Hardware Podcasts

124: Please Don't Light Yourself on Fire (Repeat)

Embedded.fm · 29 Nov 2017 · 1h 15m · Episode 124

What this episode covers

Windell Oskay, co-founder of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, discusses his annotated edition of the 1963 book 'Build It Yourself Science Laboratory' and the company's hardware projects like the EggBot Pro and the Dis-integrated 555 timer kit. He details the challenges of updating the book for modern safety and ethics, including correcting a flawed 'Simple Oscilloscope' experiment and adding modern sourcing notes. The conversation also covers the technical specifics of spherical CNC plotting, the history of electronic knitting machines, and the evolution of accessible scientific instrumentation.

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Companies
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, Adafruit, Spark Fun, Make
Products
EggBot Pro, Dis-integrated 555 timer kit, AYAB, Build It Yourself Science Laboratory, The Annotated Build-It-Yourself Science Laboratory
Chips
Arduino

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