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Rock You Like a Hurricane: Why Diversity Matters in STEM
Have you ever noticed that there isn't one fixed hurricane prediction model? Those “cones of error” represent that wide array of assumed courses from many different hurricane models. Each of those...
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Worried About Artificial Intelligence? You Should Be- But Not The Way You...
How many times have you seen on the big screen the threat that artificial intelligence (AI) will wipe out or enslave humankind? It’s a lot, right? Should we really be worried about this with so many...
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Timeline of Driverless Cars
I don’t know about you, but one of my biggest pet peeves is bad rush hour traffic. Everyone is trying to be where they need to be all at once, and the anger and stress caused by traffic jams only...
View ArticleHome Automation Adventures Part III: Common Sense Things To Reduce The Home...
In the last two blogs about Alice and Bob and their home automation system, we describe the general dangers of the internet and then dangers specific to home automation systems. In this blog, we'll...
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Bikeshedding: The Ethics behind the Driverless Car
How would you feel about driving down the highway at 65mph when suddenly you realize that the car that just passed you did not have a driver! No driver, only passengers – a group of seniors running...
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STEM Scouts: Boy Scouts of America’s New STEM Initiative (That’s for Girls Too!)
Science. Technology. Engineering. Mathematics. The STEM Movement, along with the Maker Movement, have been transformative forces in our modern society. Both have rekindled a spirit of “can do” optimism...
View ArticleThe Assimilation of Self-driving Cars, One Feature at a Time
Just this week, Tesla provided a patch that allowed Model S and X owners to gain new features with an overnight download. (Tesla cars are able to receive wireless “over-the-air” updates that add...
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Back to the Future Day
THE DAY HAS ARRIVED. October 21, 2015, the “future date” Doc Brown brought Marty and Jennifer to in Back to the Future part II. But instead of the bleak, dystopian future made popular by films like...
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Smart Cars Will Increase the Life Expectancy of Texters
So, no doubt you've heard of the oncoming wave of self-driving driverless smart cars. Major manufacturers are already incorporating self-driving features into regular cars while others are starting off...
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Wi-Fi Aware Raises Beacon Challenge
The Wi-Fi Alliance is trying to grab a share of the booming beacon market. (Courtesy: Estimote) Until now, Bluetooth® Smart has largely had a free run as the preferred communication technology for...
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Pumpkins, Open Sky and a Legend or Two, Thrown In
I confess. I’m a channel flipper. Blame it on having an over abundance of channels at my fingertips, or a short attention span. The more strange and odd the program or episode, the more likely I’m to...
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Milling About: CNC Routing a Circuit Board
Figure 1: A milled circuit board Breadboards are fantastic for experimenting with a circuit design and testing components. Eventually, you will want to move to a more robust solution for a circuit that...
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Will Autonomous Vehicles Put Human Jobs in the Backseat?
Fig 1: This is the workplace of the combined driver and transport manager in the truck of the future. The new Actros already makes a visual distinction between the driving and living areas. Images...
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Portable Power: Especially Useful on Pluto
Imagine this. You have just parked your private space ship on Pluto, intrigued by all the recent NASA photos of the not-a-planet small wannabe-could-be-planet, and you realize your cell phone is on its...
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The Truth Is Still Out There. And We’re Still Looking.
Contact is one of my favorite films, based on Carl Sagan’s book of that name, in which a great cast searches for and (thanks to scientist Jodie Foster) finds proof of alien life. There’s lots of cool...
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Autonomous Vehicles are Rapidly Becoming a Reality
Autonomous vehicles are rapidly becoming a reality. Every major automobile manufacturer is working on them. The potential of autonomous vehicles is also attracting new participants, including Tesla...
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USB Type-C™ Explained
I was intrigued to hear that Brian Leung, a Google engineer working on the Chromebook Pixel, had gone on a one-man crusade to help early adopters of USB Type-C technology (used in the Pixel) to review...
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IoT Roll-out Highlights Security Concerns
IoT security research findings from Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s internet of things research study. (Courtesy: Hewlett Packard Enterprise)It’s a familiar pattern; a new technology is introduced,...
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Audiophiles: The Battles Rage On
A lot of work goes in to making the "perfect" sound.I’ve always been fascinated by the audiophile community, as it strives to achieve the absolute best possible audio fidelity, and in the late ‘60s...
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What are You Sensing? Pros and Cons of Four Temperature Sensor Types
Choosing temperature-sensing products may seem trivial, but with the wide variety of products available, this task can be quite daunting. In this blog post, I’ll present four types of temperature...
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