The BOM: Engineering a Path Forward
The BOM (or “bill of materials”) is a weekly Supplyframe DesignLab Podcast hosted by Head of Design & Partnerships Majenta Strongheart. Each week, through digestible conversations with the world’s leading innovators, hackers, and entrepreneurs, Majenta and her guests explore the future of how hardware projects are built and brought to market, investigate technological solutions to the world's toughest challenges, help bridge the gap between makers, startups, and investors, and celebrate the transformational power of design.Presented by Supplyframe DesignLab
Episodes
55 episodes
Form, Function, and Design Harmony With Anthony Oyatayo
In this episode of The BOM: Engineering A Path Forward we have the pleasure of sitting down with Engineering Program Manager for Apple and interior designer Ant…
Smaller Drones For A Bigger World with Eric Weinhoffer
Today, in this episode of the Bom: Engineering a Path, we’re sitting down with Eric Weinhoffer, Senior Hardware Development Specialist at Skydio. Skydio isn’t j…
Supercharging Start-ups at mHub w/Bill Fienup
In this episode of the Bom: Engineering A Path Forward we’re at Chicago’s ideal fab lab, mHub with co-founder Bill Fienup. Most design labs in the US work off a…
Music and Haptic Design w/ Fred Kelly
In this episode of the Bom: Engineering A Path Forward we’re back at mHub in Chicago looking at how music technology is more than synths and software. It’s ever…
Game-changing Tech: The Evolution of Wireless Power w/ Jacob Babcock
In this episode of the Bom: Engineering A Path Forward, we sit down with the CEO of a company that has basically created magic. NuCurrent is at the forefront of…
Unreleased Special With 3D Printing Genuis Vijay Varada
As you have probably noticed, we’ve been on a bit of a break but we’re coming back with exclusive interviews from amazing events and locations. This summer, we’…
How to Build A Better Space For Artists and Engineers w/ Chris Iwasjuta
In this episode of The Bom: Engineering A Path Forward, we take a look at the way that collaboration spaces can be redesigned to better foster innovation with a…
Practical Advice for an Imperfect World With Sera Evcimen
In this episode of The Bom: Engineering a Path Forward, we welcome Sera Evcimen, Founder of the startup consulting firm Pratik. Pratik focuses on finding practi…
Weaving the Fabric of the Future With Madison Maxey
In this episode of The Bom: Engineering a Path Forward, we sit down with the Founder and CEO of Loomia, Madison Maxey.Loomia is an e-textile company that is red…
Where Open Source Meets 3D-Printing w/ Vijay Raghav Varada
Today, on The Bom: Engineering A Path Forward we sit down with Fracktal Works Co-founder Vijay Raghav Varada. Vijay walks us through the need for 3D-printed par…
Sitting Down For Family Dinner Aboard Space Stations
In this episode of The Bom: Engineering a Path Forward, I’m going to ask you to think about a rather futurist question: what does daily life look like in space?…
How A Music Collective Is Reimagining Sound Engineering
In this episode of The Bom: Engineering a Path Forward, we’re talking about the process of turning engineering components into musical instruments and how that…
Episode 42: Anna-Katrina Shedletsky Teaches How To Adapt To A Changing Problem
Majenta Strongheart sits down with Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, the co-founder and CEO of Instrumental. Instrumental is focused on one of the most important aspects…
Episode 41: Wearables That Matter: How Effective Data and Health Sciences Can Change The World with Rosalind Picard
Rosalind Picard is the founder and director of the Affective Computing Research Lab at MIT and co-founded both Affectiva and Empatica. Both companies are aimed…
Episode 40: The 60 Second Architect with Tomide Adesanmi
Tomide Adesanmi is the co-founder and CEO of Circuit Mind. Algorithmic software that helps electronics engineers and designers go from architecture to complete…
Episode 39: A Quick Announcement
Majenta expresses gratitude to the fantastic listeners and shares some thrilling news. While The BOM takes a brief break to gear up, Majenta teases upcoming int…
Episode 38: Augmented Reality Is Not Just a Gimmick with Mareike Kritzler
