{"id":22543,"date":"2014-09-24T02:01:49","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T09:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=22543"},"modified":"2018-02-06T18:45:24","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T01:45:24","slug":"entrepreneur-and-inventor-dan-shapiro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/entrepreneur-and-inventor-dan-shapiro\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneur and Inventor, Dan Shapiro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/169070748&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/cool-tools-show-and-tell\/id605920446?mt=2\">Subscribe to the Cool Tools Podcast on iTunes<\/a>\u00a0|<a href=\"http:\/\/feedpress.me\/cooltoolsshow\">\u00a0RSS<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1PosOfDXA2oPOGK24q25suw8MnOioigA9JboUqI9ICmY\/edit?usp=sharing\">Transcript<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/169070748-boing-boing-cool-tools-show-11-entrepreneur-dan-shapiro.mp3\">Download MP3<\/a>\u00a0|<a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/archives\/tag\/cool-tools-show\">See all the Cool Tools Show posts on a single page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Robot Turtles creator Dan Shapiro recommends inventions and innovations that offer a surprisingly valuable experience for their price. If you&#8217;re looking for high value on a shoestring budget, you won&#8217;t be disappointed by Dan&#8217;s picks.<\/p>\n<p>Show Notes:<\/p>\n<p>Dan&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danshapiro.com\/blog\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dan&#8217;s bestselling game, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00HN2BXUY\/cooltools-20\">Robot Turtles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are Dan\u2019s tool picks, with quotes from the show:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/09\/gimbal.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/09\/gimbal.jpg\" alt=\"gimbal\" width=\"475\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/301176961764?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&amp;_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649\">Brushless DSLR Gimbal<\/a> $450<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;you look at what comes out of it and it looks like you just shot a documentary even though you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re doing. It\u2019s like sprinkling magic fairy pixie dust on any video you shoot. These things are incredible! I\u2019ve been using every excuse I have to shoot video now because it\u2019s so amazing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-style: normal;line-height: 24.375px;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/cool-tools-show-and-tell\/id605920446?mt=2\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41PtsgQTY2L.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ISBN\/0521370957\/cooltools-20\">The Art of Electronics<\/a>\u00a0$60- $120<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s not theory. It\u2019s not highfalutin. It\u2019s, &#8216;Here\u2019s how to go build things that work.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navdy.com\/assets\/press\/press_2-002a4e38fe04a3040a66bf1becc41c99.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"296\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.navdy.com\/\">Navdy<\/a>\u00a0$300<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To get something comparable with your car would be thousands of dollars if it\u2019s even available. I think the Corvette has one that\u2019s a multi thousand dollar option. And then at some point in the future you won\u2019t be able to upgrade the firmware, swap it out. The Navdy you can just plunk on your dash&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51Fq8Gx8ZzL._SL1500_.jpg\" width=\"389\" height=\"389\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00KYJET7M\/cooltools-20\">Cheerson CX-10 multicopter<\/a>\u00a0$20<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Its super stable and small, fits in your pocket easily with room to spare and it\u2019s even capable of doing flips. The thing is just remarkable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/wholesale-customized-products-at-aliexpress.jpg\" width=\"470\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aliexpress.com\/\">AliExpress<\/a> Free<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They have everything from fashion to electronics to lumber, across the board. It\u2019s one of those secrets in my list of suppliers. Everybody knows about Ebay and Amazon. Some people know about these sites like BangGood and Deal Xtreme&#8230;but AliExpress is underappreciated.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Shapiro: Cool Tools Show, Episode 011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1559],"tags":[1555],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22543"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30757,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22543\/revisions\/30757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}