In this episode of the Hack the Planet Podcast:
We talk about making hardware that can survive in space with Arko, a robotics engineer and polymath hacker who has published open-source projects for high altitude balloons and autonomous vehicles, and revitalized the North American demo scene with his board for LayerOne. Other topics include growing up around the space program, the Nullspace hackerspace in LA, the ethics of self-driving cars, and what the amateur radio hobby called Summits on the Air has to do with avionics for spacecraft.
This episode could be a great introduction to designing avionics for spacecraft, for getting into the demoscene, or serve as an excuse to buy a bunch more radio equipment. If you are looking for as many as three new expensive hobbies, this is the episode for you.
Links:
Arko’s Project Site – http://www.arkorobotics.com/
Github – https://github.com/arkorobotics/
Arko @ UKHAS 2013 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ybIkH_u4as
UKHAS HabHub – http://habhub.org/
NullSpace – https://032.la/
LayerOne Demoscene Board – http://l1demo.org/wiki/start
Northern Dragons (demo group) – http://northerndragons.ca/
BBC MicroBot – https://twitter.com/bbcmicrobot
Summits on the Air – https://www.sota.org.uk/
Be a guest on the show! We want your hacker rants! Give us a call on the Hacker Helpline: PSTN 206-486-NARC (6272) and leave a message, or send an audio email to podcast@symbolcrash.com.
Original music produced by Symbol Crash. Warning: Some explicit language and adult themes.
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