About this podcast
I am Elecia White alongside Christopher White. We're here to chat about the interests, careers, and lives of engineers, artists, educators and makers. Our diverse guest list includes names you may have heard and engineers working quietly in the trenches. Either way, they are knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and inspiring.
We'd love to share our enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM).
Episodes
The newest 50 of 585 episodes
- 538: Hedgehog of Antennas · 1 h 2 min · Episode 538Mission Operations Engineer Ian Orzechowski joins us to demystify what it actually takes to operate satellites in space. We discuss managing small satellite constellations, the…
- 537: Quiet Time Innovation · 1 h 19 min · Episode 537Christopher and Elecia catch up on life, firmware consulting, daydreams, and projects. Elecia thinks aloud about low-stimulation education toys. Christopher shares his experience…
- 536: I've Seen a Giraffe · 60 min · Episode 536David Such joins us to discuss his new book, Embedded AI: Intelligence at the Deep Edge. We explore the boundary between classical signal processing, heuristics, and edge machine…
- 535: The You in the Machine · 1 h 29 min · Episode 535Adam Smith from UC Santa Cruz joins us to discuss local Small Language Models (SLMs) and building open, autonomous tools. We explore his BayLeaf AI counterplatform, transagency…
- 534: I Think We'll Add a Head · 1 h 13 min · Episode 534Aaed Musa joins us to talk about building robot dogs, custom actuators, and his YouTube channel. He shares how he moved from 3D-printing servo robots in his parents' garage to…
- 533: The Garage Is Open · 59 min · Episode 533Author Susan Lammers joins the show to discuss the 40th anniversary edition of her classic book, Programmers at Work. We discuss what it was like to interview young and…
- 532: It's Still Real Fire · 1 h 9 min · Episode 532Kevin Santo Cappuccio, founder of Architeuthis Flux, joins the show to discuss creating Jumperless, an open-source breadboard that replaces physical jumper wires with…
- 531: Sequestering the Mess · 1 h 7 min · Episode 531Elecia and Christopher celebrate winning the IEEE Educational Activities Board Meritorious Achievement Award in Outreach and Informal Education! A huge thank you to Mark Omo and…
- 530: A Living Highlighter · 1 h 8 min · Episode 530Marine biologist Dr. Steven Haddock joins the show to share the alien, glowing, and transparent wonders of the deep ocean. We discuss his beautiful new book, The Radiant Sea, and…
- 529: The Narwhal Looked Amazing · 1 h 22 min · Episode 529Chris Svec returns to the show to discuss the messy, non-linear realities of engineering management and onboarding new college graduates. We explore why companies should bother…
- 528: Goldfish Chunks · 1 h 10 min · Episode 528Tyler Hoffman returns to the show to discuss diagnostics and observability data in embedded systems. We catch up on his life after startup acquisition, explore the hows and whys…
- 527: At The Jellyfish Conference · 1 h 9 min · Episode 527Chris and Elecia talk about pushing out of their comfort zone, networking advice, adding STARs and action verbs to resumes, using rust, thermo forming plastics, soldering…
- 526: Take A Taste Of Engineers · 1 h 1 min · Episode 526Dr. Victoria Serrano spoke with us about STEM outreach, fostering curiosity, and inspiring students with engineering education. Victoria is a professor at the Technological…
- 525: Some Sort of Metal · 1 h 3 min · Episode 525Dr. Tom Williams spoke with us about robots, ethics, teaching, and books. Then we talked about mines, umpires, water, and more books. Tom is the author of Degrees of Freedom: On…
- 524: This Isn't a Movie · 1 h 14 min · Episode 524Nathan Jones spoke with us about hardware security, motivation, conference talks, and writing. Nathan wrote an in-depth series of posts about the benefits of superloops vs RTOS…
