#710 – Tugging on the Nerd Heartstring

• Chris got back from his honeymoon to the Galapagos, see photos on the updated version of his blog.
• Dave encountered a super secret podcast location
• Before leaving on vacation, Chris went to an event mentioned in episode 708 launching a new Tektronix scope.
• The parent company has been Danaher -> Fortive -> Ralliant (now based out of Raleigh)
• Large budget events
• Don Mcmillan is technically funny
• Open Circuit
• The Way Things Work
• Discman teardown
• Neo the home robot
• Humane AI pin ‘tugging on the nerd heartstring’
• Nikola / Trevor Norton
• Auto concept cars
• Rigol MHO 900 videos, already hacked, paid hack
• EEVblog forum
• Unknown chinese fpga
• Stephen Hawes working on a PCB that can be laser cut for super quick turn boards
• Oxide and Friends podcast
• KiCon (US) 2025 Talks