Hardware Podcasts

63: Dingo-Rabbit Deathmatch

Embedded.fm · 13 Aug 2014 · 1h 08m

What this episode covers

Steve Dalton, co-founder of Gold Coast Tech Space and Refactor, discusses building a hackerspace in Australia, visiting Silicon Valley with the Silicon Lakes group, and his consulting work on IoT projects like monitoring the Rabbit Proof Fence. He details the challenges of the Australian startup ecosystem, the lack of local VC funding, and the importance of face-to-face networking. Dalton also shares insights on prototyping custom Arduino-like boards (GC Duino, GCNode) and the cultural context of hardware development in a remote environment.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies and companies scaling up

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Gold Coast Tech Space, Refactor, Silicon Lakes, Highway One, Singularity University, Fairchild, AQS, Flextronics, HackerDojo, Samsung, Amazon
Products
GC Duino, GCNode, Kinesis, Arduino, RepRap, Bilby, Ballisticat
Also
Rabbit Proof Fence

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