Budget-Friendly Gadgets

Summary Fire TV seems to have inherent performance issues, particularly on budget TVs from third-party vendors. In worst-case scenarios, the software can come to a crawl. The homescreen interface is…

Whether you need a new MacBook for the upcoming semester or you've just been itching to upgrade from an older machine, now's a good time to buy. Amazon has a…

Jonathan Beri spoke with us about the different IoT development tools and how to categorize them. Jonathan (@beriberikix) is the CEO of Golioth (@golioth_iot). He wrote a blog post called An…

We spoke with Duncan Haldane about creating hardware schematics by writing software code, three dimensional circuits, and bio-inspired jumping robots.  Duncan is the CEO of JitX (jitx.com). They recently received Series…

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…

Chris and Elecia bounce from topic to topic, discussing life and work and occasionally answering listener emails.Python can format code into equations in Latex with Latexify (as noted in this…

Jasper van Woudenberg spoke with us about hacking hardware, writing a technical book, and ethics.The Hardware Hacking Handbook was written by Jasper and Colin O’Flynn (ChipWhisperer and episode 286: Twenty…

Martha Wells is a science fiction and fantasy author. She spoke with us about her books (including Murderbot Diaries!), writing, and creating fantastical worlds.Marth (@marthawells1) has won Nebula, Hugo, and…

Michael Gielda spoke with us about Renode, an open source embedded systems simulator. It also simulates large distributed systems and network communications. Check out Renode.io and the boards supported by Renode…

Sarah Withee spoke with us about using an artificial pancreas, learning many programming languages, and FIRST robotics.More about the Open Artificial Pancreas System can be found at OpenAPS.org or in…