win a Hackaday Podcast t-shirt? Mayhap you will.

After that, it’s on to the hacks and such, beginning with an interesting tack to take with a flat-Earther that involves two gyroscopes. And we take a look at the design requirements when it comes to building synths for three-year-olds.

Then we discuss several awesome hacks such as a vehicle retrofit to add physical heated seat controls, an assistive radio that speaks the frequencies, and an acoustic radiometer build. Finally, we look at the joys of hacking an old Kindle, and get a handle on disappearing door handles.

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 347 Show Notes:

News:

No news is good news! So we talk about Thanksgiving and what we’ve learned recently.

What’s that Sound?

Who can say? Maybe you!

Interesting Hacks of the Week:

Measuring Earth’s Rotation With Two Gyroscopes No More Compass: True North via Earth s RotationBaby’s First Synth Was Daddy’s First ProjectBarcodes, “Lasers”, And Fourier Transforms The Eloquence Of The BarcodeRetrofits Done Right: Physical Controls For Heated SeatsExpensive Batteries Hide Cheap TricksAssistive Radio Tells You What You Can’t See Elli Furedy Brings Cyberpunk Games To Life

Quick Hacks:

Elliot’s Picks: A PCB Can Be A Hydrofoil, If It Really Wants ToThere’s Nothing Backwards About This Laser Cut Retrograde ClockBuilding An Acoustic RadiometerKristina’s Picks: DIY TENS Machine Is A Pain-Relief PCBDIY Polyphonic Synth Sings In 8-Part HarmonyHandling Human Waste In The Sky

Can’t-Miss Articles:

The Unexpected Joys Of Hacking An Old KindleChinese Regulators May Kill Retractable Car Door Handles That Never Should Have Existed


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