Hackaday Podcast 112: We Have an NFT, Racing a Möbius Strip, and Syncing Video with OpenCV and Blender

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys celebrate the cleverest projects from the week that was. We tried to catch a few fools on Thursday with our Lightmode and NFT articles — make sure you go back and read those for a good chuckle if you haven’t already.

While those fall under not a hack, many other features this week are world-class hacks, such as the 555 timer built from 1.5-dozen vacuum tubes, and the mechanical word-clock that’s 64 magnetic actuators built around PCB coils by Hackaday’s own [Mortiz v. Sivers].

A treat for the ears, [Linus Akesson] aka [lft] shows off a Commodore64 that seriously sounds as big as a cathedral organ. And a masterpiece of OpenCV and Blender, you can’t miss the project by [Matthew Earl] that overlays video of the Mars landing on still satellite photos… perfection!

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Episode 112 Show Notes:

New This Week:

• Boston Dynamics Stretch Robot Trades Lab Coat For Work Uniform
  • MIT Robot Learns How to Play Jenga – YouTube

Interesting Hacks of the Week:

• Putting Perseverance Rover’s View Into Satellite View Context
  • An AI-Free Way To Catch Wildlife On Camera
• The Sixtyforgan Proves That Church Organs Are Definitely Chiptune
  • Chipophone Plays Video Game Classics
  • Bitbuf Delivers Some Of The Best Chiptune Effects Around
  • Craft
• 3D Printed Wobbly Wheels Put Through Their Paces
  • Reuleaux triangle – Wikipedia
• A Mobius Strip Track For Superconductor Levitation
  • [0803.3090] A Classroom Demonstration of Levitation and Suspension of a Superconductor over a Magnetic Track
  • Superconducting Magnetic Levitation (MagLev) on a Magnetic Track – YouTube
  • Demonstrating Science At Harvard University
  • The Wonders of Physics, UW-Madison – YouTube
• The Word Clock You Can Feel
  • Mechanical Seven-Segment Display Really Sticks Out From The Pack
• Should Have Used A Vacuum Tube 555

Quick Hacks:

• Elliot’s Picks
  • Scanimate Analog Video Synths Produced Oceans Of Motion Graphics
  • Oh Brother, Would You Look At This Cistercian Clock
  • Wires Vs Words — PCB Routing In Python
• Mike’s Picks
  • NVMe Boot Finally Comes To The Pi Compute Module 4
  • A Floppy Controller For The Raspberry Pi
  • A Deep Dive Into E-Ink Tag Hacking

Can’t-Miss Articles:

• Hershey Fonts: Not Chocolate, The Origin Of Vector Lettering
• Hackaday Forced Into Light Mode
• NFTs Are The Hope For A New Tomorrow!