Adam Wolf <a href="https://twitter.com/adamwwolf">(@adamwwolf)</a> of Wayne and Layne <a href="https://www.wayneandlayne.com/">(www.wayneandlayne.com)</a> spoke with us about making kits, museum exhibit engineering, working on KiCad, and extraterrestrial art philosophy.Adam has a personal blog on <a href="https://www.feelslikeburning.com/blog/">www.feelslikeburning.com/blog/</a> as well as a website <a href="https://adamwolf.org/">adamwolf.org</a>. Adam co-wrote <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Make-extending-MINDSTORMS-open-source-electronics/dp/1449321062">Make: Lego and Arduino Projects</a>If you want to know how to contribute to KiCad libraries, check out their instruction page: <a href="https://kicad-pcb.org/libraries/contribute/">kicad-pcb.org/libraries/contribute/</a>We also mentioned:<a href="https://www.evilmadscientist.com/2011/improving-open-source-hardware-visual-diffs/">Evil Mad Scientist’s Guide to Improving Open Source Hardware Visual Diffs</a><a href="https://github.com/obra/kicad-tools">KiCad Automation Tools</a>: tools to autogenerate KiCad artifacts when committing to git<a href="https://kivy.org/#home">Kivy</a>: open source Python library for making displays<a href="https://github.com/JSchaenzle/cedux">Cedux</a>: application frameworkOKGo <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWGJA9i18Co">Upside Down and Inside Out video</a> and <a href="https://okgosandbox.org/art-in-space/">Art in Space project</a>

Adam Wolf (@adamwwolf) of Wayne and Layne (www.wayneandlayne.com) spoke with us about making kits, museum exhibit engineering, working on KiCad, and extraterrestrial art philosophy.Adam has a personal blog on www.feelslikeburning.com/blog/ as well as a website adamwolf.org. Adam co-wrote Make: Lego and Arduino ProjectsIf you want to know how to contribute to KiCad libraries, check out their instruction page: kicad-pcb.org/libraries/contribute/We also mentioned:Evil Mad Scientist’s Guide to Improving Open Source Hardware Visual DiffsKiCad Automation Tools: tools to autogenerate KiCad artifacts when committing to gitKivy: open source Python library for making displaysCedux: application frameworkOKGo Upside Down and Inside Out video and Art in Space project

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324: I’ll Let You Name Your Baby

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayanna_Howard" target="_blank">Professor Ayanna Howard</a> of <a href="http://howard.ece.gatech.edu/" target="_blank">Georgia Tech</a> joins us to talk about robotics including how androids interact with humans. Some of her favorite robot include the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARwIn-OP" target="_blank">Darwin</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nao_(robot)" target="_blank">Nao</a>, and, for home-hacking, the <a href="http://amzn.to/2uKgC2s" target="_blank">Darwin Mini</a>.Ayanna has a profile on <a href="https://www.engineergirl.org/2974.aspx" target="_blank">EngineerGirl.org</a>, a site that lets young women ask questions of women in the engineering profession.Elecia has been working on a typing robot named Ty, documented on the <a href="http://embedded.fm/search?q=Ty" target="_blank">Embedded.fm blog</a>. It uses a <a href="https://store.hackaday.com/products/mearm-pocket-sized-robot-arm" target="_blank">MeArm, on sale in July 2017 at Hackaday.com</a>, with coupon noted in show. (don't use PayPal to check out or you can't apply the coupon).Other robots for trying out robots: <a href="http://amzn.to/2sMKzh7" target="_blank">Lego Mindstorms</a> (lots of <a href="http://amzn.to/2tR3Q66" target="_blank">books</a>, <a href="http://amzn.to/2tQT4wy" target="_blank">project ideas</a>, and <a href="https://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/build-a-robot" target="_blank">incredible online tutorials</a>!), <a href="http://amzn.to/2tJ1p54" target="_blank">Cozmobo</a>t, <a href="http://amzn.to/2tR10hh" target="_blank">Dash and Dot</a>. Some robotics competition leagues include <a href="https://www.vexrobotics.com/" target="_blank">Vex</a>, <a href="http://www.botball.org/" target="_blank">Botball</a>, and <a href="https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc" target="_blank">FIRST</a>.

