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Ep 392: Microscopes, Drones, and Other DIY Things

Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams met to review the week in Hackaday. Turns out, it was a week for tiny things, cybersecurity, nostalgia, and projects that would have been nearly impossible for the average hacker not that long ago. But first, you can hear a little about the upcoming Supercon badge and th...

Infrastructure Frontiers 1:00:30

October 19th, 2026

Industry experts run down all the AI news for engineers. Adam Jacob, Paul Stack, and Nick Stinemates are joined by engineering leader, ops nerd, former mechanical engineer, and carpenter, Matthew Dean Furlo.In this episode:Anthropic redesigns source controlGoogle's Gemini 4 ArgonMeta opens Muse SparkMeta's Muse Wonder...

Hackaday Podcast 1:08:40

Ep 391: Tuned in to ESP32 SDR, New Old Pagers, and Bugs on Mars

Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start this episode off with a discussion about Philadelphia's budding hacker conference and the imminent retirement of the EZ80. After considering the parallels between the wide world of aviation headsets and our personal projects, talk moves on to the exciting development...

Infrastructure Frontiers 46:36

AI Frontiers - October 12th, 2026

Industry Experts run down all the AI news for Infrastructure Engineers. Adam Jacob, Paul Stack, and Nick Stinemates are joined by longtime business partner, Swamp co-founder, behind the scenes dynamo, and COO of Swamp Club, Mahir Lupinacci. In this episode:Ghost AI puts an AI computer in your houseArtcraft clones the A...

Hackaday Podcast 49:21

Ep 390: DOOM, Cranium Stuff, and Odd OpenSCAD Opportunities

This week, Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos met a few minutes later than usual, and somehow defeated a buzz together with the power of will before settling into the news, rifling through the Mailbag, and otherwise creating the attached podcast. So, the news. Amazon, in their infinite wisdom, have chosen to not only r...

Infrastructure Frontiers 1:03:25

October 5th, 2026

Industry Experts run down all the AI news. Adam Jacob, Paul Stack, and Nick Stinemates are joined by data scientist before that was cool, former VP of Engineering at Chef, Prisma, BlaBlaCar and Calmwave, and now principal product engineer at Swamp Club, Seth Falcon.In this episode: Cal Newport says it's time to investi...

Hackaday Podcast 58:53

Hackaday Podcast Ep 389: Spinning Lightfield Displays and Jenny Visits a Blast Furnace

Another all-European podcast for you this week, as Elliot Williams is joined by Jenny List for an evening looking at the past week in Hackaday. And this week there is a particularly good selection to look at. A while back we showed you a project that put synthetic aperture radar on a drone, generating extremely detaile...

Infrastructure Frontiers 57:37

AI News for September 28th, 2026: Models cost less, Claude gets mods, Autopilot & Muse, DHH retires

Industry Experts run down all the AI news. Adam Jacob, Paul Stack, and John Watson are joined by principal engineer at Microsoft, lead architect for Azure Incubations, and chair of the Rust Foundation, Nell Shamrell-Harrington.In this episode:Colin Breck doesn't want to read what you didn't writeAnthropic drops Opus 5....

Hackaday Podcast 1:14:17

Ep 388: RAM-Swapping on Raspberry Pi, Raindrops on Radar, and a Fine Mesh

This week, Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams had a lot to talk about. From advice for a young hacker to using a laser to break into a microcontroller, there was plenty to cover from the week in Hackaday. From the "Point/Counter Point" department, there were dueling posts about how big a deal it is for Ra...

Infrastructure Frontiers 47:42

AI News for September 21st, 2026: Pacing the frontier, Bryan Cantrill on Fear, TypeSafe launches Jev

Industry Experts run down all the AI news for Infrastructure Engineers. Adam Jacob, Paul Stack, and Nick Stinemates are joined by Swamp Club new hire, engineer, philosopher, and man of the world - Zach Hamm. In this episode: * OpenAI's agents attacked RubyGems * Dario Amodei wants to pace the frontier * Bryan Cantrill...

