This week Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start things off with a traffic report from the Moon, which has suddenly become a popular destination for wayward robots.
Anonymizing an ATtiny85 via laser
From there, they’ll go over a fire-tending contraption that’s equal parts madness and brilliance, two decades of routers being liberated by OpenWRT, impressive feats of chip decapping, and USB-C’s glorious rise to power.
You’ll also hear about the latest developments in laptop RAM, exploits against the flash encryption used on the ESP32, and Android powered oscilloscopes. The duo will wrap things up with horror stories from the self-checkout aisle, and a look at the fantastical rolling power station that Dan Maloney has been building in his driveway.
Check out the links below if you want to follow along, and as always, tell us what you think about this episode in the comments!
Crippled Peregrine Lander To Make Fiery Return Home
SLIM Moon Landing Live & Press Conference – YouTube
This week’s sound was the mimicry of the Lyrebird. Congratulations to [Pixie]!
Feeding The Fire By Robot
OpenWRT To Mark 20 Years With Reference Hardware
Reverse Engineering Smart Meters, Now With More Fuming Nitric Acid
Chip Decapping The Easy Way
CO2 Laser Decapping To Fix Soldering Mistake
Breaking The Flash Encryption Feature Of Espressif’s Microcontrollers
Laptop Memory Upgradable Again
Elliot’s Picks:
Simulate Running A Small Hardware Business With Hardware Hustle
Reverse-Engineering A Russian Tornado-S Guidance Circuit Board
Saving PIC Microcontrollers With DIY Programmer
Skip The Radio With This Software-Defined Ultrasound Data Link
Tom’s Picks:
All I Want For Mr. Christmas Is Some New Music
Countdown To A Spaceship Simulator
Android-Powered Rigol Scopes Go Wireless
Ask Hackaday: Why Are Self-Checkouts Failing?
Sun On The Run: Diving Into Solar With A Mobile PV System
