{"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 363: The History of PLA, Laser DIY PCBs, and Corporate Craziness","slug":"ep-363-the-history-of-pla-laser-diy-pcbs-and-corporate-craziness","published_at":"2026-03-27T17:57:21+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast-679153/ep-363-the-history-of-pla-laser-diy-pcbs-and-corporate-craziness","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast-679153","url":"https://hackaday.com/2026/03/27/hackaday-podcast-episode-363-the-history-of-pla-laser-diy-pcbs-and-corporate-craziness/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/hackaday/Hackaday_Podcast-Ep363.mp3?dest-id=2437685","summary":"What did Elliot Williams and Al Williams read on Hackaday last week? Tune in and find out. After a bit of news, [Vik Oliver] chimes in with some deep PLA knowledge. Then the topic changed to pressure advance measurements, SDRs, making super-resolution PCBs with a fiber laser, and more. Want to 3D print wire strippers? A robot arm? Or just make your own Z-80? Those hacks are in there, too. For the long articles, we talked about old tech, including the :CueCat and the Iomega Zip Drive. Let us know if you had either one in the comments. What do you think? Leave us a comment or record something and send it to our mailbag .","meta_description":"What did Elliot Williams and Al Williams read on Hackaday last week? Tune in and find out. After a bit of news, [Vik Oliver] chimes in with some deep PLA…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4204,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hackaday-podcast-679153/episodes/ep-363-the-history-of-pla-laser-diy-pcbs-and-corporate-craziness/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-363-the-history-of-pla-laser-diy-pcbs-and-corporate-craziness.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}