Hackaday Podcast Episode 281: Metal Clay, Desiccants, Silica Gel, and Keeping Filament Dry
This week on the Podcast, it’s Kristina’s turn to bloviate alongside Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams. First up in the news: our fresh new contest has drawn three entries already! That’s right, the 2024 Tiny Games Challenge is underway. You have until September 10th to show us your best tiny game, whether that means tiny hardware, tiny code, or a tiny BOM.
Then it’s on to What’s That Sound, which sounded familiar to Kristina, but she couldn’t place it. Can you get it? Can you figure it out? Can you guess what’s making that sound? If you can, and your number comes up, you get a special Hackaday Podcast t-shirt.
Then it’s on to the hacks, beginning with a hack to print metal and a way to weld wood, along with a photo-resistor-based, single-pixel camera. We’ll talk desiccants carbon fiber, and Baron Harkonnen. Finally, we discuss the troubles of keeping hygroscopic materials from degrading, and have a klatch about Keebin’ with Kristina.
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Episode 281 Show Notes:
News:
What’s that Sound?
- Fill out this form with your best guess, and you might win!
Interesting Hacks of the Week:
- CeraMetal Lets You Print Metal, Cheaply And Easily
- Mechanical Keyboard + Laptop = Clacktop
- Sealed Packs Of Pokémon Cards Give Up Their Secrets Without Opening Them
- 2000-Year Old Charred Manuscripts Reveal Their Secrets
- Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize Awarded And 2024’s New Challenge
- Welding Wood Is As Simple As Rubbing Two Sticks Together
- Photoresistor-based Single Pixel Camera
- A Single Pixel Digital Camera With Arduino
- A Very Modern Flying Spot Scanner
- You Can Use LEDs As Sensors, Too
- Desiccants, Tested Side By Side
Quick Hacks:
- Elliot’s Picks:
- Exploring Cheap Tantalum Caps Of Mysterious Provenance
- Ask Hackaday: Should We Teach BASIC?
- Could Carbon Fiber Be The New Asbestos?
- Kristina’s Picks:
- Robot Seeks And Sucks Up Cigarette Butts, With Its Feet
- A Throne For LEGO Baron Harkonnen
- 2024 Tiny Games Challenge: Improving Reaction Time
Can’t-Miss Articles:
- FDM Filament Troubles: Keeping Hygroscopic Materials From Degrading
- Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With The Key Cap Map