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A DIY Starting Guide with the Arduino 101

On kovas 30, 2016 in Open Source by Warren Miller

I have been toying with the idea of diving into the Do It Yourself (DIY) and Maker communities, well maybe more like getting my toe in the water, for a while now, but I just couldn’t find the right project to get started. Then just a few weeks ago I saw the Arduino 101 (Genuino 101 outside the U.S.) and was intrigued by this ‘upgrade’ of the familiar Arduino platform using the low-power Intel Curie™ module.

Tagged With: Arduino 101, Intel

Tesla Fails to Power the World without Wires

On kovas 22, 2016 in All, Power by Barry Manz

All the hoopla about wireless charging doesn’t hold a candle to what Nikola Tesla had in mind: Providing alternating current through the ground and air and into the world’s products, eliminating transmission lines. If this sounds like fantasy, it indeed turned out to be, but the story of his scheme makes interesting reading.

Tagged With: Tesla, Wardenclyffe Tower

Walking Ham: A Day in the Life of a “Walking Dead” Amateur Radio Operator

On kovas 18, 2016 in All, Open Source by Mike Parks

“CQ CQ CQ. This is November One Hotel November Papa. Anyone got their ears on?” I ask the ether. Still, nothing but static. It’s been like this for months now. My stomach is grumbling but my desire to find someone, anyone, is too strong to breakaway from my radio. Not to mention the fact that those roaming monsters scare the heck out of me. Leaving the relatively safe confines of my ham shack is decidedly unappealing except for the annoying little fact that my food supplies are running low. Very low.

Tagged With: Ham Radio, Morse Code, Walking Dead

The Internet of Controlling Things

On kovas 15, 2016 in IoT by Warren Miller

The ability to track energy use on almost a device-by-device basis and use energy when it is least expensive is another potential for significant savings. Controlling things seems to be a compelling application for the Internet of Things.

Tagged With: IoT

Herd Mentality, Showing a New Way Forward

On kovas 11, 2016 in All, Power by Caroline Storm Westenhover

Back in May 2015, Tesla released the Tesla Power Wall a 7kWh home battery. The idea being that it can be connected to the DC bus in a home and charge from renewables, mainly solar panels and wind turbines, when the production is high but the use is low. Later, they can be discharged during the evening peak times when load demand exceeds supply.

Tagged With: cooperative control, microgrid, smartgrid

Truly “Wireless” Wireless Charging Emerges

On kovas 9, 2016 in Power by Barry Manz

Wireless charging has been less than a spectacular success. Competing (that is, incompatible) standards, a slow reception by smartphone manufacturers, and RF-inhibiting aluminum phone housings and protective cases have resulted in a slow adoption rate by consumers. However, while the prime players have been battling each other, two companies have come up with solutions that eliminate the need for the inductive coils, magnetic resonance, charging pads, and mats that are required by other techniques. Intrigued?

Tagged With: WattUp, Wireless

Suddenly Self-Aware AI Making Itself Smarter By The Nanosecond: What Could Go Wrong?

On kovas 3, 2016 in All, Computing, General by Arden Henderson

The "technological singularity" is almost here. No, really. Well, maybe not. The technological singularity is the event where true artificial intelligence comes into being, self-aware, and begins recursive self-improvement by creating entities better than itself. That's one way to put it.

Tagged With: AI, technological singularity

Powered On: The Advancements in Portable Power

On kovas 1, 2016 in Power by Justin Risedorf

I dread the beep my phone makes when it’s at the end of its charge. Not because I’m uncomfortable without my phone being on at all times, but because, of course, it always seems to die right when I need it most. I’m using my phone’s navigation to drive through some unfamiliar part of town when it’s dark and rainy and I’m almost out of gas and – beep – my phone is about to die.

Tagged With: Apple Watch, Batteries, Portable Power, Siva Cycle

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