- 523: Bad Experience With Donuts · 1 h 10 min · Episode 523Chris and Elecia chat about Leapfrog toys, things they like, large company politics, awards, and open source governance. The Toy Story 5 Trailer with LilyPad toy which is…
- 522: The Information Is In Poop · 55 min · Episode 522Sonia Grego speaks with us about a topic no one likes to talk about, but could be used to monitor personal dietary health and widespread disease outbreaks. Toilets! Sonia leads…
- 521: Are You The Tiny Domino? · 1 h 3 min · Episode 521Kenneth Finnegan entertained us with stories about accidentally contributing to the internet's ability to network. Wondering how the internet works? All those terms about IPv4…
- 520: All Sorts of Interesting Facts About Teeth · 59 min · Episode 520Chris and Elecia apologize, discuss uses and abuses of chatbots, reach out to an uncertain manager, try to help someone out of their professor's draconian rules, and extol the…
- 519: The Password Is All Zeros · 1 h 6 min · Episode 519Mark Omo and James Rowley spoke with us about safecracking, security, and the ethics of doing a bad job. Mark and James gave an excellent talk on the development of their…
- 518: Nothing We Can Do About Frogs · 1 h 8 min · Episode 518James Cameron spoke with us about programming for and operating a large telescope. The show is a blend of astronomy, engineering on the fly, and weird lady bug habitats. The…
- 517: A Direct, Sensible Podcast · 1 h 1 min · Episode 517Nathan Jones and Chris Svec give Chris and Elecia their 2025 performance review. Donations went to Elevate Tutoring, an organization that provides funding and support to…
- 516: Voices From the Cataclysms of the Universe · 58 min · Episode 516Sophi Kravitz joined us to talk about art, science, and engineering. You can see Messages from Space on Sophi's website /sophikravitz.com). A subset of the artwork had a short…
- 515: Script Boomers · 1 h 10 min · Episode 515Nick Kartsioukas joined us to talk about security in embedded systems. Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) is the primary database to check your software libraries, tools…
- 514: Just Turn Off All the Computers · 1 h 10 min · Episode 514Philip Koopman joined us to talk about embedded systems becoming embodied and intelligent. We focus on the safety considerations of making an intelligent and embodied device…
- 513: I'm Sorry You Learned Something · 1 h 17 min · Episode 513Jason Turner of C++ Weekly and Empty Crate spoke with us about the joy of puzzles, the changing directions of an interesting career, and the C++ programming language. I mean, of…
- 512: What if I Didn't Stop? · 1 h 5 min · Episode 512Katherine "Smalls" Connell spoke with us about making thin and flexible circuits, making stretchable electronics, and running a successful Kickstarter. Katherine's Kickstarter…
- 511: Forty Trillion Divides · 1 h 22 min · Episode 511Chris and Elecia talk about the show overflowing to another bit, fight over vim vs nano, consider awards, discuss writing (and self-motivation), consider linear algebra on AI…
- 510: The Secret Chip · 1 h 4 min · Episode 510Christina Cyr spoke with us about building cell phones, entrepreneurship, social purpose corporations, awards, lithium recycling, and her interesting career path. We talked about…
- 509: Swarmed by Engineers · 1 h 13 min · Episode 509Steve Hinch wrote a book about engineering, innovation, and business. He shares decades of wisdom gleaned from his career at Hewlett-Packard and Agilent as an engineer, manager…
- 508: Descartes' Demon · 1 h 22 min · Episode 508William Griffin spoke to us about hardware-in-the-loop testing, simulation, terminology, learning complex topics, and books. We don't usually expand upon the show title but…
- 507: Turn Our Data Into Predators · 1 h 14 min · Episode 507Chris and Elecia chat about books, courses, alternate podcasts, electronics, statistics, kidnapping Roo, and journaling failures. The Embedded Patreon book club is reading…
- 506: How Do I Fit a Whale Into an Apartment Building? · 1 h 2 min · Episode 506Dmitry Grinberg joined us to talk about running Linux on small microprocessors (physically small and/or 4-bit). Dmitry does this by emulating a MIPS processor. Boot times vary…
