University of Buffalo’s 40Lb sensor system. (via UofB and BBC) Wi-Fi signals can be found almost anywhere: in large cities, rural towns and even in the mountains (next to ski resorts and ranger outposts). You can even find them on the ocean, esp...
IBM 5150 PC... (via Wiki)The late 70’s saw the birth of personal computers, which at the time were being developed in garages by home-brew enthusiasts (Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were among those enthusiasts). Not soon after, companies such as RadioSh...
Graphene concept art. Single layer...Graphene is back in the spotlight and its unusual properties are once again being harnessed, this time for use in sticky-type memory. Yang-Fang Chen and his fellow researchers from the University of Taipei designe...
Toyota’s Advanced Active Safety Research Vehicle. I look forward to computer controlled autos. Mostly to avoid traffic jams (via Toyota)Anyone who’s watched I, Robot (Will Smith version) can recall the car chase scene with an Audi that’s capable of d...
Motorola’s Project Ara. Building your own smartphone seems like a dream. I hope this catches on. (via Motorola) Every smartphone has features some users do not want or could do without. It is in that sense that Motorola has turned to designing a...
MaxLife concept diagram. Lifetime cycles are increased, but not a big improvement in energy density (via TI) Texas Instruments is one of the most dominant technology companies ever. Behind Intel and Samsung, it is the world's third largest prod...
Artist concept of the finished castAR glasses (via castAR kickstarter page) Augmented and virtual reality headwear has risen in popularity ever since Google Glass and the Oculus Rift hit the market. Those glasses and head-mounted displays either...
I would have loved a tablet when I was his age... (via LAUSD) Earlier this month (October 2013), the Los Angeles Unified School District unveiled their ambitious proposal to introduce a series of tools designed to raise academic standards needed...
First, I am going to suggest a soundtrack for reading this post… Please hit play below and move on: www.youtube.com/watch Touchscreens are becoming the user interface of the future. It began with smart phones, then came the iPod Touch and t...
Arduinos are awesome for what they have introduced to the world. They have allowed young and old people to easily learn and adapt to working with microcontrollers. They have made computing and digital control available to everyone and have kept every...
www.youtube.com/watch Nine Inch Nails (NIN) like to put on some visually stunning shows. For their next tour around the world, they will be using some new tech to improve their visual effects. One of those new technologies being employed is a Mi...
Searching for parts: easily one of the most important tasks when creating a new design. Get lazy here, and it will haunt designs later. The importance is paired with the significant amount of time that it takes to get just the right parts...
If you've been in electronics for any time at all, it is easy to see a pattern develop between hardware and firmware/software engineers. As soon as a problem crops up, it is instantly clear to the hardware team that it is the code that needs f...
Clinton Climate Initiative LED streetlight... Los Angeles - now the "City of LED Lights" (via LA Bureau of Street Lighting) Street lighting has been around since the ancient Romans and Greeks used them for safety purposes (tripping over ob...
Spy level secret sensors everywhere... can we trust anyone? (via National Taiwan University) Remember when the dentist told you to lay off the crunchy sweets? Have you ever wondered just how much you talk, eat or drink? Soon a little implanted s...
CadSoft Computer participated at OHM 2013 in early August. The 5 day festival is one of Europe’s most popular hackers and makers events and took place in the Netherlands, north of Amsterdam.CadSoft appeared as a sponsor of the event and was rep...
Hacker Scouts hope to retain their logo. (via Hacker Scouts) Trademark and copyright infringement can be a serious offense punishable by hefty fines and even jail time. Just ask anyone convicted of these offensives (including file sharing and to...
The gTar sports a full guitar body with an iPhone dock to communicate with the free gTar app and an LED sensor fitted fretboard to guide users as the play. (via gTar) An engineering example to note. We all can learn from some obvious innovation....
Often times I get questions from my BlueStamp Engineering students on what the best method is for applying to college. After having conversations with many people in this space such as high school students, college students, parents, admissions...
eMMC PRO 5.0 chips... 10 times faster than "class 10" SD cards. (via Samsung) Samsung produces NAND memory chips that are integrated into many of today's consumer electronics products. In fact, it has only been a mere eight months since they rel...
Canary security device.. (via Canary) With the recent outing of the NSA’s secret programs, it is clear that the US government takes national security gravely seriously. Head over to any government facility and you will likely see (and not see) s...
Technology appears to be increasingly evolving toward context-aware based systems that can readily monitor the environment and signal for changes as necessary. Now, it’s even helping humans become more aware of themselves. Recent developments h...
Nvidia's Near-Eye Light Field Displays. Not very Stylish. Reminds me of 80s VR. (via NVIDIA) Head-mounted displays are fast becoming popular among consumers for use in gaming and AR/VR applications. Companies such as Oculus, Vuzix and Google hav...
Infamous D-Wave black box, the Quantum Computer. Available to the pubic! (via D-Wave) As computer hardware has progressed so has the software that makes them work. Starting decades ago punch cards were used to write programs for giant main frame...
