Hackaday Podcast Episode 371: Space Computers, Spy Phones, and So Long CHU
The latest episode of the Hackaday Podcast features discussions on various technology topics. Hosts Tom Nardi and Al Williams cover subjects such as the decline of time broadcasts, Linux on affordable smartphones, and WWII spy technology. The episode also includes listener messages and interesting hacks related to 3D imagery and deep space phenomena.
- ▪Elliot Williams is absent this week, leaving Tom Nardi and Al Williams to host the episode.
- ▪The podcast discusses the extinction of time broadcasts and the use of Linux on inexpensive smartphones.
- ▪Listeners can expect insights into WWII spy technology and the compatibility issues between modern smartphones and powerful magnets.
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| Publication time | Fri, 29 May 2026 17:00:48 +0000 |
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Hackaday Podcast Episode 371: Space Computers, Spy Phones, And So Long CHU No comments by: Tom Nardi May 29, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Elliot Williams is out where the deer and the antelope play for the next week, so it’s up to Tom Nardi and Al Williams to wrangle this episode of the Hackaday Podcast. They’ll start off by reading some listener messages before talking about the slow extinction of time broadcasts, Linux on cheap smartphones, microcontroller VPNs, and the computers of Spacelab. You’ll also hear about using a video game’s “Photo Mode” to capture 3D imagery, strange red lights in deep space, and ASCII fish that you don’t need to feed.
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