Mareike Kritzler is the Siemens research group head of the Smart Machine Vision and Visualization team. The team’s research keeps the human in the loop and allo…
Episode 37: The Best Way For Creatives To Combine Curiosity And Technology To Produce Value with JD Sassaman
This was my talk with JD Sassaman, the accomplished architect and innovation expert currently developing Ford’s E mobility facilities in downtown Detroit. We sp…
Episode 36: Open Source and Education with David Cuartielles
This was my interview with David Cuartielles, co-found of Arduino, Cuartielles has been an active advocate for open-source technology and has contributed to var…
Episode 35: Redefining Innovation with Mike Deppe
Today we talked to Mike Deppe, VP of Product Development with Molex. With a background in mechanical engineering, Mike worked in several departments in his 21 y…
Episode 34: 3D Printing For Manufacturing, From Socket to Nailpolish with Easton LaChappelle
Today I spoke to Easton LaChappelle, founder of Unlimited Tomorrow which manufactures high-quality, customizable prosthetics accessible to people who couldn't a…
Episode 33: LIFT—Making More than a Demo with Tom Hoffman
Tom Hoffman is the Portfolio Development Executive and Director of LIFT and Business Development for Digital Enterprise at Siemens. LIFT is a joint public-priva…
Episode 32: Constructing With Open Doors with Fernando Bales
This week, we were on-site speaking with Fernando Bales, build lab manager for Citizen Robotics in Detroit, Michigan. Citizen Robotics is a non-profit working t…
Episode 31: Starts at the Hackathon with Zvi Feuer
Zvi Feuer is the SVP of Manufacturing Engineering at Siemens Industry Software (SISW). This episode covers Zvi’s decades of experience starting his career in in…
Episode 30: Harmony in Circuitry with Alberto Gianelli
Alberto Gianelli is the Senior Electronic Engineer of teenage engineering, a Stockholm, Sweden, based music equipment developer and manufacturer. Teenage Engine…
Episode 29: Automating PCB Circuit Design with Sergiy Nesterenko
Sergiy Nesterenko is the CEO and cofounder of Quilter. Quilter is an AI/ML solution in PCB/circuit board design and is currently in a closed-beta development ph…
Episode 28: Same Industry, Different Roles with Brenda Discher
Brenda Discher is the SVP of Marketing and Strategy at Siemens. Siemens has been an important mainstay in communications tech, product and manufacturing design…
Episode 27: A Front Row Seat to the Future With Chrissy Meyer
Chrissy Meyer discovered electrical engineering at age 9 and never looked back. Now a partner at Root Ventures, she helps provide initial funding for companies…
Episode 26: From Recording Room to the Stratosphere with Randa Milliron
From Recording Room to the Stratosphere with Randa Milliron Randa currently takes on the corporate administration, marketing, public relations, and government c…
Episode 25: The Modern Space Race With Sirina Nabhan
Today I’m joined by a long-time friend of Supplyframe, Sirina Nabhan who has one of the coolest jobs in the world. Sirina is a product and data systems engineer…
Episode 24: Robots and Race Cars With Paul Mitchell
What does AI have to do with motorsports? This week I’m joined by Paul Mitchell, the President of the Indy Autonomous Challenge, a program where universities co…
Episode 23: A New Guard in Crowdsourced Tech Development with Valentina Ratner
Valentina Ratner is the co-founder and CEO of AllSpice. She comes from an extensive project management background and holds a dual Harvard MBA and MS Engineerin…
Episode 22: Designing Digital Collectibles: A Conversation with Joey Jones
Cory Grossman, who was previously interviewed on The BOM, and I will have a discussion with Joey Jones, the Vice President and Executive Creative Director at Ca…
Episode 21: Building Customer Confidence With Ying
Ying works for Win-Source Electronics, Asia’s largest electronic components supplier. I got to spend some time with Ying at Electronica Munich last year, and ha…
Episode 20: Hone Your Skills With Sarah Rich
Today I’m speaking with the amazing Sarah Rich. Not only is Sarah VP of Operations and Customer Success at SupplyFrame, she was actually the first employee the…
Episode 19: Electronica with Mike Casper and Matt Johnson
