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Mars, System Design & NAND - Mercurial Mars Mission

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  • Dave has lost a bunch of footage because of camera problems.
  • They're looking for volunteers to live (and die) on Mars. What kind of electronics would you bring?
  • Dave has been reading, "The Case for Mars" by Robert Zubrin
  • System design is important. Could they design with enough interchangeable parts to avoid the square air filter in the circular air filter hole problem like on Apollo 13?
    • When big projects are on the line, different groups hear different things and have different prorities, like on this tree swing.
    • A new part from Microchip called the BodyCom allows you to use your body as the communication medium.
    • The NAND computer looks complex! Is it worth it for you to build one too?
    • The lightning detector breakout module from Tautic.
    • Perhaps the needed new DfX item will be DfS? Design for Sharing!
    • Chris has been troubleshooting SPI recently and fighting with the different modes.
    • A new site called CircuitLava hopes to be a marketplace for designs? Sign up to be an early contributor.
    • If you're making boards at home, you can check out the new $2K PickNPlace called Board Forge, powered by a Raspberry Pi.
    • Ian from Dangerous Prototypes has a different PnP he picked up in China.
      • Bunnie Huang released his book, "Hacking The Xbox" for free in honor of Aaron Schwarz.
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        Thanks to TJ Blackwell for the CC Mars Mashup picture...awesome!
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