Summary

  • In this week’s Hackaday podcast, Elliot and Al discuss some recent Hackaday articles, including the ESP-32 non-backdoor, battery fires, self-balancing robots and Kinect cameras.
  • They also discuss the history of chatbots, with a look at the world’s first chatbot from 1957, and modern applications such as AI.
  • Other hacks include the Xbox Kinect camera, travelling at the speed of light, and using webcams to throw dice.
  • Elliot and Al then highlight some of their favourite picks from Hackaday.
  • The podcast ends with a fun fact – did you know that the disposable film camera makes a unique noise as it winds on and takes a photo?

By Al Williams

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