{"podcast":{"title":"Hackaday Podcast","slug":"hackaday-podcast-679153","podcast_index_feed_id":679153,"rss_url":"https://hackaday.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://hackaday.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/9/7/b/497b2a653a4a1b1a/avatars-000550623855-ybfkqd-original.jpg","author":"Hackaday","episode_count":382,"summary":"Hackaday Editors take a look at all of the interesting uses of technology that pop up on the internet each week. Topics cover a wide range like bending consumer electronics to your will, designing circuit boards, building robots, writing software, 3D printing interesting objects, and using machine tools. Get your fix of geeky goodness from new episodes every Friday morning.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast-679153"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 353: Fantastic Peripherals, Fake or Not Fake Picos, and Everything on the Steam Deck","slug":"ep-353-fantastic-peripherals-fake-or-not-fake-picos-and-everything-on-the-steam-deck","published_at":"2026-01-16T16:19:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast-679153/ep-353-fantastic-peripherals-fake-or-not-fake-picos-and-everything-on-the-steam-deck","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast-679153","url":"https://hackaday.com/2026/01/16/hackaday-podcast-episode-353-fantastic-peripherals-fake-or-not-fake-picos-and-everything-on-the-steam-deck/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/hackaday/Hackaday_Podcast-Ep353_for_real.mp3?dest-id=2437685","summary":"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!","meta_description":"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 mar…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4130,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hackaday-podcast-679153/episodes/ep-353-fantastic-peripherals-fake-or-not-fake-picos-and-everything-on-the-steam-deck/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast-679153/ep-353-fantastic-peripherals-fake-or-not-fake-picos-and-everything-on-the-steam-deck.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}