Parker Dillmann | February 3, 2017 | Aditya Bansal, Intel Edison, Kinetic, MacroFab, MEP, Mijael Damian, Podcast, The "Device"

Podcast

MEP EP#53: Aditya and Mijael of Kinetic with “The Device”

Podcast Notes

Aditya Bansal
- Co-founder and CTO of Kinetic
- Graduated Purdue University with a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Worked at IBM Research Center before Kinetic
- Developed a motion tracker to move text on a display so the text stays still while running on a treadmill
Mijael Damian
- Head of Data Analysis and Supply Chain at Kinetic
- Graduated New York Columbia University as a Mechanical Engineer
- Used to work with key.me which is a “physical key” in the cloud, key cut is stored into the cloud and can be made at a kiosk so you are never locked out
Kinetic is a company developing wearable devices to reduce workplace injuries of industrial workers
- Located in New York City
- Small, lean team
The “Device” runs on the Intels Edison platform which is an x86 architecture
- Rugged design for industrial and harsh environments
- OLED display
- 15 hours of battery life
- Advance IMU for tracking motion
- Records and tracks employee motion to help reduce high risk moves and lifts
- Quantifies how many high risk moves and lifts a person does
- Can give supervisors data on equipment improperly setup, EX: Table too short or parts stored too high
- Lots of advance drop tests, environmental testing, humidity, and temperature
This is also the first year anniversary of the MEP! Here is to another 52 episodes!

Figure 1: Aditya Bansal and Mijael Damian of Kinetics dropped by to visit MacroFab!

Figure 2: Kinetic's The Device — Figure 2: Kinetic’s “The Device”

Figure 3: Aditya Bansal setting up the testing area for preliminary testing of Kinetic's production run. — Figure 3: Aditya Bansal setting up the testing area for preliminary testing of Kinetic’s production run.

Figure 4: Kinetic’s drop test of “The Device”

Special thanks to whixr over at Tymkrs for the intro and outro!

About The Hosts

Parker Dillmann is MacroFab's Co-Founder, and Lead ECE with backgrounds in Embedded System Design, and Digital Signal Processing. He got his start in 2005 by hacking Nintendo consoles into portable gaming units. He also runs the blog, longhornengineer.com, where he posts his personal projects, technical guides, and appnotes about board layout design and components. Parker graduated with a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas.

Stephen Kraig began his electronics career by building musical oriented circuits in 2003. Stephen is an avid guitar player and, in his down time, manufactures audio electronics including guitar amplifiers, pedals, and pro audio gear. Stephen graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University.