2025-04-12 01:12:16
Join Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi as they talk about the best stories and hacks of the week. This episode starts off with a discussion of the Vintage Computer Festival East and Philadelphia Maker Faire -- two incredible events that just so happened to be scheduled for the same weekend. From there the discussion moves on to the latest developments in DIY soft robotics, the challenge of running Linux on 8-pin ICs, hardware mods to improve WiFi reception on cheap ESP32 development boards, and what's keeping old smartphones from being reused as general purpose computers.
You'll also hear about Command and Conquer: Red Alert running on the Pi Pico 2, highly suspect USB-C splitters, and producing professional looking PCBs at home with a fiber laser. Stick around to the end to hear about the current state of non-Google web browsers, and a unique new machine that can engrave circuit boards with remarkable accuracy.
Check out the links over on Hackaday if you want to follow along, and as always, tell us what you think about this episode in the comments!
2025-04-05 01:00:01
This talk showcases the progress made on a novel fabrication workflow developed over the last several years which demonstrates the feasibility of fabricating 4/4 PCBs at home. Find out how this method can help mitigate delays during design and testing.
Read up all about it over at Hackaday: https://hackaday.com/2025/04/04/supercon-2024-quick-high-feature-boards-with-the-circuit-graver/
2025-04-03 01:00:54
This talk chronicles the journey of “Sprite Lights,” which are 1.5mm thick LED body art pieces that act like temporary light-up tattoos. From hundreds of prototypes to smelting metal in a driveway to making flexible circuits on a griddle.
Read all about it on Hackaday! https://hackaday.com/2025/04/02/supercon-2024-rethinking-body-art-with-leds/
2025-03-27 00:45:01
This talk will discuss new ways to make full-color PCBs. Gone are the days when printed circuit boards were either boring, bare beige, or coated with a green solder mask. The time for more creative power has arrived.
Head on over to Hackaday to read more: https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/supercon-2024-a-new-world-of-full-color-pcbs/
2025-03-25 21:57:32
This talk explores the physics of sonar and small insect detection, focusing on the off-the-shelf electronics that allow us to study them cheaply. Learn more about ultrasonic phased arrays, detection, target recognition, and more!
Read more over at Hackaday: https://hackaday.com/2025/03/25/2024-hackaday-supercon-talk-killing-mosquitoes-with-freaking-drones-and-sonar/
2025-01-30 00:29:11
In this talk, we’ll laugh together about some classic IoT exploits, puzzle over patching a compiled monolithic firmware, and even take the opportunity to be a little hopeful about whether vendors will ever get the message about user freedoms.
At the 2024 Hackaday Superconference, he took to the stage and told us all about how he did it.
