Ep 385: 3D Printers with Lasers, Wicked RAM Prices, and Reverse Polish Notation
Summary
Hosts Elliot Williams and Jenny List discuss a laser-assisted FDM 3D printer hack, the maturity of modern filament quality, and the rise of usable alternative operating systems like Haiku and ReactOS. They also cover a DIY offline Wikipedia tablet, a retro Tandy Color Computer HDMI adapter, and a humorous hack that tricks an AC unit into cooling harder by heating its sensor.
Topics discussed
Intro, Retro Computing Contest, and Geophysics Survey
Mailbag: Road Trip Tips and Desert Breakdowns
Alternative Prototyping: Legos, Meccano, and Fischer Technic
Laser Smoothing 3D Prints and FDM Technology Peaks
Esoteric Operating Systems: Haiku, ReactOS, and ArOS
Hacking Air Conditioners to Cool More Efficiently
Offline Wikipedia on a Cheap ESP32 Device
Retro Computing: Commodore Color Computer to HDMI via FPGA
RAM Prices, Raspberry Pi 5, and Microcontroller Alternatives
Quick Hacks: Dot Matrix Printer, VR Sensory, and TEMPEST
Retro Tech: Single-Shot Camera and NES CD-ROM Cartridge
3D Printing Filaments: PETG Properties and Printing Tips
Reverse Polish Notation Calculators and RPN Rant
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