Star Simpson Interviewed for the @Cool_Tools Podcast @starsandrobots #interview
Listen to the stream on SoundCloud below or download the audio file and listen to it at your leisure; there’s also a transcript of the interview available here.
Our guest on the Cool Tools show this week is Star Simpson. She is an electronics designer whose greatest joy is designing objects and tools that are useful to others, which inspire and delight. Her previous work includes research on robotics and work in drones, PLIBMTTBHGATY, an event where people convene to try new programming languages, and an electronics reference card PCB designed for Octopart, now carried in the wallets of electrical engineers everywhere. She is also the creator of Circuit Classics — printed circuit boards that bring to life Forrest Mims’ vintage designs from Getting Started in Electronics.
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