# Ep 353: Fantastic Peripherals, Fake or Not Fake Picos, and Everything on the Steam Deck

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Podcast: [Hackaday Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast-679153)
Published: 2026-01-16T16:19:00+00:00
Episode link: https://hackaday.com/2026/01/16/hackaday-podcast-episode-353-fantastic-peripherals-fake-or-not-fake-picos-and-everything-on-the-steam-deck/
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Duration seconds: 4130

## Resource

Join Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi as they swap their favorite hacks and stories from the week. In this episode, they'll start off by marveling over the evolution of the "smart knob" and other open hardware input devices, then discuss a futuristic propulsion technology you can demo in your own kitchen sink, and a cheap handheld game system that get's a new lease on life thanks to the latest version of the ESP32 microcontroller. From there they'll cover spinning CRTs, creating custom GUIs on Android, and yet another thing you can build of out that old Ender 3 collecting dust in the basement. The episode wraps up with a discussion about putting Valve's Steam Deck to work and a look at the history-making medical evacuation of the International Space Station. Check out the links over on Hackaday if you want to follow along, and as always, tell us what you think about this episode in the comments!

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