Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams met to review the week in Hackaday. Turns out, it was a week for tiny things, cybersecurity, nostalgia, and projects that would have been nearly impossible for the average hacker not that long ago. But first, you can hear a little about the upcoming Supercon badge and the trials of importing and exporting parts for the badges.
How many props does your drone have? [Joshua] has one. Want to fabricate semiconductors at home? Do you have a microwave? What about using NFC in your next project? There’s all that and more in this episode.
The quick hacks include a request from NASA for ideas (and, yes, there is prize money) and slide rule tricks, among other things. For the can’t miss articles, the cybersecurity weekly got some appreciation and Al took a trip down memory lane at the Altair 8800 he always wanted.
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Episode 392 Show Notes:
News:
Supercon Ten Tickets On Sale Now
The Trials And Tribulations Of Your First Badge
PHP2Shell — AI uncovers critical vulnerabilities in the backbone of the web
Mailbag:
Thanks to [Silver Dog Australia] for some new sting sounds for the podcast. Send us your sound, questions, or thoughts on the podcast for next week’s mailbag: mailbag@hackaday.com
Interesting Hacks of the Week:
Building A Flying Drone With A Single Propeller
Building And Flying A Helicopter With A Virtual Swashplate
Flies Like A Quadcopter, But This Drone Design Has Only One Propeller
One-Motor Drone Mimics Maple Seeds For Stability
Making Photovoltaic Solar Cells With A Microwave
A Stereo Vision Board For Hardware Hackers
I’m not putting a WiFi router into a phone charger (Part 3) – Rootkit Labs Blog
Stereo Vision And Depth Mapping With Two Raspi Camera Modules
High Performance Stereo Computer Vision For The Raspberry Pi
Tracking Bees With A Stereo Camera
Building The First Digital Camera
An Open Micro-Manipulator Improved
Building A Microscope With A 3D View
Birduino Plays Bird Calls On Demand With NFC-enabled Cards
Quick Hacks:
Elliot’s Picks:
NASA’s Lunar Ground Challenge is a Real Buzz
5 GHz Drone Video, With An ESP32
Going Whole-Hog On A First Satellite Ground Station
Al’s Picks:
Simplifying Slide Rule Calculations With Trig
An LCR Meter With Compromises
Visualize Regular Expressions With Marbles
Can’t-Miss Articles:
This Week In Security: Critical DNS Keys Rotated, Hacking Freezers Isn’t Cool, OpenAI Spies On Itself, And Advanced Hardware Wallet Hacks
The Age Of Altair
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