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#255 – Inspirations and Aspirations – Recanting Rocket Rationale
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Our 255th show! Chris recently returned from tours of space companies. Dave is working with manufacturing to get his new device made.
#254 – An Interview with Andreas Olofsson – Adapteva’s Ampliative Abacus
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Andreas Olofsson joins us to talk about massively parallel computing using a $99 development platform. We talk FPGAs, processor offloading, kickstarter, getting started, shuttle runs in fabs and more!
#253 – Consolidate All The Things – Zonked Zelotic Zaitech
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Chris and Dave discuss the mergers and acquisitions of the electronics industry and how it affects users. Also batteries, wifi power, SpaceX and low cost electronics.
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#252 – An Interview with Eric Bogatin – Tilded Thumb Tenets
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Signal integrity expert Eric Bogatin stops by the show to talk about rules of thumb for making electronics, especially with regard to high speed, wide bandwidth signals.
#251 – Shifting Away From DIY – Pedetentious PnP Progress
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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.
#250 – An Interview with Vic Aprea – Federated Firmware Functionalism
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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.
#249 – Wearables Might Have Limited Fashion Options – Lachrymogenic Lane Language
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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.
#248 – An interview with Greg and Tim of Backyard Brains – Boethetic Bug Brainwaves
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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.