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Chris and Dave discuss a current kickstarter project that laments engineers, hacking Teslas, early failures and more.
#211- Design Reviews Are Important – Habitual Hype Hebetude
#210 – Risky Components and Hardware Innovation – Slipshod Shack Shutdown
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The biggest job of an engineer is to reduce risk in a product or project. This week we discuss risky companies, new topologies, unorthodox printers and how hardware is changing.
#209 – Headless Units and Baseless Batteries – KiCad Kickoff Kopophobia
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Chris releases videos to the public domain for KiCad. Dave calculates the ridiculousness behind another round of crowdfunding campaigns.
#208 – An Interview With Nadya Peek – Gallant Gcode Gerontology
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Nadya Peek tells all about modular, reconfigurable machines that can be configured into a wide variety of CNC tools. We discuss the mechanical, electrical and software components of the systems as well as the thought behind it.
#207 – B Plus Boards and D Minus Cities – Uneath Urban Ubication
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Chris returns from Detroit. Dave hunts through old magazines for “new” tech. Discussions about the role of easy money in the hardware space ensue.
#206 – An Interview with Martin Lorton – Variegated Video Vagility
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Martin Lorton stops by Chris’s basement to talk to Chris and Dave about test equipment, solar, video blogging and the importance of community when trying to make it on your own.
#205 – Solar Factories and HVDC Lines – Pollent Power Pushing
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We discuss the role of solar power in the grid and the rise of HVDC transmission. Also Chris reveals his former workplace, we talk 1970s CAD and Dave revisits solar roadways.
#204 – An Interview with Noah Feehan – Biloquistic Blinking Blush
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Noah Feehan of the NYTimes R&D Lab talks about his experience researching new ways to receive information from our technology and how that will change us all.
#203 – Tesla, Checklists and Bullies – Emerging External Eupsychics
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Dave and Chris pontificate on the needs of online electronics education, how awesome Tesla is and how not to get consumers on your side (by prosecuting open source projects)
#202 – An Interview With Brandon Harris – Impish Internet Iamatology
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Brandon Harris stops by The Amp Hour to talk connected devices, battery life, SD card form factors and how to connect to the internet before gravity gets you down.