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    <title>Dave &amp; Gunnar Show - Episodes Tagged with “Microcontrollers”</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2025 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>David Egts and Gunnar Hellekson discuss privacy, security, robots, and internet ephemera.
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    <itunes:author>David Egts &amp; Gunnar Hellekson</itunes:author>
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  <title>Episode 269: Knowingly Violating Laws and Product Warranties</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>This week Dave and Gunnar talk about cockroaches with backpacks, hydrogels with Pong, and hackers with digital license plates!</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>29:47</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;This week &lt;a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Dave&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Gunnar&lt;/a&gt; talk about cockroaches with backpacks, hydrogels with Pong, and hackers with digital license plates!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://paperlike.com/products/paperlike-for-ipad?srsltid=AfmBOoooevn7RZDUrPzKuw-ygeeWFUKtaliQwDsODZP8X-v6qPUoPXn9" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Paperlike Screen Protector&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.techspot.com/news/105987-cyborg-cockroach-armies-can-now-mass-produced-rate.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Cyborg cockroach armies can now be mass-produced at a rate of one every 68 seconds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/08/hydrogels-can-learn-to-play-pong/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Hydrogels can learn to play Pong&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavarand" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Lavarand&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.wired.com/story/digital-license-plate-jailbreak-hack/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.wired.com/story/null-license-plate-landed-one-hacker-ticket-hell/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;How a 'NULL' License Plate Landed One Hacker in Ticket Hell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;XKCD &lt;a href="https://xkcd.com/327/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Exploits of a Mom&lt;/a&gt; with Little Johnny Tables&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/grandmother-gets-hundreds-of-false-tickets-due-to-star-trek-vanity-plates/ar-AA1w78mB" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Grandmother gets hundreds of false tickets due to Star Trek vanity plates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/Celebrity-Machines-Heroes-Stamped-License/dp/B088GJ651Y" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;$14 on Amazon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cutting Room Floor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.thetakeout.com/1758741/progresso-chicken-noodle-soup-drops-review/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;I'd Rather Be Sick Than Eat Progresso Soup Drops Ever Again&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/running-doom-on-an-apple-lightning-to-hdmi-adapter/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Running Doom On An Apple Lightning To HDMI Adapter&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>This week <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave" rel="nofollow">Dave</a> and <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar" rel="nofollow">Gunnar</a> talk about cockroaches with backpacks, hydrogels with Pong, and hackers with digital license plates!</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://paperlike.com/products/paperlike-for-ipad?srsltid=AfmBOoooevn7RZDUrPzKuw-ygeeWFUKtaliQwDsODZP8X-v6qPUoPXn9" rel="nofollow">Paperlike Screen Protector</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://www.techspot.com/news/105987-cyborg-cockroach-armies-can-now-mass-produced-rate.html" rel="nofollow">Cyborg cockroach armies can now be mass-produced at a rate of one every 68 seconds</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/08/hydrogels-can-learn-to-play-pong/" rel="nofollow">Hydrogels can learn to play Pong</a><br>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavarand" rel="nofollow">Lavarand</a><br></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/digital-license-plate-jailbreak-hack/" rel="nofollow">Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets</a><br>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/null-license-plate-landed-one-hacker-ticket-hell/" rel="nofollow">How a &#39;NULL&#39; License Plate Landed One Hacker in Ticket Hell</a><br></li>
<li>XKCD <a href="https://xkcd.com/327/" rel="nofollow">Exploits of a Mom</a> with Little Johnny Tables<br></li>
