Hardware Podcasts

An Interview with Scott Driscoll - Impacable Interdisciplinary Inventor

The Amp Hour · 5 Feb 2014 · 1h 25m · Episode 183

What this episode covers

Scott Driscoll of Curious Inventor discusses his journey from a mechanical engineer to a prolific YouTutor and hardware entrepreneur, detailing his decision to return to a full-time engineering role after struggling with the business side of his company. He explains the technical challenges of his V Meter product, including the high costs of blue LEDs and the unexpected $2,000 expense of FCC compliance testing, which required adding ferrites to pass EMC. Driscoll also describes his current work developing augmented reality applications for industrial training, using tools like Unity and SLAM to overlay instructions on equipment, while reflecting on the limitations of early wearable tech like Google Glass.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Curious Inventor, SparkFun, Adafruit
Products
Google Glass
Tools
KiCad, Unity
Also
FCC

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