Hardware Podcasts

206: Crushing Amounts of Snow

Embedded.fm · 28 Jun 2017 · 1h 01m

What this episode covers

Dr. Sridhar Anandakrishnan, a geoscience professor at Penn State with an electrical engineering background, discusses deploying scientific instruments in Antarctica and Greenland. He details the design of the 'GeoPebble,' a wireless seismic sensor that uses a Parallax Propeller microcontroller and Wi-Fi to avoid cable failures in crevassed terrain. The conversation also covers a sonic logger instrument that transmits 128-volt pulses through ice to measure crystal orientation, and concludes with a discussion on The Boring Company's tunneling technology.

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early-stage companies

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The Boring Company
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GeoPebble
Chips
Parallax Propeller
Also
Iridium

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