Professor Ayanna Howard of Georgia Tech joins us to talk about robotics including how androids interact with humans. Some of her favorite robot include the Darwin, the Nao, and, for home-hacking, the Darwin Mini.Ayanna has a profile on EngineerGirl.org, a site that lets young women ask questions of women in the engineering profession.Elecia has been working on a typing robot named Ty, documented on the Embedded.fm blog. It uses a MeArm, on sale in July 2017 at Hackaday.com, with coupon noted in show. (don't use PayPal to check out or you can't apply the coupon).Other robots for trying out robots: Lego Mindstorms (lots of books, project ideas, and incredible online tutorials!), Cozmobot, Dash and Dot. Some robotics competition leagues include Vex, Botball, and FIRST.

207: I Love My Robot Monkey Head (Repeat)

Carmen Parisi spoke with us about changing jobs from a semiconductor specialist at TI to an electrical engineering generalist at Wasatch Photonics.Carmen was previously on <a href="https://embedded.fm/episodes/216">Embedded 216: Bavarian Folk Metal</a> and formerly was the host of <a href="http://theengineeringcommons.com/">The Engineering Commons</a> podcastCarmen works at <a href="https://wasatchphotonics.com/">Wasatch Photonics</a> making <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raman_spectroscopy">Ramen Spectrometers</a>.<a href="https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/Spudger/IF145-002?o=4">Spudger</a>

Carmen Parisi spoke with us about changing jobs from a semiconductor specialist at TI to an electrical engineering generalist at Wasatch Photonics.Carmen was previously on Embedded 216: Bavarian Folk Metal and formerly was the host of The Engineering Commons podcastCarmen works at Wasatch Photonics making Ramen Spectrometers.Spudger

323: Snail Appnote

Ramiro Montes De Oca spoke with us about modular electronics, chiplets, and his company aThing.io<a href="https://athing.io/">athing.io</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-chip_module">Chiplets</a>Project Tinkertoy <a href="https://vimeo.com/292794650">(movie)</a> is a 1953 US Navy project on automated manufacturing of modular electronics.Ramiro mentioned his accelerator: <a href="http://learning.cofounderslab.com/accelerator/">CoFoundersLab Accelerator</a>

Ramiro Montes De Oca spoke with us about modular electronics, chiplets, and his company aThing.ioathing.ioChipletsProject Tinkertoy (movie) is a 1953 US Navy project on automated manufacturing of modular electronics.Ramiro mentioned his accelerator: CoFoundersLab Accelerator

322: Learn Assembly Code

Jason Derleth of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program spoke with us about what it takes to win a NIAC award.<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/index.html">NIAC program homepage</a><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/NIAC_funded_studies.html">Some of the accepted NIAC studies</a><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/key_dates">Key dates</a>: Note: Solicitations open in June 2020!<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/content/apply-to-niac">Apply to NIAC</a><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/how-to-guide/maxs-nspires-helpful-hints/">A guide for NSPIRES, the payment system</a>We first heard about NIAC talking to Ariel Waldman. Her <a href="http://niacfellows.org/">niacfellows.org</a> site has some advice and encouragement for applying. Ariel was on <a href="https://embedded.fm/episodes/255">Episode 255 </a>of the show.Elecia’s one-page overview of <a href="/s/20191219_CurvedCreaseOrigami_Overview_EleciaWhite.pdf">Curved-Crease Origami and Flex Circuitry for In-situ Planetary Science Sensor Arrays</a>.

Jason Derleth of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program spoke with us about what it takes to win a NIAC award.NIAC program homepageSome of the accepted NIAC studiesKey dates: Note: Solicitations open in June 2020!Apply to NIACA guide for NSPIRES, the payment systemWe first heard about NIAC talking to Ariel Waldman. Her niacfellows.org site has some advice and encouragement for applying. Ariel was on Episode 255 of the show.Elecia’s one-page overview of Curved-Crease Origami and Flex Circuitry for In-situ Planetary Science Sensor Arrays.

