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 the trials of importing and exporting parts for the badges.

How many props does your drone have? [Joshua] has one. Want to fabricate semiconductors at home? Do you have a microwave? What about using NFC in your next project? There’s all that and more in this episode.

The quick hacks include a request from NASA for ideas (and, yes, there is prize money) and slide rule tricks, among other things. For the can’t miss articles, the cybersecurity weekly got some appreciation and Al took a trip down memory lane at the Altair 8800 he always wanted.

Check out the links if you want to follow along, and as always, tell us what you think about this episode in the comments, or drop us a line on the mailbag.

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Episode 392 Show Notes:

News:

  • Supercon Ten Tickets On Sale Now
    • The Trials And Tribulations Of Your First Badge
    • PHP2Shell — AI uncovers critical vulnerabilities in the backbone of the web

Mailbag:

  • Thanks to [Silver Dog Australia] for some new sting sounds for the podcast. Send us your sound, questions, or thoughts on the podcast for next week’s mailbag: mailbag@hackaday.com

Interesting Hacks of the Week:

  • Building A Flying Drone With A Single Propeller
    • Building And Flying A Helicopter With A Virtual Swashplate
    • Flies Like A Quadcopter, But This Drone Design Has Only One Propeller
    • One-Motor Drone Mimics Maple Seeds For Stability
  • Making Photovoltaic Solar Cells With A Microwave
  • A Stereo Vision Board For Hardware Hackers
    • I’m not putting a WiFi router into a phone charger (Part 3) – Rootkit Labs Blog
    • Stereo Vision And Depth Mapping With Two Raspi Camera Modules
    • High Performance Stereo Computer Vision For The Raspberry Pi
    • Tracking Bees With A Stereo Camera
    • Building The First Digital Camera
  • An Open Micro-Manipulator Improved
  • Building A Microscope With A 3D View
  • Birduino Plays Bird Calls On Demand With NFC-enabled Cards

Quick Hacks:

  • Elliot’s Picks:
    • NASA’s Lunar Ground Challenge is a Real Buzz
    • 5 GHz Drone Video, With An ESP32
    • Going Whole-Hog On A First Satellite Ground Station
  • Al’s Picks:
    • Simplifying Slide Rule Calculations With Trig
    • An LCR Meter With Compromises
    • Visualize Regular Expressions With Marbles

Can’t-Miss Articles:

  • This Week In Security: Critical DNS Keys Rotated, Hacking Freezers Isn’t Cool, OpenAI Spies On Itself, And Advanced Hardware Wallet Hacks
  • The Age Of Altair