Circuit Break - A MacroFab Podcast

MEP EP#175: Are Projects Really Useless?

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Are Projects Really Useless?

MacroFab Design Contest: Useless Machine Sponsored by Mouser Electronics

  • Four cash prizes!
    • First Place: $1000
    • Second Place: $500
    • Third Place: $250
    • MacroFab Podcast Favorite: $1000 and a Useless Trophy
    • Contest runs 8 AM CST June 1st, 2019 through 8 AM CST August 10, 2019
    • How to Enter your Useless Project
      • Build an electronic project that is useless
      • Document it as a new project on Hackaday.io
        • Tag it with “MacroFab Design Contest: Useless Machine”
      • More rules and information on the blog

        • R.F.O.

        • Arm gives up control of IP to China
          • Softbank, sold the 51% share of Arm China to the Chinese
            • Major Google Services Outage
              • Nest was down. No A/C and Doors couldn’t be unlocked
              • Services rendered YouTube, Gmail, and Snapchat
              • Google Cloud on the backend
                • Squirrels and Security — It’s a Thing!
                  • They’re cute, they’re fuzzy, and they pose a major threat to our cyber-infrastructure.
                  • “Frankly, the No. 1 threat experienced to date by the U.S. electrical grid is squirrels”
                  • This map lists all unclassified Cyber Squirrel Operations that have been released to the public that we have been able to confirm.

                    • Visit our Public Slack Channel and join the conversation in between episodes!

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