This week, Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos met up to discuss the best hacks of the previous week. It’s CES time once again in Las Vegas, and you know what that means — some wacky technologies like this AI pet door that rejects dead mice.
Then it’s on to What’s That Sound, which Kristina managed to nail for once. Can you get it? Can you figure it out? Can you guess what’s making that sound this week? If you can, and your number comes up, you get a special Hackaday Podcast t-shirt.
But then it’s on to the hacks, beginning with a new keyboard from [Joe Scotto] and an exploration of all you can do with an LED strip, like 1D fireworks and roller coasters without any moving parts. From there, we marvel at the ability of sound waves to extinguish flames, and the tech behind life as a quadriplegic. Finally, we examine not one, but two of Jenny List’s finely-crafted rants, one about web browsers, and the other about the responsible use of new technology.
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X1Plus: Open Source Bambu Lab X1 Firmware
Rooted: The Good the Bad and Freedom of Choice
The ScottoKatana Keyboard Is Cutting-Edge
1D Fireworks Are Nice And Quiet
Line Wobbler – Robin Baumgarten: Playful Installation Art
How To Make A Model Roller Coaster Without Any Moving Parts
Remote-Control Kinetic Sand Table Uses A Single Arduino
Controlling two linear motions of an object 1a – YouTube
[Thomas Sanladerer] Gets New Threads
Putting 3D Printed Screw Threads To The Test
Using Sound Waves As A Fire Extinguisher
Elliot’s Picks:
How To Build A Fully Offline Smart Home, Or Why You Should Not
37C3: The Tech Behind Life With Quadriplegia
Half Power Bank, Half Spot Welder
Kristina’s Picks:
There Are Stradi-various Ways To Make A Violin, And This Is One
Sandpaper Alternatives For 3D Prints
Not Dead Yet: Microsoft Peripherals Get Licensed To Onward Brands
The World Of Web Browsers Is In A Bad Way
Comparison of browser engines – Wikipedia
A Few Reasonable Rules For The Responsible Use Of New Technology
What Uses More Power Than Argentina But Doesn’t Dance The Tango?
