# Artificially Intelligent Party Platform

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2016-03-18
- Length: 1h 05m
- Episode: 291
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-03-18-artificially-intelligent-party-platform
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/291-artificially-intelligent-party-platform/

## Summary

Chris Gammell and Dave Jones discuss the state of physical product development, with Gammell sharing insights from his time in Austin's tech scene and his recent experience at South by Southwest. They critique the current state of IoT, arguing that cloud-dependent smart home devices lack natural user interfaces and usability, proposing instead that hardware should integrate intuitive physical controls like pressure-sensitive switches. The conversation also covers the challenges of robotics, the nuances of AI in games like Go, and the practicalities of prototyping, including using generic part values and leveraging tools like Oshpark for BGA fabrication.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-03-18-artificially-intelligent-party-platform#t=0) Introduction and Austin Tech History
- [5:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-03-18-artificially-intelligent-party-platform#t=324) Scaling from Prototype to Production
- [10:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-03-18-artificially-intelligent-party-platform#t=616) Audim Movi Voice Recognition Chip
- [11:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-03-18-artificially-intelligent-party-platform#t=675) Critique of IoT and Smart Home Usability
- [22:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-03-18-artificially-intelligent-party-platform#t=1372) Robotics, AI, and Game Theory
- [33:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-03-18-artificially-intelligent-party-platform#t=2017) Top-Down Electronics Education
- [36:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-03-18-artificially-intelligent-party-platform#t=2172) Hackaday Prize and Contest Logistics
- [43:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-03-18-artificially-intelligent-party-platform#t=2602) Engineering-Based Political Platform
- [58:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2016-03-18-artificially-intelligent-party-platform#t=3481) Bela Audio Shield and PCB Fabrication

## Topics

- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Crowdfunding & preorders](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/crowdfunding)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Samsung (company)
- IBM (company)
- National Instruments (company)
- AMD (company)
- Global Foundries (company)
- Silicon Labs (company)
- Dragon Innovation (company)
- iRobot (company)
- Roomba (product)
- parts.io (other)
- Audim (company)
- Movi (product)
- Sonos (product)
- Amazon Echo (product)
- Baxter (product)
- Rethink Robotics (company)
- Hackaday Prize (other)
- Keysight (company)
- Bela (product)
- BeagleBone Black (product)
- Oshpark (other)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [Can AI Design IoT Hardware? | Flux's Matthias Wagner | Internet of Things Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2026-04-14-can-ai-design-iot-hardware-fluxs-matthias-wagner-internet-of-things-podcast) (IoT For All Podcast)
- [181: Work on It for Ten Years](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2016-12-30-181-work-on-it-for-ten-years) (Embedded.fm)
- [All-in-One Hardware, Software, & Connectivity | Particle's Zach Supalla | Internet of Things Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-11-17-all-in-one-hardware-software-connectivity-particles-zach-supalla-internet-of-thi) (IoT For All Podcast)
- [249: It Depends](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2018-06-15-249-it-depends) (Embedded.fm)
- [Welcome to Go/No-Go](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/go-no-go/2025-10-01-welcome-to-go-no-go) (Go/No-Go)

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