Hackaday Podcast 109: Cars that Suck, a Synth Packed with 555s, X-ray Letter Reading, and Pecking at a PS/2 Keyboard
Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams riff on the week’s most interesting hacks. It’s hard to imagine a more perfect piece of art than an original Pong circuit board mounted in a shadow box and playable along with some tasty FPGA tricks to capture the original look of the screen. You could make a synth with a 555 timer, but what about using 20 of them for perfect polyphony? We ogle an old video showing off a clever toothed-disc CNC machine for cutting pastry with a water jet. And the episode wouldn’t be complete without looking at the strange tech that goes into making a fan car.
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Episode 109 Show Notes:
New This Week:
- Allan McDonald’s Legacy And The Ethics Of Decision-Making
- Ethics In Engineering: Volkswagen’s Diesel Fiasco
Interesting Hacks of the Week:
- Decoding The PS/2 Keyboard Protocol Using Good Old Fashioned Hardware
- 3D Printing 90° Overhangs With Non-Planar Slicing
- X-Ray Defeats Letterlocking — Unfolds And Reads Letter Sealed Since 1697
- Peek Into This Synth’s Great Design (And Abandoned Features)
- Framed PONG Is Picture Perfect
- Waterjet-Cut Precision Pastry
Quick Hacks:
- Mike’s Picks:
- Elliot’s Picks
Can’t-Miss Articles:
- Sea Level: How Do We Measure Global Ocean Levels And Do Rising Oceans Change That Benchmark?
- The Rise And Fall Of The Fan Car
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