Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start this week’s episode off with an update on the rapidly approaching 2025 Supercon in Pasadena, California. From there they’ll talk about the surprisingly high-tech world of vapes, a flying DeLorean several years in the making, non-contact pulse monitoring, and the potential of backyard radio telescopes to do real astronomy. You’ll hear about a dodecahedron speaker, a page turning peripheral, and 3D printed tools for unfolding boxes. They’ll wrap things up by taking a look at the latest generation of wearable smart glasses, and wonder if putting a bank of batteries in your home is really with the hassle.

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Episode 339 Show Notes:

News:

• 2025 Hackaday Superconference: Announcing Our Workshops And Tickets

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Interesting Hacks of the Week:

• When Low SRAM Keeps The DOOM Off Your Vape
  
  • Hosting A Website On A Disposable Vape

  
  

• Full Scale Styrofoam DeLorean Finally Takes Flight
  
  • Full-Scale Flying DeLorean Gets Closer To Liftoff
  • Mega-CNC Router Carves Styrofoam Into A Full-Size Flying Delorean

  
  

• Heart Rate Measurement Via WiFi, The DIY Way
  
  • Heart Rate Monitoring Via WiFi
  • Hey Google, Is My Heart Still Beating?

  
  

• Low-Cost, High-Gain: A Smart Electronic Eyepiece For Capturing The Cosmos
• How A Failed Video Format Spawned A New Kind Of Microscope
• Listening For The Next Wow! Signal With Low-Cost SDR
  
  • The Wow! Signal And The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence
  • Damage To Arecibo Leaves Gaping Hole In Astronomy
  • Roofing Radio Telescope Sees The Galaxy

  
  

Quick Hacks:

• Elliot’s Picks:
  
  • Dodecahedron Speaker Is Biblically Accurate
  • Robot Balances Ball On A Plate
  • This Device Is A Real Page Turner

  
  

• Tom’s Picks:
  
  • Calculator Battery Mod Lets You Go The Distance
  • For A Robot Claw, The Eyes Have It
  • Mandrel Magic: Small Box Assembly With 3D Printing

  
  

Can’t-Miss Articles:

• Meta’s Ray-Ban Display Glasses And The New Glassholes
• How Regulations Are Trying To Keep Home Battery Installs Safe

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