Today I’m speaking at Electronica in Munich with CEO and Cofounder of AZUMO, Mike Casper, and Matt Johnson of Bare Conductive and LAIIER. Mike Casper is the fou…
Episode 18: Three is a Company with Supercon 6
Today I am at Supercon 6 where I’m going to speak with three incredible guests, and talented Solderers, Helen Leigh, Steven, and Tom! Helen Leigh is a maker, an…
Episode 17: Building a Sustainable City with Tomas Diez
Today I am in the gorgeous city of Bali at the Bali Fab Fest; where each year members of the more than 2,000 worldwide Fab Labs gather to share, discuss, collab…
Episode 16: The Overarching Theme
Today on the show, we’re looking back over the last four months of The BOM podcast and revisiting some of our favorite moments. From Jayy Moss’s dedication to a…
Episode 15: Evoking Feeling with Spaces w/ Cory Grosser
Today on the podcast, we’re joined by product designer, interior architect, and art director Cory Grosser. We’ll talk about some of the exciting things that are…
Episode 14: A New World of Electronics w/ Jasmine Brackett
Today on the podcast, we’re joined by Jasmine Brackett, a jill-of-many-trades who’s currently running Tindie , an online community marketplace that helps hardwa…
Episode 13: Decentralized Wireless Networks w/ Clarissa Redwine
Today, we’re joined by Clarissa Redwine. When I first met Clarissa back in 2017, she was the West Coast Design and Tech outreach lead for Kickstarter. She’s als…
Episode 12: Language, Mathematics and Pictures w/ Kitty Yeung
Today we discuss Kitty’s extensive background in education, her work at Microsoft, her thoughts on STEAM and why it’s so important to integrate art into tech, a…
Episode 11: Marco Tarabini, PhD
Continuing our education theme, our guest today is educator, researcher, and author Marco Tarabini. Marco is a mechanical systems engineer, professor of Mechani…
Episode 10: MakerBay Founder & Educator Cesar Jung-Harada
Continuing our series on Education in Design and Tech, today we are joined by the prolific inventor, conservationist, student, and educator Cesar Jung-Harada. C…
Episode 9: Girls Garage Founder Emily Pilloton-Lam
This month, we are exploring the theme of Education in Design and Technology, and the ways in which educators and students are changing the world through innova…
Episode 8: Hackaday Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams
To wrap up our series on THE POWER OF OPEN SOURCE, this week Majenta is joined by a very special guest, the Editor-in-chief of Hackaday , Elliot Williams . Elli…
Episode 7: Conservify Founder Shah Selbe | Open Source Conservation
This week, 2019 Hackaday prize winner and 2022 Hackaday Prize Judge, Shah Selbe is here! Shah is the founder of Conservify and Managing Director at FieldKit, an…
Episode 6: Sameera Chukkapalli Holmes & Jason Knight | The Power of Open Source (Part 2 of 2)
This week Majenta's DesignLab colleague, Giovanni Salinas, joins her again as our special co-host for Part 2 of their conversation with social entrepreneur Same…
Episode 5: Sameera Chukkapalli Holmes & Jason Knight | The Power of Open Source (Part 1 of 2)
This week Majenta's DesignLab colleague, Giovanni Salinas, joins her as our special co-host. Over the next four episodes, we will be talking about the power of…
Episode 4: Baukunst Co-Founder and General Partner Kate McAndrew | Investing in the Creative Technologist
Wrapping up our theme of DesignLab’s Community, this week Majenta is joined by the brilliant Kate McAndrew, a Co-founder and General Partner at Baukunst, a coll…
Episode 3: Kwabena Agyeman | OpenMV President & Co-Founder
Continuing our theme of DesignLab’s Community, this week our guest is President & Co-Founder of OpenMV and Lead Embedded Systems Engineer at Embark Trucks , Kwa…
Episode 2: Sophy Wong | Wearable Tech For Creative Expression
Continuing our theme of DesignLab’s Community, this week Majenta is joined by the brilliant multi-disciplinary designer Sophy Wong. After starting her career in…
Episode 1: Jayy Moss | Digi-Key Technical Content Creator
Welcome to The BOM! This week, Majenta is joined by the brilliant self-described “tinker” Jorvon "Jayy" Moss. Jayy is a self-taught maker from Compton and the T…
Introducing The BOM
The BOM (or “bill of materials”) is a weekly Supplyframe DesignLab Podcast hosted by Head of Design & Partnerships Majenta Strongheart . Each week, through dige…