Hackaday Podcast 1:10:08

Ep 387: Superhuman Clocks, CAN in USB-C, and the Joys of Bare Metal

This week, Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start the episode off by discussing the latest CircuitPython developments before covering some impressive reverse engineering efforts, the benefits of modeling your projects in 3D, and some of the most incredible timepieces that have ever graced the pages of Hac...

Infrastructure Frontiers 43:40

AI News for September 14th, 2026: OpenAI does math, Miro gets bought, Jacob Coxon quits Anthropic

Industry Experts run down all the AI news for Infrastructure Engineers. Adam Jacob, Paul Stack, and Nick Stinemates are joined by DevOps engineer and downtempo DJ Don O'Neill.In this episode:OpenAI claims a Millennium Prize problem, but not without controversyTailwind joins Shopify Apple unveils the iPhone Duo Anthropi...

Hackaday Podcast 46:36

Ep 386: Doomscroll Tamagotchis, Clavichords, and Vibrotrucks

In this specially-numbered podcast episode that lines up quite nicely with our Retrocomputing Challenge, Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos met over surprisingly low-latency and loud beverages to bring you the best of the previous week's hacks. But first, the news. German company Isar Aerospace can now claim that they'...

Infrastructure Frontiers 48:44

September 8th, 2026

Industry Experts run down all the AI news for Infrastructure Engineers. Adam Jacob, Paul Stack, and Nick Stinemates are joined by Swamp co-founder and platform engineering wizard John Watson.OpenAI ends access through Cursor due to the SpaceX acquisitionDebian adopts the most sensible AI policy possibleOpenClaw release...

Hackaday Podcast 1:08:49

Ep 385: 3D Printers with Lasers, Wicked RAM Prices, and Reverse Polish Notation

As the calendar turns a leaf into September, Elliot Williams is joined by Jenny List for our weekly look at all things Hackaday. In the news, our retrocomputing competition is well under way, but there's plenty of time to get an entry in if you've got a cool old-style project to show us. And then Elliot's been chasing...

Infrastructure Frontiers 42:55

August 31st, 2026

Industry Experts run down all the AI news for Infrastructure Engineers. Adam Jacob, Paul Stack, and Nick Stinemates are joined by amazing infrastructure engineer Jason Powell. In this episode: * Semianalysis says OpenAI's Jalapeno chip is industry leading * DuckLabs joins AWS, DuckDB remains in an open foundation * Z.a...

Hackaday Podcast 1:06:30

Ep 384: OCR MOD Records, Magical PCBs, and the Gravity of Space Stations

What did Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams read in Hackaday last week? Probably everything, but you can tune in and hear about their favorites on this week's podcast. They heard from lots of listeners this week, and also saw DIY projects running from a 3D-printed Stirling engine, to clogs, to LEDs. There...

Infrastructure Frontiers 1:10:02

August 24th, 2026

Industry Experts run down all the AI news for Infrastructure Engineers. Adam Jacob, Paul Stack, and Nick Stinemates are joined by James Governor of RedMonk fame.In this episode: * Scott Tolinski of Syntax.fm puts up a great podcast about the mental health crisis nobody is talking about in AI * Stripe acquires OpenRoute...

Hackaday Podcast 1:27:44

Ep 383: QR Codes, Caving Gear, and the Old School Way to Learn Electronics

In this week's episode, Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start things off by getting excited about the recently announced 2026 Retrocomputing Challenge. From there the conversation will cover efforts to improve desktop 3D printing with lasers, an expensive grill with an ESP32 controller and an open source...

Hackaday Podcast 51:46

Ep 382: Glueballs, Borg Cubes, and Supersonic Trebuchets

It's still hot on both sides of the Atlantic, but Kristina has a new secret weapon for staying cool without making noise. Will Elliot and the others follow suit? Time will tell. In Hackaday news, well, there's a lot of it. For starters, Supercon Ten tickets went on sale Thursday morning, but chances are good that by th...

