Where Are Small, Cheap Micro-Controllers Taking Us?
The computer I started programming in 1970 was an 8K Datapoint 2200. It wasn’t literally the first computer I programmed (that was an HP 2000 series), but it was the first one I had total…
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Butterfly Wing Like Thermosensors Detect Explosives
IndustryTap reported recently on “New Sensors Help Detect, Flush Out Criminals” in which sewers in major cities around the world are being fitted with chemical networks to detect dangerous chemicals that are a signature of…
Gold Nanotubes Can Image and Destroy Cancer Cells Without Any Side Effects
A team of Scientists from the University of Leeds have discovered that gold nanotubes have the ability to fight cancer through high-resolution imaging. The tubes can also act as the agents for destroying cancer cells…
Legacy Migration – Detecting Outdated Practices
Users and project managers usually instruct a team migrating an old software product to ‘keep the functionality as close to the original as possible’. The implication of this is ‘translate line by line’. As pointed…
Auto-Lock Your Mac When You Walk Away With Sesame 2
DESCRIPTION Simply keep Sesame in your pocket, and your Mac will auto-lock every time you walk away. When you return, Sesame will auto-unlock your screen, so you can continue right where you left off. It’s…
Exponential Growth & Disruptive Change
Business people like to think in terms of exponential increase; 3% growth per year, for example, represents a doubling in 24 years. Using Piketty’s example regarding wealth concentration, 5% per year doubles one’s asset values…
GE Repurposing RFID Tags as Tiny Explosive Detecting Sensors… Anti-Terrorism Breakthrough?
GE worked with Technical Support Working Group (TSWG), a task force dedicated to anti-terrorism, in order to develop a new, small RFID sensor capable of detecting explosives. Generally, the type of the devices used for detecting explosives…
Make Your First Video Game Today with Unity 3D Developer Course Bundle
Are you ready to dive into the world of Unity 3D game creation? We have all you need to get started right here: Unity3D Game Developer Course Bundle 7 Courses, 40+ Hours of Content: Build…
Cost Is the Critical Factor in Addressing Climate Issues
The instant I had internet access in the 1990s I started researching the state of renewable energy and CO2 sequestration. There were two thrusts to all this – first was ‘what is possible?’, the second…
New Contact Lenses Are Miniature Telescopes For Your Eyes… Control Zoom With Winks!
New contact lenses, funded by DARPA and developed by researchers at Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) are essentially miniature telescopes for your eyes. The contact itself is a scleral lens, meaning it is…
