EP#95: Putting English on Electrons

• The Houston meetup is coming up next week. RSVP here if you are in town!
• Mike
  • HackerBox - LootCrate for Hardware and Software hackers
• Parker
  • PinHeck EOTL REV8 Update
  • Another shout out to Chris Gammell and Contextual Electronics
  • Some work on the Pinotaur design
• R.F.O. (Rapid Fire Opinion)
  • Tesla SemiTruck
    • 500 mile range. In a 30 minute charge it can get up to 400 miles of range back. Roughly what truck drivers do now.
    • 100-mile routes, the Tesla Semi will cost just $1.26 per mile to operate, compared to $1.51 for diesel
  • Emberlight KickStarter shut down
    • Every time a customer wants to turn on a light, it requires the company’s cloud service to process the command
    • Not a problem with kickstarter but with IoT devices
    • Solution to this problem?
      • Better exit strategy
      • App to connect to them via modem

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