A weekly show about the trends in the electronic industry.
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Chris recaps a visit to Maker Faire and the variety of robots seen, both pro and DIY. Dave talks about automation with new CAD software and the value of getting started in electronics.
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Vic Aprea of WickedDevice.com talks about weather balloons, federated firmware programming, building distributed air quality sensors and doing it all from manufacturing up through high level web software.
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This week Dave and Chris talk about failing hardware startups, building hardware overnight, the future of wearables, distributed computing, solar efficiencies and (even more!) consolidation in the industry.
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Greg Gage and Tim Marzullo of Backyard Brains talk about using low cost electronics to read the electrical signals of the body and using them to control other things.
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Voja Antonic, the inventor of the the Galaksija 8-bit computer, talks about working on electronics in Yugoslavia (now Serbia) in the 80s and his continuing passion for creating electronics.
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Chris and Dave discuss the rise of robots and automation, new quadcopter technology, the Star Wars trailer and the associated robot and the intellectual property of tractors.
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Akiba from FreakLabs discusses wireless networks, dealing with standards, equipping labs with manufacturing equipment and creating a community haven for technology in the Japanese countryside.
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Feeling down about the electronics industry is a symptom of not having a direct product goal. Dave is making one, Chris is trying to find his. Startups keep proposing silly ones.
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Chris Church and Parker Dillmann of Macrofab talk to us about the future of software enabled contract manufacturing. They focus on low quantity and quick turn production of your next project!
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More discussion about test equipment on the road, how to create 3D models and some talk about what happens when an open source hardware project goes awry.