321: The Edge of Science Fiction

Chris Gammell <a href="https://twitter.com/Chris_Gammell">(@Chris_Gammell)</a> of The Amp Hour and Contextual Electronics joined Christopher and Elecia to talk about firmware, learning, and books.Chris is the host of <a href="https://theamphour.com/">The Amp Hour</a>, a podcast about electronics and electrical engineering. Chris is also the founder of <a href="https://contextualelectronics.com/">Contextual Electronics</a>, where you can go to learn how to create electronics. Chris has a long running blog called Analog Life, found on his webpage <a href="https://chrisgammell.com/">chrisgammell.com</a>,Chris is learning firmware as part of his consulting business. He likes Elecia’s <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Making-Embedded-Systems-Patterns-Software-dp-1449302149/dp/1449302149/">Making Embedded Systems</a> book.KiCon is happening at CERN in September 2020. More information at <a href="https://2020.kicad-kicon.com/">2020.kicad-kicon.com</a>.We talked about Jay Carlson who was on Embedded talking about his <a href="https://embedded.fm/episodes/226">Amazing $1 Microcontroller</a> project (<a href="https://embedded.fm/episodes/226">#226</a>) and about teaching embedded systems (<a href="https://embedded.fm/episodes/303">#303</a>)We talked about book club books:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Practicing-Mind-Developing-Discipline-Challenge-ebook/dp/B007C8NRSA">The Practicing Mind</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Draft-No-4-Writing-Process-ebook/dp/B06X18NHC1/">Draft No 4</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drift-into-Failure-Components-Understanding-ebook/dp/B009KOKXKY">Drift into Failure</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Science-Self-Learning-Yourself-Anything-Education-ebook/dp/B07KKLGYWF">The Science of Self-Learning</a>And a fun book series called <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0753LBFQ7?ref_=series_rw_dp_labf">Bobiverse</a> (the <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/We-Are-Legion-We-Are-Bob-Audiobook/B01L082HJ2">Audible version</a> is especially good).(The outro music is Chris W.’s attempt to troll Chris G. with his “lightning” round answer)

Chris Gammell (@Chris_Gammell) of The Amp Hour and Contextual Electronics joined Christopher and Elecia to talk about firmware, learning, and books.Chris is the host of The Amp Hour, a podcast about electronics and electrical engineering. Chris is also the founder of Contextual Electronics, where you can go to learn how to create electronics. Chris has a long running blog called Analog Life, found on his webpage chrisgammell.com,Chris is learning firmware as part of his consulting business. He likes Elecia’s Making Embedded Systems book.KiCon is happening at CERN in September 2020. More information at 2020.kicad-kicon.com.We talked about Jay Carlson who was on Embedded talking about his Amazing $1 Microcontroller project (#226) and about teaching embedded systems (#303)We talked about book club books:The Practicing MindDraft No 4Drift into FailureThe Science of Self-LearningAnd a fun book series called Bobiverse (the Audible version is especially good).(The outro music is Chris W.’s attempt to troll Chris G. with his “lightning” round answer)

320: Why Isn’t This Working?

Chris <a href="https://twitter.com/stoneymonster">(@stoneymonster)</a> and Elecia <a href="https://twitter.com/logicalelegance">(@logicalelegance)</a> chat about the year 2038, their projects, their new finds, and future shows.The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem">year 2038 problem</a> is real. Elecia read some of <a href="https://twitter.com/jxxf/status/1219009308438024200">this tweet thread</a> about it.Single file libraries list on github: (<a href="https://github.com/nothings/single_file_libs">https://github.com/nothings/single_file_libs</a>), including the <a href="https://github.com/nothings/stb">STB</a> image handling library Chris was originally looking for.Chris is working on a MIDI project with a NUCLEO-144 (STM32F303ZE) board and various <a href="https://www.adafruit.com/product/3678">breakout</a> boards from <a href="https://www.adafruit.com/product/358">Adafruit</a> and <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12898">Sparkfun</a>.Elecia talked about the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/index.html">NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program (NIAC)</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=curved+crease+origami&amp;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS746US746&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwinjLuhqb3nAhWiMX0KHTS_CiUQ_AUoAnoECA0QBA&amp;biw=1391&amp;bih=526&amp;dpr=1.25">curved crease origami</a>. She also talked about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PID_controller">PID controllers</a> and <a href="https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/tinyml/9781492052036/">Tiny ML</a>.

