Worktrips and Workspaces - Junket Jactation Jiltedness
Chris Gammell of Contextual Electronics discusses his experience at the Electronica trade show, noting the high costs of exhibitor booths and the industry's reliance on face-to-face deal-making, while Dave Jones of EEVblog details his plans to acquire a low-cost, underground storage space dubbed the 'EEV bunker' for his workshop. The hosts analyze the failure of the Mu Thermal Camera crowdfunding campaign, attributing it to a lack of genuine innovation compared to competitors like Seek Thermal and FLIR, and Chris introduces parts.io, a new component search tool. They also touch on the logistics of large-scale events, the challenges of modular hardware platforms like the Raspberry Pi Com Plus, and the broader business realities of hardware startups.