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shraken··on FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites
I'm kind of curious how the KickSat project achieved regulatory approval back in (2014?) for their Sprites. IIRC there were 100 sprite PCB's released from a Cubesat with a UHF radio and chip solar panels on each sprite. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zacinaction/kicksat-you...
shraken··on George Hotz cancels his Tesla Autopilot-like ‘comma one’
I'm not involved in the machine vision field but I found his commitment to open and transparent academic publishing very admirable.

He published a paper with their summer intern here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1608.01230.pdf

shraken··on Amazon bans incentivized reviews tied to free or discounted products
Amazon Vine requires you provide tax identification number as to declare FMV on your income tax. That's a real non-starter for a lot of reviewers.
shraken··on UPSat – the first open source hardware and software satellite is delivered
What do you use for attitude control? Are your design files and software on a public repository?
shraken··on Drop the Supersonic Aircraft Ban
I remember hearing the boom from the STS117 space shuttle in San Diego when it was landing at Edwards back in the summer of the 2007. Shit's loud, even at 100 miles.
shraken··on Visual Basic Turns 25
ByVal and ByRef forever haunt me.
shraken··on VoCore – A coin-sized Linux computer with WiFi
There are many system on module (SOM) vendors in the market. Many of these SoM's have limited market so they're not going to compete on price.

I've used DAVE modules in the past, PHYTEC also makes some great modules for different Silicon vendors: http://phytec.com/products/system-on-modules/

Good break-down here: http://elinux.org/Computer-on-Module