Chris (@stoneymonster) and Elecia (@logicalelegance) chat about the year 2038, their projects, their new finds, and future shows.The year 2038 problem is real. Elecia read some of this tweet thread about it.Single file libraries list on github: (https://github.com/nothings/single_file_libs), including the STB image handling library Chris was originally looking for.Chris is working on a MIDI project with a NUCLEO-144 (STM32F303ZE) board and various breakout boards from Adafruit and Sparkfun.Elecia talked about the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program (NIAC) and curved crease origami. She also talked about PID controllers and Tiny ML.

319: Squidly Tentacles

Dennis Jackson spoke with us about making the career shift from software to embedded.Dennis buys James Grenning’s <a href="http://amzn.to/2x4Kisk">Test Driven Development in Embedded C</a> for his new hires and often recommends Elecia’s <a href="http://amzn.to/2vDErME">Making Embedded Systems</a>. His tip that everyone should know was “Learn make!” and he has a reference for that: <a href="https://bost.ocks.org/mike/make/">Why Use Make</a>.He suggested Joel Spolsky’s reading lists from <a href="https://www.joelonsoftware.com/">Joel On Software</a>, even the ones that don’t obviously apply.Additional suggested-reading articles:30 Pitfalls for Real Time Systems (<a href="/s/30_pitfalls_for_real_time_systems_part1.pdf" target="_blank">part 1</a> and <a href="/s/30_pitfalls_for_real_time_systems_part2.pdf" target="_blank">part 2</a>)<a href="/s/Rules-for-defensive-C-programming-x42m.pdf" target="_blank">Rules for defensive C programming</a><a href="/s/WhyAreYouStillUsingC.pdf" target="_blank">Why are you still using C</a><a href="/s/What-Every-Computer-Scientist-Should-Know-About-Floating-Point-Arithmetic-86fy.pdf" target="_blank">What every computer scientist should know about floating point arithmetic</a><a href="http://spinroot.com/gerard/pdf/P10.pdf">The Power of Ten -- 10 Rules for Writing Safety Critical Code</a>In his previous appearance on Embedded (<a href="http://embedded.fm/episodes/2015/3/25/dont-be-clever">#94: Don’t Be Clever</a>), we talked about code complexity and measuring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclomatic_complexity">cyclomatic complexity</a>. At that time he wanted a tool to monitor the code’s status. He has since found one: <a href="https://people.debian.org/~bame/pmccabe/download.html">pmccabe</a>.

Dennis Jackson spoke with us about making the career shift from software to embedded.Dennis buys James Grenning’s Test Driven Development in Embedded C for his new hires and often recommends Elecia’s Making Embedded Systems. His tip that everyone should know was “Learn make!” and he has a reference for that: Why Use Make.He suggested Joel Spolsky’s reading lists from Joel On Software, even the ones that don’t obviously apply.Additional suggested-reading articles:30 Pitfalls for Real Time Systems (part 1 and part 2)Rules for defensive C programmingWhy are you still using CWhat every computer scientist should know about floating point arithmeticThe Power of Ten -- 10 Rules for Writing Safety Critical CodeIn his previous appearance on Embedded (#94: Don’t Be Clever), we talked about code complexity and measuring cyclomatic complexity. At that time he wanted a tool to monitor the code’s status. He has since found one: pmccabe.

211: 4 weeks, 3 days (Repeat)

