News

May 2017 update

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: Initial FCC/CE pretesting results; Component sourcing craziness; We’re guessing that we’re about two weeks out from starting PVT Hello from Oakland, When we last wrote, we were pretty sure...

May 2017 update

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: Initial FCC/CE pretesting results; Component sourcing craziness; We’re guessing that we’re about two weeks out from starting PVT Hello from Oakland, When we last wrote, we were pretty sure...

March 2017 update part two: Plastics, Pollution...

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: Plastic parts are looking good; Wooden parts are looking good; Raw material costs in China are skyrocketing; Open source is amazing. Hello from Oakland! This is part two of...

March 2017 update part two: Plastics, Pollution...

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: Plastic parts are looking good; Wooden parts are looking good; Raw material costs in China are skyrocketing; Open source is amazing. Hello from Oakland! This is part two of...

March 2017 update, part 1: Packaging, PVT Prep,...

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: PVT is planned for early April; Somebody tried to steal our name; A preview of your unboxing experience; Expect part two of this update next week. Hello from Oakland!...

March 2017 update, part 1: Packaging, PVT Prep,...

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: PVT is planned for early April; Somebody tried to steal our name; A preview of your unboxing experience; Expect part two of this update next week. Hello from Oakland!...

Box of Crap, Take Two

Jesse Vincent

We know we’re behind on a real progress update. Jesse’s in Shenzhen right now working with the factory to try to resolve a bunch of the remaining issues blocking production....

Box of Crap, Take Two

Jesse Vincent

We know we’re behind on a real progress update. Jesse’s in Shenzhen right now working with the factory to try to resolve a bunch of the remaining issues blocking production....

Model 01 Day 590: Two steps forward, one step back

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: The PVT run didn’t happen before Chinese New Year; Our factory fired an underperforming supplier; We’ve approved the final versions of some parts. Hello from Oakland, We’ve made a...

Model 01 Day 590: Two steps forward, one step back

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: The PVT run didn’t happen before Chinese New Year; Our factory fired an underperforming supplier; We’ve approved the final versions of some parts. Hello from Oakland, We’ve made a...

2016 Year-End Update

Jesse Vincent

Hello from Oakland, First up, please accept our apologies for the tardiness of this month’s backer update. We welcomed our son Ira Aaron Vincent into the family on December 3...

2016 Year-End Update

Jesse Vincent

Hello from Oakland, First up, please accept our apologies for the tardiness of this month’s backer update. We welcomed our son Ira Aaron Vincent into the family on December 3...