Photon Rich, Cash Poor

Oct 14, 2016 · 1 hr 20 min · Episode 319 · 77.4 MB

0:00-1:20:40

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Dave has been testing U1272A's again after learning about a possible EMC issue. Dave had previously tested Fluke 87s with GSM.
A new open source radio project (FaradayRF) has Chris wondering if there are possible.
Dave is back to working on his Supercomputer idea (with BOINC).
A new board might use a Microchip SPI -> Ethernet part, the ENC28J60
NextThingCo (makers of the CHiP) announced the ChipPro and the GR8 SOM.
They include a non-NDA datasheet for the AllWinner R8.
Chris got to see the Chipsetter up close and personal at MFNY.
The Open Hardware Summit went ok! Interesting discussions about the new license.
The "Got Milk" campaign was used as PR for drinking more milk
Taking 11 hours to get a Wifi kettle working
Chris and Dave may start licensing "DC-Ether™" for products.
Randall from XKCD discusses design decisions
Solar roadways installs are a disaster
You can watch MegaBots discuss their design decisions.
3D Robotics seems to be in trouble. It seems like they are pivoting to a "software only" model. We had Chris Anderson on the show back in 2012. Contrast this with bootstrapping a business like MailChimp.
The reddit thread about SpaceX was actually about "why" we're trying to colonize mars, not the space race between boeing and them, but is interesting nonetheless.
Dave has been watching an LHC documentary. It has not destroyed the world (yet), keep an eye on that here.

Thanks to acidpix for the image of the solar panels