Darryl Yong (<a href="https://twitter.com/dyong">@dyong</a>) is a mathematics professor at Harvey Mudd College (and former classmate of ours, also at HMC). He is working with HMC’s <a href="https://www.hmc.edu/clinic/">Clinic Program</a>, putting real industry projects in front of teams of college students. He’s also teaching number theory to prison inmates and helping teachers in the chronically underfunded Los Angeles Unified School District.Darryl writes about his career in education at Adventures in Teaching (<a href="https://profteacher.com/">profteacher.com</a>). You can <a href="https://profteacher.com/2019/10/10/an-inside-out-course-on-number-theory-pt-1/">read about his experiences</a> with the <a href="http://www.insideoutcenter.org/">Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program</a>.If you dig into the archives a bit (2009) you can read about teaching at a high school, <a href="https://profteacher.com/2009/09/29/adaptation-1-much-more-careful-scaffolding/">for example adapting teaching to different students</a>. What he took away led him to create <a href="https://www.mfala.org/">Math for America Los Angeles</a>, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the number of secondary school mathematics and computer science teacher leaders in the greater Los Angeles Area.Darryl’s personal page (<a href="https://darrylyong.com/">darrylyong.com</a>) and his HMC page (<a href="http://www.math.hmc.edu/~dyong/">math.hmc.edu/~dyong</a>) including a link to the <a href="https://www.hmc.edu/mathematics/mathematics-thesis-clinic/mathematics-clinic/">HMC Mathematics Clinic Program</a>.

Darryl Yong (@dyong) is a mathematics professor at Harvey Mudd College (and former classmate of ours, also at HMC). He is working with HMC’s Clinic Program, putting real industry projects in front of teams of college students. He’s also teaching number theory to prison inmates and helping teachers in the chronically underfunded Los Angeles Unified School District.Darryl writes about his career in education at Adventures in Teaching (profteacher.com). You can read about his experiences with the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program.If you dig into the archives a bit (2009) you can read about teaching at a high school, for example adapting teaching to different students. What he took away led him to create Math for America Los Angeles, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the number of secondary school mathematics and computer science teacher leaders in the greater Los Angeles Area.Darryl’s personal page (darrylyong.com) and his HMC page (math.hmc.edu/~dyong) including a link to the HMC Mathematics Clinic Program.

318: Amazed at How Things Are Amazing

We were joined in the studio by the <a href="https://www.evilmadscientist.com/">Evil Mad Scientists</a> Lenore Edman (<a href="https://twitter.com/1lenore">@1lenore</a>) and Windell Oskay (<a href="https://twitter.com/oskay">@oskay</a>).Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories (<a href="https://twitter.com/EMSL">@EMSL</a>) produces the disintegrated <a href="https://shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/922">555 Timer kit</a> and <a href="https://shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/923">741 Op-Amp kit</a>. These were made in conjunction with Eric Schlaepfer, who also created the <a href="https://monster6502.com/">Monster 6502</a>.EMSL also makes the <a href="https://shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/171">Eggbot kit</a> and <a href="https://shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/846">AxiDraw</a> not-kit (and <a href="https://shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/924">mini-kit</a>). For a history of the pen plotter, check out <a href="https://youtu.be/OR_TzMFhv50">Sher Minn’s Plotter People talk on YouTube</a>.(They have too many neat things to list here, go look on their page: <a href="https://shop.evilmadscientist.com/directory">https://shop.evilmadscientist.com/directory</a>. Or stop into their Sunnyvale, California shop.)We talked about the beauty of boards including <a href="https://kong.cash/">Kong Money</a> and ElectroCookie’s <a href="https://amzn.to/30pvYui">candy colored shields</a> and <a href="https://amzn.to/36VQNA2">Arduino Leonardo</a>.<a href="http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/">Jepson Herbarium</a> has interesting <a href="http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/">workshops</a> including one about seaweed. At one workshop, Lenore and Windell got to talk to Josie Iselin, author of T<a href="https://www.josieiselin.com/the-curious-world-of-seaweed/">he Curious World of Seaweed</a>.Elecia enjoyed <a href="https://amzn.to/3ajx13t">Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us</a> by Ruth Kassinger.Windell was previously on Embedded episode <a href="https://embedded.fm/episodes/124">#124: Please Don’t Light Yourself on Fire</a>, we mainly talked about the book he co-authored: <a href="http://amzn.to/1LL9w1t">The Annotated Build-It-Yourself Science Laboratory</a>.Lenore was previously on Embedded episode <a href="https://embedded.fm/episodes/2014/2/25/40-mwahaha-session">#40: Mwahaha Session</a>, we talked about EMSL.Our post-show tidepooling was very successful with a variety of nudibranchs, shrimp, seaweed, sea birds, snails, and hermit crabs.

