The Amp Hour

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  • Thanks to PStevenson for including us in his YouTube tribute song!
  • DigiKey ended up sending me a classical music CD as part of my (jesting) Digi-Wish:
  • Dave often has to deal with filling out an export form when ordering from DigiKey or other vendors.
  • He's ordering parts for his new power supply kit, which should be out in a few more weeks.
  • Chris thinks future designs won't need to design in LCDs because they can pipe data to low cost, standardized tablets. Dave disagrees.
  • Dave is in the middle of building benches for his new lab/office.
  • Dave having issues with a "short circuit" on a single plane of copper, according to ITead Studios(?).
  • There is a Mini Maker Faire coming to Melbourne, the first in Australia.
  • And if you're interested in all things Maker related, there is now a dedicated blog on Forbes.com about Makers.
  • If you're into 3D printing, there is a cheap one available as part of a Kickstarter project, the 2nd most funded project ever (thanks to @clothbot for the link).
  • The first most funded project to date was the TikTok Watch Band, which Dave used as a model when he designed his next-gen calculator watch.
  • Chris met a fellow alumni at a recent event who told him about the often-referenced Booz Allen study about money in R&D. Especially how this data gets misused as a reason/excuse to cut funding when this is a narrow-minded view of the data presented.
  • Listener Adam Ward wrote in about a recent Hackaday article that focused on a rip-off product.
  • If you're thinking about moving production to China, keep the air-pollution in mind; it could affect the long term viability of your product.
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    The Amp HourBy The Amp Hour (Chris Gammell and David L Jones)
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