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#512 – Design For Longevity

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Dave and Chris talk about troubleshooting electronics from afar, solar charging, car charging, bus charging and the charge of educational institutions around the world.

#487 – An Interview with Kerry Scharfglass

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This week Kerry Scharfglass (@borgel) joins Chris to talk about designing consumer electronics and how things change as you move towards smaller companies. Also #Badgelife, war games with hardware, KiCad, creating solar infrastructure and more!

#443 – An Interview with JP Norair

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JP Norair joins Chris to talk about setting up networks using LoRa transceivers and his work on the DASH7 standard. Also making antennas, consulting for startups and how solar storage might be moving to your roof.

#433 – An Interview with Sam Stranks

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Sam Stranks is a researcher, professor, and entrepreneur focused on making Perovskites into a commercially viable solar cell. The efficiency has been climbing at a rapid pace over the past 10 years. He joins Chris to talk about how Perovskites could lead to more prevalent (and printed!) solar cells.

#415 – Ergs Per Second

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Chris and Dave catch up about conference talks, designing PCBs into cases, thin PCB design and solar panels fading into the background.

#310 – Mergers and Acquiescence

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Chris and Dave talk about the tumultuous consolidation of the chip industry. Also books, innovation, solar, knees and more!

#309 – An Interview with Stefan Dzisiewski-Smith

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Stefan stops by to talk with Chris about High Voltage power supplies, conductive paint sensors, field testing solar chargers and working on HUGE art installations.

#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.

#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.

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