We were joined in the studio by the Evil Mad Scientists Lenore Edman (@1lenore) and Windell Oskay (@oskay).Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories (@EMSL) produces the disintegrated 555 Timer kit and 741 Op-Amp kit. These were made in conjunction with Eric Schlaepfer, who also created the Monster 6502.EMSL also makes the Eggbot kit and AxiDraw not-kit (and mini-kit). For a history of the pen plotter, check out Sher Minn’s Plotter People talk on YouTube.(They have too many neat things to list here, go look on their page: https://shop.evilmadscientist.com/directory. Or stop into their Sunnyvale, California shop.)We talked about the beauty of boards including Kong Money and ElectroCookie’s candy colored shields and Arduino Leonardo.Jepson Herbarium has interesting workshops including one about seaweed. At one workshop, Lenore and Windell got to talk to Josie Iselin, author of The Curious World of Seaweed.Elecia enjoyed Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us by Ruth Kassinger.Windell was previously on Embedded episode #124: Please Don’t Light Yourself on Fire, we mainly talked about the book he co-authored: The Annotated Build-It-Yourself Science Laboratory.Lenore was previously on Embedded episode #40: Mwahaha Session, we talked about EMSL.Our post-show tidepooling was very successful with a variety of nudibranchs, shrimp, seaweed, sea birds, snails, and hermit crabs.

317: What Do You Mean by Disintegrated?

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Liskov">Professor Barbara Liskov</a> spoke with us about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liskov_substitution_principle">Liskov substitution principle</a>, data abstraction, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_crisis">software crisis</a>, and winning a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_Award">Turing Award</a>.See <a href="http://www.pmg.csail.mit.edu/~liskov/">Professor Liskov’s page at MIT</a>, including her <a href="http://www.pmg.csail.mit.edu/~liskov/newcv-09.pdf">incredible CV</a>.

Professor Barbara Liskov spoke with us about the Liskov substitution principle, data abstraction, software crisis, and winning a Turing Award.See Professor Liskov’s page at MIT, including her incredible CV.

316: Obviously Wasn't Obvious

Chris and Elecia talk with each other about non-work activities including music, office rearrangement, and origami.<a href="https://shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/915">The Solarbotics Squid Hunting CearouSol Kit</a><a href="https://amzn.to/35ht7Vf">Samson S-patch plus 48-Point Balanced Patchbay</a><a href="https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Blofeld--waldorf-blofeld-synthesizer">Waldorf Blofeld Synthesizer</a><a href="https://amzn.to/2FehxPZ">EarthQuaker Devices Rainbow Machine V2 Polyphonic Pitch-shifting Modulator Pedal</a> (with Magic knob)<a href="https://www.artelino.com/">Artelino</a> is a Japanese print auction house

Chris and Elecia talk with each other about non-work activities including music, office rearrangement, and origami.The Solarbotics Squid Hunting CearouSol KitSamson S-patch plus 48-Point Balanced PatchbayWaldorf Blofeld SynthesizerEarthQuaker Devices Rainbow Machine V2 Polyphonic Pitch-shifting Modulator Pedal (with Magic knob)Artelino is a Japanese print auction house

315: Trespassers William

Mohit Bhoite (<a href="https://twitter.com/MohitBhoite">@MohitBhoite</a>) makes functional electronic sculptures from components and brass wire. We spoke with him on the hows and whys of making art.<a href="https://www.bhoite.com/sculptures/">Mohit’s sculptures</a>, incliding the <a href="https://www.bhoite.com/sculptures/tie-fighter/">Tie Fighter</a>. More on his instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mohitbhoite/">mohitbhoite</a>Jiri Prause has a wonderful tutorial on how to make simpler freeform electronics on <a href="https://www.instructables.com/id/LED-Jewelry/">Instructables</a>.<a href="http://vogelexhibition.weebly.com/">Peter Vogel</a> is another artist making phenomenal freeform electronics.<a href="http://www.leonardoulian.com/works/technological-mandala-24/">Leonardo Ulian</a> uses electronic components in his art (his don’t function but wow).<a href="https://medium.com/cnc-life/mohit-bhoite-on-freeform-circuits-and-following-your-passion-ded02f4da389">Advice from Mohit on trying this yourself from Bantam Tools</a>. Mohit likes <a href="https://amzn.to/2S89FHr">Xuron Pliers</a><a href="https://give.digitalnest.org/campaign/embedded-matching/c263283">Donate to DigitalNest</a> by the end of 2019 and get your donation matched! Thank you to the listener who is doing the match!

