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#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.

#201 – Cheap Respins And A Time Machine – Multiscience Mercenary Marketplace

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This week we talk about the variety of work marketplaces springing up for electronics designers. Also SpaceX, satellites, bad footprints, troubleshooting and more!

#200 – SolidCon and Traveling Tech – Joined Junk Jocularity

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SolidCon provided interesting information about the state of hardware and the Internet of Things. We also discussed the Portalab’s maiden journey, amateur NASA missions, switching solder and more!

#199 – The 2014 Maker Faire Show – Traveling Technology Trangam

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Chris discusses Maker Faire 2014 and Dave continues to update his lab to allow for live HD streaming. Also fancy scopes, robots, travelling equipment and more!

#198 – Mike Ossmann Returns! – Planetic Portalab Packaging

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Mike Ossmann returns to discuss the Daisho project, starting open source project, upcoming conventions, USB 3.0, FPGAs, GitHub and more!

The Amp Hour Now Has An…App?

Yup, that’s right. And it was Dave’s idea! We have been using LibSyn for a while now and really really love the service they give us. They are our CDN, which means the shows are downloadable reliably and with relatively high speed almost immediately after they get posted. They also offer a service that hosts […]

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