Electronics, Radio's and Things

The Raspberry Pi Foundation have released a new hat for your PI. This time in the form of a TV receiver.

Good to be back in the studio after being on the mobile studio for a couple of weeks.

I am pleased with how the mobile studio performed though.

I'm heading down to Maker Faire Wellington on the 4th November 2018, I'm hoping it'll be ok to wander around with a portable recorder and microphone to talk to some exhibitors for the podcast.

Going to be setting up a work bench in the studio for some electronics prototyping so stay tuned for some cool stuff to come to the site.

Today's Topics

Inexpensive Robot Skull Sees, Talks, IdentifiesNew Lithium Battery Will Suck up CO2 to Power ItselfAnother NASA space telescope shuts down in orbitRetro Arcade ClockDo this to increase your SSD's lifespan!Stephen Hawking’s final paper about black holes is now onlineDuckDuckGo hits 30M daily searches as more people flock toward privacyMaker Faire WellingtonGoogle Will Charge Android Phone Makers to Use Its Apps In EuropeThree years of record wafer shipments expected, says SEMIBlimpduino 2

After working through 21 episodes, I figure to make this podcast a little more niche I'd move it towards the electronics and maker side of tech. With some interesting general tech news thrown in the mix.

Justice figures are showing a surge in Harmful Digital Communications charges, PB Tech find over it's extended warranties...

Combine a micro-controller and some servos or stepper motors with a Rubik's Cube add some code and you too can have a self solving cube.

Netsafe said "the law is not clear about how to treat Harmful Digital Communications Act complaints as they apply to media, and there is limited case law from which to form our advice.

Privacy International Report on New Zealand expresses concern over Five Eyes membership, Facebook sues Blackberry. Google killing WWW, Chrome

I'm in the middle of setting up in my new studio location. Still a lot of work to do but looking forward to the final result once it's all complete.