<li><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/grandmother-gets-hundreds-of-false-tickets-due-to-star-trek-vanity-plates/ar-AA1w78mB" rel="nofollow">Grandmother gets hundreds of false tickets due to Star Trek vanity plates</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Celebrity-Machines-Heroes-Stamped-License/dp/B088GJ651Y" rel="nofollow">$14 on Amazon</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Cutting Room Floor</strong></p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.thetakeout.com/1758741/progresso-chicken-noodle-soup-drops-review/" rel="nofollow">I&#39;d Rather Be Sick Than Eat Progresso Soup Drops Ever Again</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/running-doom-on-an-apple-lightning-to-hdmi-adapter/" rel="nofollow">Running Doom On An Apple Lightning To HDMI Adapter</a></li>
</ul>]]>
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  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>This week <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave" rel="nofollow">Dave</a> and <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar" rel="nofollow">Gunnar</a> talk about cockroaches with backpacks, hydrogels with Pong, and hackers with digital license plates!</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://paperlike.com/products/paperlike-for-ipad?srsltid=AfmBOoooevn7RZDUrPzKuw-ygeeWFUKtaliQwDsODZP8X-v6qPUoPXn9" rel="nofollow">Paperlike Screen Protector</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://www.techspot.com/news/105987-cyborg-cockroach-armies-can-now-mass-produced-rate.html" rel="nofollow">Cyborg cockroach armies can now be mass-produced at a rate of one every 68 seconds</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/08/hydrogels-can-learn-to-play-pong/" rel="nofollow">Hydrogels can learn to play Pong</a><br>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavarand" rel="nofollow">Lavarand</a><br></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/digital-license-plate-jailbreak-hack/" rel="nofollow">Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets</a><br>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/null-license-plate-landed-one-hacker-ticket-hell/" rel="nofollow">How a &#39;NULL&#39; License Plate Landed One Hacker in Ticket Hell</a><br></li>
<li>XKCD <a href="https://xkcd.com/327/" rel="nofollow">Exploits of a Mom</a> with Little Johnny Tables<br></li>
<li><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/grandmother-gets-hundreds-of-false-tickets-due-to-star-trek-vanity-plates/ar-AA1w78mB" rel="nofollow">Grandmother gets hundreds of false tickets due to Star Trek vanity plates</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Celebrity-Machines-Heroes-Stamped-License/dp/B088GJ651Y" rel="nofollow">$14 on Amazon</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Cutting Room Floor</strong></p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.thetakeout.com/1758741/progresso-chicken-noodle-soup-drops-review/" rel="nofollow">I&#39;d Rather Be Sick Than Eat Progresso Soup Drops Ever Again</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/running-doom-on-an-apple-lightning-to-hdmi-adapter/" rel="nofollow">Running Doom On An Apple Lightning To HDMI Adapter</a></li>
</ul>]]>
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  <title>Episode 232: CRIME SKELETON!</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
  <author>David Egts &amp; Gunnar Hellekson</author>
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  <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
  <itunes:author>David Egts &amp; Gunnar Hellekson</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>This week Dave and Gunnar talk about fish, rats, cockroaches, and screaming</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>27:25</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;This week &lt;a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Dave&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Gunnar&lt;/a&gt; talk about fish, rats, cockroaches, and screaming&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getdrafts.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Drafts&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166432821005994" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;From fish out of water to new insights on navigation mechanisms in animals&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;See also: &lt;a href="https://dgshow.org/43" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;D&amp;amp;G 43&lt;/a&gt; -- &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbNmL6hSNKw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Goldfish driving a robot car&lt;/a&gt; -- Feb 2014!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://medium.com/mindsoft/rats-in-doom-eb6c52c73aca" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Rats in Doom VR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.hackster.io/news/remote-control-cockroach-a85203533b4e" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Remote Control Cockroach&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.digitaltrends.com/features/scream-scanning-search-and-rescue-drone/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Ingenious new search and rescue drone finds people by listening for screams&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7H5kFGEyUw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;I, Libertine&lt;/a&gt; by Frederick R. Ewing

