Hardware Podcasts

An Interview with Jeri Ellsworth - The Ternary Tussle

The Amp Hour · 22 Mar 2011 · 1h 04m · Episode 35

What this episode covers

Jeri Ellsworth discusses her background in the toy industry and chip design, contrasting cost-driven engineering with the 'grind' of large corporations. She details the 'bus fiasco' involving Protran One and Peter Bartek, where sexist comments on YouTube led to a public controversy. The conversation also covers the impact of the Japan earthquake on chip supply chains, the indictment of Tyco executives for white-collar crime, and the technical challenges of printable electronics and homebrew PCB fabrication.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Protran One, Tyco, TE Connectivity, Edmund Optics, Jameco, Adafruit, Bug Lab, Sony, Rigol, MakerBot
Products
Open Vizsla, RepRap
Also
Boing Boing, Make Magazine

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