{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Programming Tech Brief By HackerNoon","title":"The Brain, The Body, and The Blue Screen: Why I’m Quitting Hardware","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/d68be7b2\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":288,"description":"\n        This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-brain-the-body-and-the-blue-screen-why-im-quitting-hardware.\n             I have a visual disability—20/400 vision in my right eye and zero peripheral vision. This makes hardware terrifying. \n            Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming.\n            You can also check exclusive content about #engineering, #hardware, #picar, #robotics, #software-developer-journey, #robotics-project, #hackernoon-top-story, #robotics-journey,  and more.\n            \n            \n            This story was written by: @damianwgriggs. Learn more about this writer by checking @damianwgriggs's about page,\n            and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.\n            \n                \n                \n                I became a blind robotics engineer in October. In that project, I built a \"Brain in a Jar\" that could navigate complex mazes, remember where it had been, and backtrack out of dead ends. The goal was simple: Take the \"Brain\" I had already perfected in software and upload it into a \"Body\" of plastic and metal. The only thing left was the interface between us: the MicroSD card.\n        \n        ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/KhCapPSRkLGL2Xw8888yuChkNRWthaKapLYTvNdu4W4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxMTY2LzE2ODM1/ODIzMzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}