Hardware Podcasts

030 - Supercon 2019

Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast · 1 Dec 2019 · 36m

What this episode covers

Jen Castillo and Alvaro interview Emily Velasco, who created the 'Death Clock' using a repurposed 1980s vacuum fluorescent display and an Arduino driver, and Jasmine Brackett, who runs Tindie and organizes the hardware swap at Hackaday Supercon 2019. The conversation covers Velasco's talk on making 'ugly, weird, and annoying things' and Brackett's insights on the growth of the hardware community, including the RC2014 retro computer kit. They also discuss the future of hacking with AI, the regret of certain technologies like the internet and personal listening devices, and the specific challenges of the German startup ecosystem.

Most relevant to

founders before launch

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Tindie
Products
Death Clock, RC2014
Tools
Arduino
Also
Hackaday Supercon

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