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The talk will discuss how open-source technologies, like the Zephyr Project, are critical to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, focusing on innovation in resource-constrained environments. It will cover implementation strategies, potential challenges, and the future requirements for the success of these initiatives.
*About the Speaker*
Kate Stewart is VP of Dependable Embedded Systems at the Linux Foundation. She is one of the co-founders of the SPDX project, and has been active in advocating for SBOMs to improve software transparency and enable automation of risk analysis. Since joining the Linux Foundation in 2015 she has launched and manages Real-Time Linux, Zephyr Project, and ELISA projects, among others.
*About Teardown*
Teardown is a yearly event hosted by Crowd Supply that draws hackers, makers, and engineers from across the US (and the world) to meet together in Portland, Oregon. Teardown is about the practice of hardware: prototyping, manufacturing, testing, disassembling, and circumventing, all while having fun. Teardown attendees can expect lively talks, demos, art installations, hands-on workshops, fiendish puzzles, and lots of good food. Check it out! crowdsupply.com/teardown
*About Crowd Supply*
Crowd Supply is the crowdfunding platform of choice for engineers, hackers, designers, and idealists. We help them with the funding and support they need to deliver respectful, thoughtfully crafted, open source hardware to their delighted backers. Come see what our creators are making: https://www.crowdsupply.com!
YouTube: youtube.com/@crowd_supply
Instagram: instagram.com/crowdsupply
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The talk will discuss how open-source technologies, like the Zephyr Project, are critical to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, focusing on innovation in resource-constrained environments. It will cover implementation strategies, potential challenges, and the future requirements for the success of these initiatives.
*About the Speaker*
Kate Stewart is VP of Dependable Embedded Systems at the Linux Foundation. She is one of the co-founders of the SPDX project, and has been active in advocating for SBOMs to improve software transparency and enable automation of risk analysis. Since joining the Linux Foundation in 2015 she has launched and manages Real-Time Linux, Zephyr Project, and ELISA projects, among others.
*About Teardown*
Teardown is a yearly event hosted by Crowd Supply that draws hackers, makers, and engineers from across the US (and the world) to meet together in Portland, Oregon. Teardown is about the practice of hardware: prototyping, manufacturing, testing, disassembling, and circumventing, all while having fun. Teardown attendees can expect lively talks, demos, art installations, hands-on workshops, fiendish puzzles, and lots of good food. Check it out! crowdsupply.com/teardown
*About Crowd Supply*
Crowd Supply is the crowdfunding platform of choice for engineers, hackers, designers, and idealists. We help them with the funding and support they need to deliver respectful, thoughtfully crafted, open source hardware to their delighted backers. Come see what our creators are making: https://www.crowdsupply.com!
YouTube: youtube.com/@crowd_supply
Instagram: instagram.com/crowdsupply
Discord: discord.com/invite/7p5huQ
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/crowdsupply
Mastodon: hachyderm.io/@crowdsupply
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/crowdsupply.bsky.social
#opensourcehardware #hardwarehacking #opensource #hardware #teardown #maker #hacker #electronics #crowdsupply #crowdfunding #manufacturing #zephyr #development






![Teardown Session 41: live from Circuit Launch
Shout out to this weeks sponsor, Qorvo and thier RF Accelerator program: https://www.crowdsupply.com/qorvo/rf-accelerator!
In this session, Crowd Supplys Helen Leigh will be streaming live from the Circuit Launch co-working space in Oakland, CA. Join us to tour the space and hear from some of the awesome hardware creators working there. There will be robots!
Dont miss this livestream, Helen will be giving away a CaribouLite SDR!
*About Circuit Launch*
Circuit Launch exists because of a fundamental shift in rules about where you should locate your electronic hardware business. Until recently, companies felt pressured to move their operations to a foreign production center... Fortunately, conditions have changed. Rapid advancement of micromanufacturing equipment means that prototyping, testing and small run production can now be done in-house. And for mass production, the world’s best suppliers and manufacturers are establishing local offices at the various centers of innovation and capital. Production is no longer the primary driver of your company’s location.
Without the oversized emphasis on production, location choice can focus on other metrics: availability of talent, access to capital, cultures of innovation, connections to transportation, shared infrastructure, business climate, lifestyle, and more. The Silicon Valley / San Francisco region is a world leader in the metrics important to Tech companies, and it is home to Circuit Launch.
Circuit Launch leverages the advantages of our location for our members, including the diverse ecosystem of suppliers, manufacturers, and investors. Variety and choice are a part of our ethos. Our community is open; we believe there is no one right supplier, manufacturer, or investor for everyone. Our community is mixed; we serve both startup and established companies. And finally, our community isn’t created by equity participation; we are a pure service provider, exclusively focused on the electronic hardware industry.
[Source: https://www.circuitlaunch.com/about.html]
*Key Moments*
00:23 Crowd Supply News and Whats New
02:25 Shout out to Qorvo, this sessions sponsor!
03:26 Introducing Circuit Launch and some of its denizens
04:18 Circuit Launch is not an incubator
06:12 Coming Soon: a new 50k square-foot San Francisco maker space!
07:44 A badge thats also a Matchbox car
09:15 Brickbreakers tearer downers
10:30 Some ancestral Ataris
12:20 A look at the Ubo Smart Edge Pod
15:20 A SiFive chip project
16:41 Miniaturized radio at 40,000 feet
20:04 An automated weather balloon launcher
23:43 Resources for wild balloon hunting
28:16 Ubo on Hackster
30:03 A walk around the Circuit Launch space
32:57 Automated microscopes from Labsmore; a midi-guitar tech stack
35:10 The main event space and robot racecar track
37:38 A robot bartender and other demos
39:50 A red TARDIS?!
40:20 A remote Spot-bot; workspaces; VR weightlifting; a robot box stacker
45:53 Carbon fiber 3D printer (drool)
47:01 Sewing lab; laser-cut boomboxes
49:10 Prize giveaway!
49:30 Midi guitar demo
52:51 Robot tribute wall
54:08 Telepresence robotics
54:11 Teardown 2024 announcement and details (calling all hacker spaces!)
57:38 Hitch a ride on the Circuit Launch Space Shuttle
*Links & Resources*
- Qorvo: https://www.qorvo.com/
- Circuit Launch: https://www.circuitlaunch.com/
- Teardown 2024: https://www.crowdsupply.com/teardown/portland-2024
- CaribouLite on Crowd Supply: https://www.crowdsupply.com/cariboulabs/cariboulite-rpi-hat
- Qorvo RF Accelerator: https://www.crowdsupply.com/qorvo/rf-accelerator
- Bay Area High Altitude Radio Ballooning: https://sf-hab.org/
- Sonde Hub: https://sondehub.org/#!mt=Mapnik&mz=5&qm=3h&mc=53.47497,-2.26318
- Ubo on Hackster: mhttps://www.hackster.io/news/mehrdad-majzoobi-s-ubo-launching-this-spring-is-designed-for-raspberry-pi-smart-home-projects-8ce7e16fdbf9
- Labsmore microscopes: https://www.labsmore.com/
*About the Teardown Sessions*
Welcome to The Teardown Sessions, a series of interviews and hands-on learning sessions with Crowd Supply creators, staff, and lots of special guests. Crowd Supply is the crowdfunding platform of choice for engineers, hackers, designers, and idealists. We help them with the funding and support they need to deliver respectful, thoughtfully crafted, open source hardware to their delighted backers.
Come on by and see what our creators are making: https://www.crowdsupply.com.
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