Mohit Bhoite (@MohitBhoite) makes functional electronic sculptures from components and brass wire. We spoke with him on the hows and whys of making art.Mohit’s sculptures, incliding the Tie Fighter. More on his instagram: mohitbhoiteJiri Prause has a wonderful tutorial on how to make simpler freeform electronics on Instructables.Peter Vogel is another artist making phenomenal freeform electronics.Leonardo Ulian uses electronic components in his art (his don’t function but wow).Advice from Mohit on trying this yourself from Bantam Tools. Mohit likes Xuron PliersDonate to DigitalNest by the end of 2019 and get your donation matched! Thank you to the listener who is doing the match!

314: Why Are Wings Needed in Space?

Robert J. Lang spoke with us about origami, art, math, and lasers. Robert has many origami books, here is a subset:Origami Design Secrets: Mathematical Methods for an Ancient Art (the one we talked about most, has the hummingbird crease pattern)Twists, Tilings, and Tessellations: Mathematical Methods for Geometric Origami (his new one, a textbook!)Origami in Action: Paper Toys That Fly, Flap, Gobble, and Inflate (not a theory book, just fun folds)Origami Sea Life (not mentioned but probably the book Elecia will be getting next)Robert’s website langorigami.com is full of neat goodies:GalleryOrigami design software including a pointer to the Origamizer by Tomohiro TachiCrease patterns!Suggested other books:Tomoko Fuse's Origami Boxes: Beautiful Paper Gift BoxesOrigami to Astonish and Amuse by Jeremy ShaferOrigamido has a number of books. Robert uses Origamido paper but it is unobtanium to most people. Unless you are in Maine.

Robert J. Lang spoke with us about origami, art, math, and lasers. Robert has many origami books, here is a subset:Origami Design Secrets: Mathematical Methods for an Ancient Art (the one we talked about most, has the hummingbird crease pattern)Twists, Tilings, and Tessellations: Mathematical Methods for Geometric Origami (his new one, a textbook!)Origami in Action: Paper Toys That Fly, Flap, Gobble, and Inflate (not a theory book, just fun folds)Origami Sea Life (not mentioned but probably the book Elecia will be getting next)Robert’s website langorigami.com is full of neat goodies:GalleryOrigami design software including a pointer to the Origamizer by Tomohiro TachiCrease patterns!Suggested other books:Tomoko Fuse's Origami Boxes: Beautiful Paper Gift BoxesOrigami to Astonish and Amuse by Jeremy ShaferOrigamido has a number of books. Robert uses Origamido paper but it is unobtanium to most people. Unless you are in Maine.

313: Where the Paper Knows It Needs to Fold

Chris and Elecia talked through how security holes can get explored on a fictional product.Thanks to an Embedded listener who enjoyed hearing from Jacob Martinez about helping young adults have access to technology, we have a grant to match donations to DigitalNEST up to $2500. Donate here: give.digitalnest.org/embeddedfmWe talked through OWASP Top 10 Embedded Application Best Practices but OWASP Internet of Things and OWASP Mobile Security are also very useful.GREAT explanation of buffer overflow attacks by Coen GoedegebureXKCD Little Bobby Tables

Chris and Elecia talked through how security holes can get explored on a fictional product.Thanks to an Embedded listener who enjoyed hearing from Jacob Martinez about helping young adults have access to technology, we have a grant to match donations to DigitalNEST up to $2500. Donate here: give.digitalnest.org/embeddedfmWe talked through OWASP Top 10 Embedded Application Best Practices but OWASP Internet of Things and OWASP Mobile Security are also very useful.GREAT explanation of buffer overflow attacks by Coen GoedegebureXKCD Little Bobby Tables

312: Two Meter Exhaust Port

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