This week Michael calls up Trent Shumay, founder of Finger Food Studios , to talk about their latest invention FizViz , a large scale physical visualization for your stats. Trent talks about how his company was born out of wanting to combine the physical and digital worlds (3:10), how FizViz creates makes it easy, and fun, to track your analytics (12:40), and what additions they’re thinking up for version 2.0 (25:00). You can see FizViz in action here Interested in learning Arduino? Buy access t...
Aug 14, 2017•31 min
This week Michael has a chance to sit down with Jelle Reith who has created an amazing project called ‘ Compass ’, an Arduino powered wearable used for navigation. Jelle talks about where the inspiration for ‘Compass’ came from (4:00), breaks down how this unique product functions (6:50), and explains how he’s planning to apply ‘Compasses’ technology to future projects (16:00). You can see Compass in action here. Interested in learning Arduino? Buy access to all our training now - for just 19USD...
Jul 30, 2017•25 min
This week Michael sits with 17 year old whiz-kid Nikodem Bartnik who recently built his very own Arduino Drone . Nikodem talks about challenges that came with 3D printing his own frame (4:50), how the internet was his primary resource when learning to use Arduino (10:50), and what advice he would give to other young programmers who are feeling intimidated by getting started (16:55). You can see Nikodem’s drone in action here ....
Jul 17, 2017•22 min
This week Michael has the pleasure to sit down with a father and son duo, Greg and Phillip Voronin, who recently took home first prize in a hackster.io sponsored Arduino competition for their Eco-monitoring Bird Feeder . Greg and Phillip talk about the inspiration for the project (2:10), how they combined Arduino and Intel Edison (8:00), and why it was so important for them to share their learnings and code with the larger electronics community (18:45). Interested in learning Arduino? Buy access...
Jul 03, 2017•36 min
This week Michael sits down with Gabe Bentz, founder and Chief Engineer at Slant Concepts. Slant recently concluded a successful Kickstarter campaign for their latest invention ‘ LittleArm ’, a 3D printed desktop robot arm. Gabe talks about how LittleArm was born out of weekend garage project (4:10), how the subsequent Kickstarter campaign blew away their wildest expectations (9:40), and why the next step is to make the ‘LittleArm’ not so little (16:00). Interested in learning Arduino? Buy acces...
Jun 19, 2017•26 min
This week Michael sits down with the Founder and CTO of ‘ EngiMake ’, Josh Elijah, to talk about his fantastic new Arduino powered invention, ‘ QuadBot ’. Josh talks about how QuadBot started as a university project (1:40), how the product’s design, and target audience, have evolved over time (6:00), and how QuadBot is being used by educators to get young people interested in electronics and coding (12:45). You can learn more about Quadbot, and see it in action, over at their Kickstarter page . ...
Jun 04, 2017•26 min
This week, Michael sits down with Ted Kinsman . Ted is an assistant professor of photographic technology at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and has recently been doing some amazing projects combining photography with Arduino. Ted talks about how his interest in time lapse photography lead him to Arduino (2:10), how he’s been able to capture incredible images ( like a water droplet impact ) using an Arduino powered camera rig 6:00), and how his was inspired to create a printer that uses on...
May 21, 2017•30 min
This week Michael sits down with Mechanical Engineer and Youtube sensation William Osman to talk about a few of the projects he's developed using Arduino. William talks about how his desire to build a Motion Control System got him interested in Arduino (1:00), how working on the TV Show 'BattleBots' got him working with COSMOS (6:40), and how his goal of steering his dog helped inspire his latest project (14:55). Interested in learning more? Check out William's hilarious and informative Youtube ...
May 08, 2017•30 min
This week Eirik Sverd, an Automation Engineering Student, sits down with Michael to discuss some of the amazing projects his created using Arduino. Eirik talks about how Arduino helped him overcome his early fear of programming (2:20), how learning to control RF signals opened a world possibilities (7:30), and the story behind his latest invention, a ' No Pump Automatic Plant Watering System' (17:20). You can check out all of Eirik's great work on his Youtube Channel. Interested in learning Ardu...
Apr 24, 2017•34 min
For all the Star Wars fans out there, have we got an episode for you! This week our guest is Brian Thompson, founder of 'The Smuggler's Room' . Brian chats with Michael about how his childhood love of Star Wars lead to him building his own Droids from scratch (1:50), the support his found from the R2-D2 builders community (8:00), and how he convinced his wife to let him build a spaceship in their basement (12:10). Interested in learning Arduino? Buy access to all our training now - for just 19US...
Apr 10, 2017•20 min
This week Michael sits down with Ray from Electrosmash to talk about his invention ‘The pedalSHIELD UNO ’, a programmable guitar pedal that works with the Arduino UNO. The two discuss how Ray was able to blend his love of programming and music (2:15), how Electrosmash users can program unique guitar tones using their open source hardware (5:35), and how he’s striving to make his products accessible for users of all experience levels (13:00). Interested in learning Arduino? Buy access to all our ...
Mar 27, 2017•27 min
This week Michael sits down with mechanical engineer Nick Polito to talk about his innovative new Arduino installation, ‘Spinphony’ . The two discuss how Spinphony was created as part of Google’s ‘ Made With Code ’ initiative (3:35), how Nick was able to create a musical bicycle using Arduino and ‘Ableton Live’ (5:20), and how he and his teammates were able to put the project together in three weeks, despite their limited coding experience (11:05). Interested in learning Arduino? Buy access to a...
Mar 13, 2017•20 min
This week Michael sits down with engineering student Noah Del Coro to talk about a couple of interesting projects that he’s been able to build using Arduino. The two talk about the influence of ‘ Instructables ’ on young electronics enthusiasts (4:10), the value of joining his high school’s ‘ FIRST ’ team (5:45), and then get into the projects that Noah has created with Arduino, including his ‘ Fingerprint Scanning Garage Door Opener ’ (9:00), and a ‘ Wireless Fireworks Igniter ’ (14:50). Intere...
Feb 27, 2017•21 min
This week Michael sits down with public school teacher Jack Gupton to talk about the successes and challenges he’s had teaching electronics and programming to his students with Arduino. The two discuss how he introduced his 8th graders to the basic concepts on programming (3:50), how ‘Maker Challenges’ have worked to motivate his students (8:00), adopting less tradition forms of instruction (12:35), and the advice he would give to other teachers looking to bring Arduino into the classroom (18:40...
Feb 13, 2017•26 min
This week Michael sits down with the founder of Rheingold Heavy, Dan Hienzsch. The two talk about Dan’s beginnings in Silicon Valley (1:45), how Arduino opened him up to the world of microcontrollers (7:55), and the inspiration behind building his own circuit board, the ‘I2C and SPI Education Shield’ (9:10). The two also get into Dan’s passion for electronics education, and discuss the advice that he would give to those looking teach others about technology (24:00). You can read more about Dan’s...
Feb 13, 2017•31 min
On the Inaugural episode of the Programming Electronics Academy Podcast, Michael sits down for a chat with educator and electronics hobbyist Dan Massey.The two discuss how Dan first got interested in electronics (3:20), how his first Arduino project literally went up in flames (5:30), the challenges he faced building an Arduino powered 'Hover Disk' (8:20), and how he's managed to bring Arduino into the classroom (12:45). You can read more about Dan’s work, and see his ‘Hover Disk’ in action by h...
Feb 10, 2017•21 min