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Shepherd" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Jean Shepherd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://nonfungibleolivegardens.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Non-Fungible Olive Gardens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cutting Room Floor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://busysimulator.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Busy Simulator&lt;/a&gt;: Feign importance with repeating app sounds!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/bloodberry_tart/status/1485651513456398345" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;CRIME SKELETON&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We Give Thanks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The D&amp;amp;G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
</description>
  <itunes:keywords>Drafts, fish, FOV, Fish Operated Vehicle, rats, DOOM, VR, cockroaches, remote control, microcontrollers, search and rescue, rescue, screaming, UAVs, robots, I Libertine, Jean Shepherd, Olive Garden, Non-Fungible Olive Gardens, Busy Simulator, CRIME SKELETON, skeletons</itunes:keywords>
  <content:encoded>
    <![CDATA[<p>This week <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave" rel="nofollow">Dave</a> and <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar" rel="nofollow">Gunnar</a> talk about fish, rats, cockroaches, and screaming</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://getdrafts.com/" rel="nofollow">Drafts</a>!</li>
<li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166432821005994" rel="nofollow">From fish out of water to new insights on navigation mechanisms in animals</a>

<ul>
<li>See also: <a href="https://dgshow.org/43" rel="nofollow">D&amp;G 43</a> -- <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbNmL6hSNKw" rel="nofollow">Goldfish driving a robot car</a> -- Feb 2014!</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://medium.com/mindsoft/rats-in-doom-eb6c52c73aca" rel="nofollow">Rats in Doom VR</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.hackster.io/news/remote-control-cockroach-a85203533b4e" rel="nofollow">Remote Control Cockroach</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.digitaltrends.com/features/scream-scanning-search-and-rescue-drone/" rel="nofollow">Ingenious new search and rescue drone finds people by listening for screams</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7H5kFGEyUw" rel="nofollow">I, Libertine</a> by Frederick R. Ewing

<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Shepherd" rel="nofollow">Jean Shepherd</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://nonfungibleolivegardens.com/" rel="nofollow">Non-Fungible Olive Gardens</a></li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Cutting Room Floor</strong></p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://busysimulator.com/" rel="nofollow">Busy Simulator</a>: Feign importance with repeating app sounds!</li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/bloodberry_tart/status/1485651513456398345" rel="nofollow">CRIME SKELETON</a>!</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>We Give Thanks</strong></p>

<ul>
<li>The D&amp;G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!</li>
</ul>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>This week <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave" rel="nofollow">Dave</a> and <a href="https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar" rel="nofollow">Gunnar</a> talk about fish, rats, cockroaches, and screaming</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://getdrafts.com/" rel="nofollow">Drafts</a>!</li>
<li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166432821005994" rel="nofollow">From fish out of water to new insights on navigation mechanisms in animals</a>

<ul>
<li>See also: <a href="https://dgshow.org/43" rel="nofollow">D&amp;G 43</a> -- <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbNmL6hSNKw" rel="nofollow">Goldfish driving a robot car</a> -- Feb 2014!</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://medium.com/mindsoft/rats-in-doom-eb6c52c73aca" rel="nofollow">Rats in Doom VR</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.hackster.io/news/remote-control-cockroach-a85203533b4e" rel="nofollow">Remote Control Cockroach</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.digitaltrends.com/features/scream-scanning-search-and-rescue-drone/" rel="nofollow">Ingenious new search and rescue drone finds people by listening for screams</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7H5kFGEyUw" rel="nofollow">I, Libertine</a> by Frederick R. Ewing

<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Shepherd" rel="nofollow">Jean Shepherd</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://nonfungibleolivegardens.com/" rel="nofollow">Non-Fungible Olive Gardens</a></li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Cutting Room Floor</strong></p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://busysimulator.com/" rel="nofollow">Busy Simulator</a>: Feign importance with repeating app sounds!</li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/bloodberry_tart/status/1485651513456398345" rel="nofollow">CRIME SKELETON</a>!</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>We Give Thanks</strong></p>

<ul>
<li>The D&amp;G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!</li>
</ul>]]>
  </itunes:summary>
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