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Big Business Buffoonery

The Amp Hour · 29 Mar 2011 · 1h 03m · Episode 36

What this episode covers

Hosts Chris Gammell and Dave Jones discuss the shutdown of National Instruments' 'An Engineering Mind' blog, analyzing how corporate ownership stifled a successful personal brand. They critique the power efficiency design of the open-sourced Hewlett-Packard calculator, specifically the misuse of high-speed processing with coin cell batteries, and review new products from Touchstone Semi and Agilent. The episode concludes with commentary on Hackaday's hiring practices and the challenges of engineering design contests.

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large enterprises

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Companies
National Instruments, Hewlett-Packard, Agilent, Touchstone Semi, TSMC, Hackaday, Renesas, Texas Instruments
Products
An Engineering Mind
Chips
CR 2032

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