- 505: Potato in a Number Field · 1 h 18 min · Episode 505We spoke with Peter Griffin about Jumperless Breadboards, no-install GUI development, Excel, and puppies. Jumperless Breadboard at CrowdSupply • Colab GUI for Jumperless…
- 504: The Robot Was Expecting It · 1 h 6 min · Episode 504It's another episode with Elecia and Chris. This week they discuss people that have influenced their lives and careers, thinking about past career choices and regrets therein…
- 503: The Tiniest Laptops · 1 h 3 min · Episode 503Emily Lovell spoke with us about teaching how to contribute to open source, including her own experience creating the LilyTiny as a Master's student and researching the impact as…
- 502: Chat, J'ai Peté! · 1 h 8 min · Episode 502Chris and Elecia talk about Murderbot, LLMs (AI), bikes, control algorithms, and fancy math. The website with the ecology jobs is wildlabs.net from 501: inside the Armpit of…
- 501: Inside the Armpit of a Giraffe · 1 h 20 min · Episode 501We spoke with ecologist Dr. Meredith Palmer and embedded engineer Akiba about lions, terror, and technology. Akiba works for FreakLabs.org on global conservation projects. We…
- 500: Nerding Out About the Ducks · 1 h 7 min · Episode 500Komathi Sundaram spoke with us about her enthusiasm for tests and test automation. We talked about the different joys of testing vs. development, setting up CI servers, and…
- 499: This Is Your Problem · 51 min · Episode 499We spoke with Janet Hansen about the world of professional costumery (with electronics) and becoming an artist. Janet's business is Enlighted where you can find custom…
- 498: To Consume Stickers · 1 h 6 min · Episode 498At the end of this week's show, Elecia reads a Winnie the Pooh poem as Cookie Monster death metal. Before that, Chris and Elecia chat about mental health, journaling, personal…
- 497: Everyone Likes Tiny · 1 h 24 min · Episode 497OpenMV has a new Kickstarter so CEO Kwabena Agyeman chatted with us about more powerful (and smaller!) programmable cameras. See OpenMV's site for their existing cameras. See…
- 496: Beauty, Elegance, Consistency · 60 min · Episode 496Professor Shimon Schocken spoke with us about teaching computer science from NAND logic gates to arithmetic units, micro assembly, virtual machines, compilers, operating systems…
- 495: Shortcut the Difficulties of Reality · 1 h 1 min · Episode 495Professor Cindy Harnett spoke to us about new and different sensors and actuators, primarily designed for soft robotics and fabricated with relatively low cost materials. Cindy…
- 494: All Tech Is Wearable · 1 h 15 min · Episode 494Debra Ansell joined us to talk about finding friends and exchanging neat gifts, accidentally tricking people into making unmanufacutable boards, and happy, blinking lights. Debra…
- 493: Put the Peeps in the Chili Pot · 1 h 20 min · Episode 493Elecia and Chris talk with each other about the state of Chris' mind, what makes an embedded developer stand out, "LEGO block" based design, unit tests, and astronomy. Whew!…
- 492: Octopus Army · 1 h 9 min · Episode 492Nathan Jones chatted with us about his proposal for a computer architecture book based on a 4-bit computer. Nathan found the 4-bit computer in the Hackaday SuperCon 2022 badge…
- 491: Oscillators Oscillating Other Oscillators · 1 h 6 min · Episode 491Chris and Elecia spoke with Kirk Pearson about running audio-electronic-art workshops, interesting sounds, and their book Make: Electronic Music from Scratch: A Beginner's Guide…
- 490: Wait Until Physics Has Happened · 1 h 5 min · Episode 490Nikolaus Correll spoke with us about robots, teaching robotics, and writing books about robots. Nikolaus is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Colorado, see his…
- 489: Constructive Cat · 1 h 1 min · Episode 489Chris and Elecia discuss her origami art show, ponder PRs for solo developers, attempt to explain GDB debugging, and make a to-do list for getting rid of Kanga. Elecia is having…
