Podcast Episodes

The Car Episode, Building Leonardo's Water Mill, Reviving Radio Shack

Season 5 Episode 236

Elliot and Dan got together this time around to recap the week in hacks, and it looks like the Hackaday writing crew very much had cars on their minds. We both took the bait, with tales of privacy-vi…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Licorice for Lasers, Manual Motors, and Reading Resistors

Season 5 Episode 235

Name one other podcast where you can hear about heavy 3D-printed drones, DIY semiconductors, and using licorice to block laser beams. Throw in homebrew relays, a better mouse trap, and logic analyzer…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Machines on Fire, Old Kinect New Kinect, and Birth of the Breadboard

Season 5 Episode 234

It might sound like a joke, but this week, Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start things off by asking how you keep a Polish train from running. Like always, the answer appears to be a properly modulate…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Chandrayaan on the Moon, Cyberdecks, Hackerspaces Born at a German Computer Camp

Season 5 Episode 233

This week, Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos experimented with the old adage that brevity is the soul of wit. That's right; this week, they're all Quick Hacks, and that's to make roo…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Hackaday Podcast Chaos Camp Placeholder Edition

Season 5 Episode 232

Elliot is off at Chaos Communications Camp, and Tom is on vacation, leaving us with no podcast this week.

But don't fret, Elliot is picking up a ton of interview material for next week's show. It's g…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Harnessing Sparks, Hacking Food, and Leaving Breadcrumbs

Season 5 Episode 231

Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Al Williams don't always agree on the best text editor to use, but they do -- usually -- agree on what makes a great hack. This week, they found plenty of Hackaday…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Space Science, Superconductors, Supercaps, and Central Air

Season 5 Episode 230

This week, Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Managing Editor Tom Nardi start things off by tackling a pair of science stories, one that may or may not change the world, and the other that hopes to …

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

DIY VR, Gutting Voice Assistants, and ChatGPT Failing Its Summer Internship

Season 5 Episode 229

This week, Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos braved the slight cold and the high heat respectively to bring you the best hacks of the previous seven days. In the news this week: you'…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Bats, Eggs, Lasers, Duck Tape, and Assembly Language

Season 5 Episode 228

Summer's in full swing, and this week both Elliot and Dan had to sweat things out to get the podcast recorded. But the hacks were cool -- see what I did there? -- and provided much-needed relief. Joi…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Open Source Software, Decoupling Caps, DIY VR

Season 5 Episode 227

Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start this week's episode by addressing the ongoing Red Hat drama and the trend towards "renting" software. The discussion then shifts to homebrew VR gear, a particularl…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago