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	Podcast:		The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast
	Episode:		#414 – An interview with Scotty Allen (Strangeparts)
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		01:55:12
	Publish Date:		2018-11-05 22:18:43
	Description:		(image thanks to the Hackaday.io) Welcome Scotty Allen of Strangeparts.com! Chris and Scotty were just hanging out at Supercon. Scotty gave a talk from there last year. Scotty’s latest video is about making an RFID chip Kitchen Confidential Scotty did software consulting in college and then joined the Google search team. He decided to quit and travel more and was became a “Minimalist by default” when he accidentally set apartment on fire. Blog posts in 2014 had him curious about Shenzhen, including posts from Ian from Dangerous Prototypes. He first visited with Mitch Altman during his yearly tour to China. Greg from RevRobotics makes parts for FRC The process to stay in China WePay (really “WeChat Pay”) QR codes Scotty knows some conversational Chinese, but also relies on Google translate and Microsoft translate (OCR). Videos iPhone Making the phone Bringing back the jack RFID Checking out the stickers 2nd video at Impinge Factory tours JLCPCB Industrial SLA Accidentally went to a hockey stick factory Videoes with Collin Abroadcast in the Yiwu commodities market outside of Shanghai Inside the massive market Cashierless convenience store Places Scotty wants to tour (please contact if you know of any contacts) Silicon fab Batteries – LiPo Injection molding – greg nedall White label modification 100 units Chinese entrepreneurs use local manufacturing iPhone testing board (also pictured above) is a good example Intermeshed network of specialized manufacturing People shop around for quality/relationships Finding factories Moving outside of Shenzhen Mismatched expectations Chinese entrepreneurs Moving upmarket Shanzai phones Made in China 2025 100 year plan with 5 year plan segments Scotty doesn’t plan to start a QVC channel DSLR video shooter Video Background in video/theater Story telling Quest The Engineers journey Any complex project goes through the heroes journey The only way through is to change who they are as a person There are two ways the story can finish Succeed Explaining why it can’t be done Battery stories with past guest Steve Kreuzer Boards brought from the market Scotty is growing the Strangeparts team, namely looking for a COO. Contact Scotty on Twitter @strangepartscom Scotty@strangeparts.com
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