Bench Talk

On July 29, 2016 in All by Benjamin Miller

Pokémon Go is a new smartphone game by Niantic which uses augmented reality (AR) to allow players to find and “catch” the popular fictional species Pokémon. Using the phone’s camera and gyroscope, Pokémon appear as if they are in the real world. The concept of augmented reality is far from new, but Pokémon Go is introducing many people around the world to the possibilities of AR. Pokémon Go, with its smartphone integration and franchise appeal, has found the intersection between ease-of-access and mass interest, bringing millions of people into contact with AR for the first time. In a few years, people might be augmenting their reality without having to look down at their phone.

Tagged With: AR, Augmented Reality, Niantic, Oculus Rift, Pokémon Go

Haptic Touch – Valuable Feedback or Just a Cheap Buzz?

On July 8, 2016 in All by Mirko Bernacchi

Touch technologies have been with us for decades but our experience with them has not always been positive. Often, we’re not sure if the devices we touch have noticed! Even when there’s some visual or audible indication that they’ve registered our intentions, the outcome isn’t always as we expect – false triggering, contact bounce and other interference effects come into play.

Tagged With: Haptic Touch

Starting out: Essential Electronics Tools, Part II: Oscilloscopes, Function Generators and Logic Analyzers

On June 28, 2016 in All by Mike Parks

In the previous blog about essential tools for electronics, I mentioned some of the more basic items. As you do more advanced electronics, and sometimes to better understand the basics, you would do well to have the following tools. They are not really needed for building basic circuits and playing around with Arduino projects and the like, but as you start to expand into more complex technologies, you will find these tools extremely helpful...

Tagged With: Function Generators, Logic Analyzers, Oscilliscopes

Walking Ham Chapter 2: To Catch A Zombie

On June 21, 2016 in All by Mike Parks

A few weeks ago I was able to talk with a guy in Mansfield, Texas, using Morse code. I nearly broke out in tears to be able to talk with another human being. He’s holed up in the Mouser warehouse, an ex-IT employee who has a little electronics experience but managed to hack together a Morse code set up. Turns out Boy Scouts really are prepared for everything. It took a while but over the course of a few days Tony was able to help me locate a shipment of electronics that had been shipped from Mouser to a home nearby, so I thought I would check it out.

Tagged With: Ham Radio, Walking Dead

The Internet of Useful Things, or “The World’s Most Expensive Egg Timer”

On June 8, 2016 in All, Automation, IoT by Lynnette Reese

How did we get here? I could use several lifetimes up just in projects. The tools available to the masses seem to be fueled by IoT. We can all engineer a little IoT, apparently.

Tagged With: home automation, IFTTT, IoT

Dress Like an Engineer

On June 6, 2016 in All by Caroline Storm Westenhover

This was the first time I had ever been on a panel, and some of the organizers at the conference asked me what I was going to wear. To which I responded by looking down at my lab polo and khakis and saying, “This?” They informed me that I would probably want to wear something nicer.

Tagged With: Women in Engineering

Developing with Style

On June 3, 2016 in All by Mark Patrick

Mouser and Intel talk Edison at Munich Developers’ Conference

Tagged With: Edison, Intel, Stylight

Sci-fi Super Heroes Become Sci-fact

On June 3, 2016 in All by SJ Barak

If you’re the kind of engineer who wishes sci-fi would hurry up and become sci-fact, you’re in luck.

Tagged With: Sci-Fi, Superhero Tech

The Internet of Saving Things

On May 30, 2016 in All, IoT by Warren Miller

The Internet of Things is going to dramatically change the ways in which we manage the many Things in our lives. Just look at the changing nature of our personal possessions. One of the biggest changes for me is reflected in the size of my book, CD and DVD cases.

Tagged With: IoT, storage

Everyone Huddle Around the Toasty Firewall

On May 26, 2016 in All by Arden Henderson

Let's talk about firewalls. Let's say the reader is working on something very cool in her garage and worried about industrial spies stealing her ideas right off the hard drive. Let's say the reader is ordering pizza with a smartphone app. Perhaps the new TV sitting over there next to the bookcase is one of those smart TVs that can be controlled by voice, which means it is listening all of the time even when "off." (Think about that for a moment with the aforementioned state-of-mind.)

Tagged With: Cybersecurity, Firewall

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