Infrastructure Frontiers 56:46

August 10th, 20206

Industry Experts run down all the AI news for Infrastructure Engineers. Adam Jacob, Paul Stack, and Nick Stinemates are joined by one of the longest serving sages of operations, old friend, advisor, and wonderful human John Willis. In this episode: * The Ars Notoria gives a preview of AI Psychosis * Ankur Sethi types a...

Hackaday Podcast 56:03

Ep 381: Airless Tires, Full-color Prints, and 28 MW of LEDs

This week's Hackaday podcast is a European affair again, as Elliot Williams is joined by Jenny List on a summer evening to review the week. And we have a feast of hacks for your delectation. As the title above says, one of the stand-out hacks this week was a set of airless mountain bike tyres 3D printed in glorious flu...

Infrastructure Frontiers 25:38

August 3rd, 2026

Industry Experts run down all the AI news for Infrastructure Engineers. Adam Jacob, Paul Stack, and Nick Stinemates are joined by infrastructure engineering legend Sean Escriva. In this episode:Dan Lorenc phases out code review at ChainguardGithub launches stacked PRsOpenAI reduces the price of 5.6 Luna and TerraPaul S...

Hackaday Podcast 1:05:09

Ep 380: 3D Printing the Rainbow, IR and IP Camera Hacks, and Americium 241 on the Loose

Elliot Williams and Al Williams got together to compare notes on the most interesting posts this week on the site. As usual, there are just too many choices, so you'll have to settle for just the few that can fit in a podcast. The guys were excited about 3D printing -- both FDM and SLA -- as well as a few camera projec...

Hackaday Podcast 1:03:53

Ep 379: Driving E-ink DIY, NES on ESP, and the Other IRC

On this episode, Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi discuss their love of electronic paper, clunky cartridges, and keeping old games alive by any means possible. You'll also hear about getting the most out of the sensors in our 3D printers, playing with X-rays at home, a ring that runs Java, and a roulette...

Hackaday Podcast 58:29

Ep 378: C Coders, Ceramic Printers, and Shadow Archives

It's a hot one at both microphones, as Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos wilt in the heat with ice lollies and freezer packs. But still, we persevered long enough to make a podcast. In Hackaday news, Supercon is on! It's going down in Pasadena, California, but the talks will be somewhere slightly larger, with a courty...

Hackaday Podcast 1:11:03

Ep 377: Parallel Pixels, Wiggly Consoles, and Seven Segments

This week's podcast sees Elliot joined by Jenny List, as both suffer silently in the European summer heat as the sound of a desk fan would come over on the recording. The stand-out hack of the week comes from [Bitluni], whose GPU made from thousands of cheap microcontrollers is on a scale we've never seen before. It's...

Hackaday Podcast 57:55

Ep 376: Modern Retro Projects, Retro Modern Projects, and the Teen Years for 3D Printing

Hackadya's Elliot Williams and Al Williams were in a retro mood this week. There was a new '486 computer, a new mechanical TV, and a USB stick with a magnetic personality. Can you watch YouTube on a Game Boy? Maybe. For the can't miss articles, this week, Elliot and Al reflected on the awkward phase of 3D printers when...

Hackaday Podcast 1:23:35

Ep 375: Rebuilding Tech on Our Terms and the Hero Nerd

In this episode, Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start off by taking a trip down the Raspberry Pi memory lane and then tackle a fresh pile of listener mail. The discussion moves on to hacking bike counter, homebrew upgrades to the Nintendo Entertainment System, and building RAM from whats in the parts bi...

Hackaday Podcast 48:54

Ep 374: Flippin' Phones, Sexy Spraysers, and Frikkin' Lasers

Things are back to normal around the Podcast studio, and this week you'll hear the dulcet tones of Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos. In Hackaday news, we still have a Frikkin' Lasers Challenge going on, and now you can even enter your project into it! Join the ranks, won't you? Not only do we have a triple mailbag t...