{"id":4411,"date":"2022-06-10T10:20:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T20:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/?p=4411"},"modified":"2022-06-10T10:20:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T20:20:45","slug":"mobileviews-podcast-410-hawaii-techies-edition-1-robert-lee-stow-energy-smart-heat-pumps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/10\/mobileviews-podcast-410-hawaii-techies-edition-1-robert-lee-stow-energy-smart-heat-pumps\/","title":{"rendered":"MobileViews Podcast 410: Hawaii techies edition #1 &#8211; Robert Lee, Stow Energy, smart heat pumps!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MobileViews Podcast 410: Hawaii Techie Edition-Robert Lee, Stow Energy, smart heat pumps!\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=4k8yb-1249a9c-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stowenergy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"499\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stowenergy.png 640w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stowenergy-300x234.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\nThis is the first of a planned series of MobileViews podcast focusing on technologists with Hawaii ties. This first in the series welcomes old friend Robert Lee who recently left a giant technology firm to join a start-up working on smart heat pumps. He has been in California for over a decade now but grew up in Hawaii and was a summer intern at a company I worked for years ago. He is currently the Lead Software Engineer at Stow Energy<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Robert&#8217;s current favorite gadgets<br \/>\nPinecil USB-C soldering iron<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/pine64.com\/product\/pinecil-smart-mini-portable-soldering-iron\/\">Pinecil USB-C soldering iron<\/a><br \/>\nSolder anywhere &#8211; plugs into a macbook charger, I have been using this for field repairs and to keep my workbench compact<br \/>\nMechanical keyboard enthusiasts might like this since it\u2019s much less expensive and bulky than a traditional soldering iron<br \/>\nNinja Creami ice cream machine<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ninjakitchen.com\/exclusive-offer\/NC301WBKT\/ninja-creami-7-in-1-ice-cream-maker\/\">Ninja Creami ice cream machine<\/a><br \/>\nInstead of slowly churning ice cream, this thing uses a 800 watt motor &#8211; like a shave ice machine at 10x speed<br \/>\nMy partner and I have been making fruit and non dairy desserts as a stay at home hobby<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stow.energy\/\">Stow Energy<\/a> Lead Software Engineer<br \/>\nOne heat pump for your home heating, cooling and hot water &#8211; hydronic technology used in big commercial buildings on residential scale<br \/>\nThermal storage &#8211; use excess solar energy or cheap time of use rates to time shift your heating and cooling energy usage<br \/>\nSimplify home HVAC &#8211; people only replace critical things like furnaces in an emergency, how can we help people learn more about their home\u2019s health and make maintenance \/ dealing with contractors easier?<br \/>\nEmbedded software, and also EE PCB design, and also cloud engineering, and also PEX plumbing, &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/energysaver\/heat-pump-systems\">Energy.gov Heat Pump Systems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sunroof.withgoogle.com\/\">Google Project Sunroof<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Available via <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/listen?u=0&#038;gclid=COid8dLi6s0CFQrQfgodJ_8CsA&#038;gclsrc=ds#\/ps\/Ioaoswyblmdonyb42jg6stsl6om\">Google Music Podcasts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/mobileviews.com-podcast\/id301171904?mt=2\">Apple iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\u201chttps:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/MobileViewscom-Podcast-Podcast\/B08K565TQS?qid=1640555789&#038;sr=1-1&#038;ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&#038;pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&#038;pf_rd_r=TXEJVWB2VW471GJ9XQQ0\u201d<\/a>MobileViews Podcast from Audible.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first of a planned series of MobileViews podcast focusing on technologists with Hawaii ties. 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