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An interview with Akiba from Freaklabs - Dimissory Diagraphical Debt

The Amp Hour · 16 Apr 2015 · 1h 40m · Episode 245

What this episode covers

Akiba, founder of Freak Labs and a researcher at Osaka University, discusses his transition from corporate IC design to running a rural co-living space called Hacker Farm in Japan. He details the technical challenges of building wireless stage control systems for the dance crew Wrecking Crew, including moving from 2.4 GHz to 900 MHz to avoid interference, and his work on low-current analog circuits for DNA sequencing. Akiba also shares his critical views on standards committees like Zigbee, the decline of Akihabara compared to Shenzhen, and the acquisition of a scanning electron microscope for the community.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists and early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Freak Labs, Hitachi, Renesas
Products
Arduino
Chips
ESP8266, MediaTek, OPA111
Tools
Open Frameworks, Keithley
Also
Hacker Farm, Osaka University, MIT Media Lab, Zigbee, Wrecking Crew, Safecast

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