Catch up on your Hackaday with this week’s podcast. Mike and Elliot riff on the Bluepill (ST32F103 boards), blackest of black paints, hand-crafted sorting machines, a 3D printer bed leveling system that abuses some 2512 resistors, how cyborgs are going mainstream, and the need for more evidence around airport drone sightings.

Stream or download Episode 4 here, and subscribe to Hackaday on your favorite podcasting platform! You’ll find show notes after the break.

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Episode 4 Show Notes:

New This Week:

• Bluepill STM32 development boards with libopencm3
  • libopencm3 Developer Documentation
  • Mike’s most basic examples
• Great comment threads:
  • Brushless RC Rocket Tests Different Flight Regimes
  • Don’t Toss that Bulb, It Knows Your Password
  • This Is A Kickstarter for None More Black

Interesting Hacks of the Week:

• Sorter Uses Cardboard To Organize Card Hoard
• A Genesis Inspired Synthesizer That Has Nothing To Do With Phil Collins
• 3D Printed Microscope Stage Offers Precise Movement
• Quartet Of SMD Resistors Used To Sense Z-Axis Height

Quicklinks:

• WiFi Controlled Finger Dims Lights Over UDP
• Tiny Voltmeter Uses DNA
• Supportless Overhangs: Just Reorient Gravity By 90 Degrees
• DIY Vacuum Table Enhances PCB Milling
• Billiard Ball Finds A New Home In Custom Trackball Mouse

Can’t-Miss Articles:

• The Cyborgs Among Us: Exoskeletons Go Mainstream
• Drone Sightings, A New British Comedy Soap Opera

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Source:: Hackaday