This week, Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start off the episode by announcing Arduino co-founder David Cuartielles will be taking the stage as the keynote speaker at Hackaday Europe. In his talk, we’ll hear about a vision of the future where consumer electronics can be tossed in the garden and turned into compost instead of sitting in a landfill for the next 1,000 years or so.
You’ll also hear about a particularly clever manipulation of Apple’s AirTag infrastructure, how a classic kid’s toy was turned into a unique display with the help of computer vision, and the workarounds required to keep older Global Positioning System (GPS) hardware up and running. They’ll also cover DIY toasters, extracting your data from a smart ring before the manufacturer can sell it, a LEGO interferometer, and a new feature added to the Bus Pirate 5’s already impressive list of capabilities.
Capping off the episode there’s a discussion about the surprising (or depending on how you think about it, unsurprising) amount of hardware that was on display at FOSDEM this year, and the history of one of man’s most infernal creations, the shopping cart wheel lock.
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Episode 311 Show Notes:
News:
- Hackaday Europe 2025 Welcomes David Cuartielles, Announces Friday Night Bring-a-Hack
- Skype Is Shutting Down On May 5th
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Interesting Hacks of the Week:
- Hijacking AirTag Infrastructure To Track Arbitrary Devices
- Cheap Fiber Optic Wand Toy Becomes Tiny Weird Display
- Interposer Helps GPS Receiver Overcome Its Age
- Cheap Hackable Smart Ring Gets A Command Line Client
Quick Hacks:
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