New and Exciting

What is the most exciting technology you discovered or rediscovered this year?
This is not a question about significant leading edge technologies, it is just about what you currently find exciting.

Are you into VR? Like Meta Quest 3 or Apple Vision Pro
Are you into computers? Like Raspberry Pi 5 or Apple iMac M3
Are you into e-bikes - a massive trend
Are you into Machine Learning? Like Huskylens
Are you into RISK V or FPGAs? Like BeagleV Fire
Are you into AI? Like CHATGPT

Are you into robots and automation? Like commercial drone applications or self-driving cars

Are you into communications technology? Like SDR

Are you into gaming technology? (and games)

Re you into retro electronics? Like vinyl audio or tube amps

Are you into test instrumentation? and setting up a great lab

Are you into software/firmware? Like RTOS or real-time LINUX on microcontrollers

Or all of the above?

What turns your crank these days?

What is on your wish list?

What courses do you need to take?

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Jan Cumps over 1 year ago in reply to dougw

Scary things make it an interesting hobby .

Else we'd all be knitting.
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strb over 1 year ago in reply to Jan Cumps

Jan Cumps said:
Get that house cozy and warm. The rest will follow

Yes that's for sure!

Jan Cumps said:
Soldering iron, a meter and a power supply will be the things you'll use for 91% of the time.

I agree with you. Usually is not needed a lot of instrumentation to start! In fact, my first power supply was made by an old atx supply and my "scope" was an arduino uno board sampling more or less at 150kHz. That's more or less how I started.
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dang74 over 1 year ago

The most exciting and most topical technology has got to be AI. At the risk of pointing out the obvious AI has gone mainstream and I hear it discussed in the general media almost as much as it is on e14. This definitely wasn't the case with Internet of Things. The nice thing about e14 is that is that demystifies AI and machine learning and shows how it can be used to solve problems. The example that comes to mind Doug, is how you trained your smart camera module to recognize bees. Undoubtedly there will be major societal impacts associated with AI. However, before our Robot Overlords completely take over we have a few good years left where we can do things like teach our machines the difference between spiders and bees.
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dang74 over 1 year ago in reply to scottiebabe

LOL
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anniel747 over 1 year ago in reply to beacon_dave
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dougw over 1 year ago in reply to anniel747

Wow...
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dougw over 1 year ago in reply to dang74

We live in the golden age of people accomplishments. It will taper off as AI proliferates. It is a good time to be a human.
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anniel747 over 1 year ago in reply to dougw
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dang74 over 1 year ago in reply to dougw

Nicely said. At times I've reflected on our current era and how it contrasts with previous times. Many years ago advancements and discoveries seemed to be made by lone individuals. Beginning perphaps with the Manhatten project innovations are now the result of team work. But yeah, I think you've highlighted the next era and the baton that went from person to people will now be passed to 'machine.'
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DAB over 1 year ago in reply to dougw

My biggest problem with VR headsets is the weight.

After I broke my neck, there is a limit to how much stress I want to put on the repaired joints.
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