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Circuit Break Podcast #53

Aditya and Mijael of Kinetic with “The Device”

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February 3, 2017, Episode #53

On this Episode, Parker and Stephen have guests Aditya Bansal and Mijael Damian of Kinetic.
  • 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 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.

About the Hosts

Parker Dillmann
  Parker Dillmann

Parker is an Electrical Engineer with backgrounds in Embedded System Design and Digital Signal Processing. He got his start in 2005 by hacking Nintendo consoles into portable gaming units. The following year he designed and produced an Atari 2600 video mod to allow the Atari to display a crisp, RF fuzz free picture on newer TVs. Over a thousand Atari video mods where produced by Parker from 2006 to 2011 and the mod is still made by other enthusiasts in the Atari community.

In 2006, Parker enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin as a Petroleum Engineer. After realizing electronics was his passion he switched majors in 2007 to Electrical and Computer Engineering. Following his previous background in making the Atari 2600 video mod, Parker decided to take more board layout classes and circuit design classes. Other areas of study include robotics, microcontroller theory and design, FPGA development with VHDL and Verilog, and image and signal processing with DSPs. In 2010, Parker won a Ti sponsored Launchpad programming and design contest that was held by the IEEE CS chapter at the University. Parker graduated with a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Spring of 2012.

In the Summer of 2012, Parker was hired on as an Electrical Engineer at Dynamic Perception to design and prototype new electronic products. Here, Parker learned about full product development cycles and honed his board layout skills. Seeing the difficulties in managing operations and FCC/CE compliance testing, Parker thought there had to be a better way for small electronic companies to get their product out in customer's hands.

Parker also runs the blog, longhornengineer.com, where he posts his personal projects, technical guides, and appnotes about board layout design and components.

Stephen Kraig
  Stephen Kraig

Stephen Kraig is a component engineer working in the aerospace industry. He has applied his electrical engineering knowledge in a variety of contexts previously, including oil and gas, contract manufacturing, audio electronic repair, and synthesizer design. A graduate of Texas A&M, Stephen has lived his adult life in the Houston, TX, and Denver, CO, areas.

Stephen has never said no to a project. From building guitar amps (starting when he was 17) to designing and building his own CNC table to fine-tuning the mineral composition of the water he uses to brew beer, he thrives on testing, experimentation, and problem-solving. Tune into the podcast to learn more about the wacky stuff Stephen gets up to.

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

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