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Tesla, Checklists and Bullies - Emerging External Eupsychics

The Amp Hour · 18 Jun 2014 · 59m · Episode 203

What this episode covers

Dave Jones and Chris Gammell discuss Tesla's decision to open-source its patents, analyzing it as a strategic business move to force industry standards and drive competition rather than pure altruism. They then critique Zucan (Zuken) for issuing a cease-and-desist to the developer of FreeRouting.net, highlighting the dangers of corporate bullying against open-source projects. The conversation shifts to the challenges of online electronics education, the utility of Udacity's Nanodegrees, and the importance of checklists in engineering to prevent simple errors like misconfigured reset pins.

Most relevant to

large enterprises and makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Tesla, Contextual Electronics, Zuken, Udacity, Texas Instruments
Products
BenchBuddy
Tools
FreeRouting.net, KiCad
Also
Elon Musk, MQTT

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