Tech Talk Live with Eric Show #24 April 27 2015

Tech Talk Live with Eric Show #24 April 27 2015. This week we cover the weekly news from the #Maker and #Tech world. As well we cover some big news for the MKme Community as a whole.

Here is the live broadcast video:

Here are the show notes/links to the content discussed this week:

Tech News:

X-47B Autonomous Aerial Refueling:

KSP 1.0:

Viewer Challenge- What are you Making???

https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/103332553771769294133

3D Printer News/Projects:

Ultimate Robotic Fish:

From the Community:

Power Tool Repair:

His Patreon Campaign:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r9sB-8YRCM&index=13&list=WL

How to splice wire:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPrwUVEUPfc&index=17&list=WL

Micro FPV setup:

Arduino Zero Review:

Raspberry Pi TOR/VPN router:

How NOT to take tools on a plane:

Closing Thoughts-

Tech can indeed be used in new and exciting ways but ensuring it gets adequately assessed while not being
held up by bureaucracy is indeed a challenge:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKMm_DZpVTg&index=1&list=WL

TECH TALK LIVE WITH ERIC- SHOW #23

Tech Talk Live with Eric Show #23 April 20 2015. This week we cover the weekly news from the #Maker and #Tech world. As well we cover some big news for the MKme Community as a whole.

Here is the live broadcast video:

Here are the show notes/links to the content discussed this week:

Tech News:

Falcon 9 rocket touchdown:

Kicksat returns!

Dawn of Killer Robots:

 

Viewer Challenge- What are you Making???

LeRoys Future robot:
https://plus.google.com/+LeRoyMiller/posts/3HUaBCZKamN

LeRoys current robot:
https://plus.google.com/+LeRoyMiller/posts/dAEogv7XwF9

 

3D Printer News/Projects:

3D printed parts in the Atlas 5 rocket!

From the Community:

Make- Plasma Arc Speaker:

David Watts ESP8266 Wifi

FPV Wing Racing:

Runcam for RC/FPV Review

Arduino GSM Shield Tutorial:

Hidden uses for VLC:

Amateur Radio Antenna:

 

Closing Thoughts-

Ash “Hackers” and “Makers” we often take great pride in finding new uses for existing things. This program uses inmates to rehabilitate dogs which would otherwise be euthanized.
What an amazing use of resources. Inmates have virtually 24/7 underutilized time. This gives them a fantastic purpose- saving an otherwise doomed animal. Who knows, it may benefit the
inmates more than we could ever measure. Truly making a difference in many lives. Inspiring!

 

 

Tech Talk Live with Eric #21

Tech Talk Live with Eric Show #21 April 6 2015. This week we cover the weekly news from the #Maker and #Tech world. As well we cover some big news for the MKme Community as a whole.

Here is the live broadcast video:

Here are the show notes/links to the content discussed this week:

Tech News:

Suspicious Observes- Daily show on all things sun & weather

Virgin Galactic propulsion team:

 

Viewer Challenge- What are you Making???

Hari’s ESP8266 with tilt sensor project:

Steven’s ETS2 Info Panel for simulator

3D Printer News/Projects:

What is selective laser sintering?

From the Community:

LawnBot!

AviatorShow Powered Para Gliding and adventure channel:

Paul Inmoov 3D printed humanoid robot:

Tom testing antennas with software defined radio:

180KM FPV Flight!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRp2dFrw8Y8

Electronics Mailbag

Weather fax with MultiPSK

Twin Otter flight simulator:

 

 

 

Tech Talk Live Maker Show #19

Tech Talk Live Maker Show with Eric  #19 March 23 2015. This week we cover the weekly news from the #Maker and #Tech world. As well we cover some big news for the MKme Community as a whole.

Here is the live broadcast video:

Here are the show notes/links to the content discussed this week:

Tech News:

Tek Thing Channel:

Jibo Personal Robot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx-WYHSzEGY&index=17&list=WL

Boston Dynamics Montage:

SXSW 3D Printing- Big part of the show

Computers understanding pictures:

Viewer Challenge- What are you Making???

Arduino Servo project:

Bitcoin Mining:

Arduino Clock:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvfDaiivSfs&index=28&list=WL
3D Printer News/Projects:

100X faster 3D Printing:

MakerBot Innovation Centres:

 

From the Community:

The Hacksmith- Repairing the laser:

Arduino SD card tutorial:

Cyclops 101″ FPV/UAV

Mini Quad FPV

Arduino Temp Sensors in paralell:

Building Prototypes:

Building Enclosures:

Toms Pi Project:

APRS with cheap module:

DreamCast Portable Build:

Augmented Reality Neat:

 

Tech Tip of the week:

Bad capacitors are almost always the problem!

Closing Thoughts-

Deaf people hear for the first time:

 

The history of “Hacking” for me

I look back at my life and some of the most fond learning experiences I can recollect are of exploring a new hardware or software that I did not yet understand.  To me, this is the foundation for knowledge building and “hacking” as I know it.

In Grade 9 as a high school student I was fortunate enough to have an electronics teacher with a very “loose” curriculum.  Very few “rules” were enforced and students were encouraged to explore, build and learn with any equipment we had available to us (most donated junk but we actually built some very capable PCs for the time (monochrome monitors and MS DOS haha)

I learned more from the after hours meetings and “borrowing” those PC parts than I could have ever imagined.  Skills we developed would be the foundation for our careers and mindsets for many years to come.

One caveat- unfortunately not all areas of the education system shared this open attitude and several of us found ourselves “banned” from the library and all other school owned PC’s, phones and equipment for simply attempting to discover how this “network” thingy worked 🙂

Long story short- The inquisitive nature we seemingly all share as makers, hobbyists, hackers and inventors drives us all to do amazing things.  Most of which- we won’t fully realize until many years later.

Here is a documentary which I always though summed up the “spirit” of true hacking and exploration.
Cheers