July Hardware & Electronics Engineering Meetup by MacroFab & Mouser Electronics event is live! Come grab some food, beer, and socializing if you’re in the Houston area.
Everyone gets Zimas!
This is our second podcast mashup, our first one was with the Amp Hour
Idea Tank Idea’s
- Scooterfy
  - Last mile transportation is the hardest problem to solve for mass transit
  - Scooterfy is a way to convert electric skateboards to a scooter so it takes less skill to ride
  - Casey Neistat makes riding electric skateboards look easy
  - What about a scooter cooler but with a brief case? It would be the business trim package
  - Patent of the inflatable motorcycle helmet
MEP Idea’s
- Stephen wants to be the first actual Space Pirate….Radio Host
  - Went as far as testing out solid rocket fuel
  - Hardest part is getting a satellite in orbit without anyone knowing
  - Sealand: Bates seized it from a group of pirate radio broadcasters in 1967 with the intention of setting up his own station at the site
    - Maybe they are interested in becoming space pirate radio operators?
- Space Elevator? What about a Space Escalator!
- Parker has a series of silly ideas
  - Urn This: Payment plan to cremate your loved ones – Costs and Arm and a Leg
  - everKittens: GMO cats that never grow past being kittens
  - Belt Buckle Badges for conferences and DEFCON
  - Rapid package delivery using cruise missiles
  - Uber for cables
  - Rapid pizza cooler
R.F.O. (Rapid Fire Opinions)
- Security guard robot ends it all by throwing itself into a watery grave – Arstechnica
  - Knightscope K5 security bot shows your job is probably safe from automation. For now.
  - Robot can’t make arrests, taser a criminal, or wade into a burning building, but it can phone the cops or fire off a loud siren.
  - Idea behind it is if you’re shopping center or office complex had five patrolling security guards, you can replace four of them with robots and leave the fifth in a central office that can respond to any issues.
- Google Glass 2.0 Is a Startling Second Act – Wired
- - Augmented Reality for industry
Kickstarter Court
- Fight Stress & End Teeth Grinding Disorder w/ Smart Wearable