Join Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi as they cover their favorite hacks and stories from the week. The episode kicks off with some updates about Hackaday Europe and the recently announced Green Power contest, as well as the proposal of a new feature of the podcast where listeners are invited to send in their questions and comments. After the housekeeping is out of the way, the discussion will go from spoofing traffic light control signals and the line between desktop computers and smartphones, all the way to homebrew e-readers and writing code with chocolate candies. You’ll hear about molding replacement transparent parts, a collection of fantastic tutorials on hardware hacking and reverse engineering, and the recent fireball that lit up the skies over Germany. The episode wraps up with a fascinating look at how the developer of Pokemon Go is monetizing the in-game efforts of millions of players.
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Interesting Hacks of the Week:
Spoofing An Emergency Traffic Preemption SignalHands On With Creality’s New M1 Filament Maker ERRF 22: Recreator 3D Turns Trash Into FilamentDIY 3D Pen Is Born To WeldAre We Finally At The Point Where Phones Can Replace Computers? Smartphone Hackability, Or, A Pocket Computer That Isn’tGoogle Will Require Developer Verification Even For SideloadingPower Control For A Busy WorkbenchCalculator Case To Scratch-Built Pocket E-Reader
Quick Hacks:
Elliot’s Picks: Building A Class 100 Semiconductor Cleanroom Inside A ShedThe Sweetest Programming Language: MNMA Rotary Dial The 3D Printed WayTom’s Picks: Reverse-Engineering The Bluetooth Fichero Thermal Label Printer ProtocolClear Resin Casting Replicates Old Acrylic For Selectric RepairTake A Ride On Wrongbaud’s Hardware Hacking Highway
Can’t-Miss Articles:
German Fireball’s 15 Minutes Of Fame The Moon Is Safe, For Now: No Collision In 2032 After AllThe Solar System Is Weirder Than You ThinkAccidental Climate Engineering With Disintegrating SatellitesPokemon Go Had Players Capturing More Than They Realized
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