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
- 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!



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