Hackaday Podcast Episode 321: Learn You Some 3DP, Let the Wookie Win, or Design a Thinkpad Motherboard Anew

Join Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi as they take a whirlwind tour of the best and brightest hacks of the last week. This episode starts off with an update about that Soviet Venus lander that’s been buzzing the planet, then moves on to best practices for designing 3D printed parts, giving Chrome OS devices a new lease on life, and a unique display technology that brings a Star Wars prop to life.

You’ll also hear about designing new motherboards for beloved old computers, why you might want to put your calipers on a flatbed scanner, and a NASA science satellite that’s putting in double duty as a wartime reporter. Finally, they’ll cover the interesting physics of meteor burst communications, and the latest developments in the ongoing libogc license kerfuffle.

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 321 Show Notes:

News:

• Reentry prediction Soviet-era Venera Venus lander – Rocket Science
• Telegram: View @roscosmos_gk

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Interesting Hacks of the Week:

• Best Practices For FDM Printing
  • Learn 15 Print-in-Place Mechanisms In 15 Minutes
• Turning A Chromebox Into A Proper Power-Efficient PC
• Let The Wookie Win With This DIY Holochess Table
  • Aska3D
  • A Little Optical Magic Makes This Floating Display Pop
  • What’s Inside A Neonode Laser Sensor?
• A Brain Transplant For A Philips Smart Lamp
• Tearing Down A Forgotten Video Game
  • Pong-Story : PONG in a Chip
• Another Old ThinkPad Gets A New Motherboard
  • Replacement Motherboard Brings New Lease Of Life To Classic Thinkpads
  • Revive A Sony Vaio P-Series With KiCad’s Background Bitmaps

Quick Hacks:

• Elliot’s Picks:
  • Move Over, Lithophane: 3D Printed 3D Photos With Gaussian Splats
  • A Single-Pixel Camera Without Moving Parts Using Compressed Sensing
  • Scan Your Caliper For Physical Part Copies
• Tom’s Picks:
  • Studying QR Code Degradation
  • The World’s Longest Range LED Flashlight
  • Open Source ELINT Accidentally From NASA

Can’t-Miss Articles:

• Radio Apocalypse: Meteor Burst Communications
• RTEMS Statement Deepens Libogc License Controversy
  • Libogc Allegations Rock Wii Homebrew Community