# An Interview with Scott Driscoll - Impacable Interdisciplinary Inventor

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2014-02-05
- Length: 1h 25m
- Episode: 183
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-02-05-an-interview-with-scott-driscoll-impacable-interdisciplinary-inventor
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/183-an-interview-with-scott-driscoll-impaccable-interdisciplinary-inventor/

## Summary

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.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-02-05-an-interview-with-scott-driscoll-impacable-interdisciplinary-inventor#t=0) Introduction: Scott Driscoll and Curious Inventor
- [1:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-02-05-an-interview-with-scott-driscoll-impacable-interdisciplinary-inventor#t=102) YouTube ROI and Soldering Tutorial Strategy
- [3:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-02-05-an-interview-with-scott-driscoll-impacable-interdisciplinary-inventor#t=225) Soldering Techniques and Toaster Oven Reflow
- [9:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-02-05-an-interview-with-scott-driscoll-impacable-interdisciplinary-inventor#t=566) Founding Curious Inventor and KiCad Advocacy
- [21:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-02-05-an-interview-with-scott-driscoll-impacable-interdisciplinary-inventor#t=1264) V Meter Design and FCC Compliance Costs
- [31:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-02-05-an-interview-with-scott-driscoll-impacable-interdisciplinary-inventor#t=1876) Business Struggles and Returning to Employment
- [38:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-02-05-an-interview-with-scott-driscoll-impacable-interdisciplinary-inventor#t=2332) Industrial AR and Pneumatic Pump Control
- [42:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-02-05-an-interview-with-scott-driscoll-impacable-interdisciplinary-inventor#t=2525) Augmented Reality Breadboard and SLAM
- [50:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-02-05-an-interview-with-scott-driscoll-impacable-interdisciplinary-inventor#t=3000) Google Glass Critique and Future Wearables
- [1:16:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2014-02-05-an-interview-with-scott-driscoll-impacable-interdisciplinary-inventor#t=4562) Engineering Career Advice and Work-Life Balance

## Topics

- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Certification & compliance](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/certification-and-compliance)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Curious Inventor (company)
- SparkFun (company)
- Adafruit (company)
- KiCad (tool)
- Google Glass (product)
- Unity (tool)
- FCC (other)

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