Do You “IoT”?

Unless you’ve been sleeping under the rock for past few years, you’ve heard the term “Internet of Things” or IoT. It is a polarizing topic of conversation depending on the circles you travel around.  If you did just wake up, good morning! Now brush your teeth and then check out this article about IoT that…

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I Compute Therefore I Am

http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/SPP/2015/STEAM_0069_5JUL15.mp3 This week we cover: Apple Music Launches The City That Runs on Twitter Google Tackles Urban Planning with Sidewalk Labs Astro Wireless Speaker/Lightbulb Mashup Amazon Drones Launch in One Year… Maybe STEM: It’s What We Need Placebos and Medical Ethics Ford Gets Serious About Driverless Tech and 3D Printing Minecraft Convention Breaks Records AI…

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Halt and Catch Up

Gears of Resistance Episode #11 28 June 2015 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/GOR/2015/GOR_0011_28JUN15.mp3 In this week’s episode we play catch up!  Little discussion on Ham Radio Field Day 2015,  the Octopart Common Parts Library, some RF hacking news from Technion Research Institute, the new USA Network show “Mr. Robot“, Hackster.io, and FreshBooks! [Download] For more tech news and how-to’s…

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Fuzzballs and Flutes

http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/SPP/2015/STEAM_0068_21JUN15.mp3 This week we cover: Hillman Project Parts Google X Wearables Neural Lace Goodbye Blackholes, Hello Fuzzballs Neutrino Identity Crisis Far Out Music from 3D Printed Flutes SpaceX to Sponsor Hyperloop Pod Race [Download] For more tech news and how-to’s visit the blog, follow along on Google+, and check out our YouTube Channel. Or listen to the audio only version at iTunes and Stitcher….

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Preventing the Professional Priesthood

Gears of Resistance Episode #10 15 June 2015 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/GOR/2015/GOR_0010_15JUN15.mp3 In this week’s episode we talk with about the National Maker Faire that was held in Washington D.C. from June 12-13, 2015.  I can on my rant against open source hardware certification and why we need to keep the Maker Movement and STEAM Movement as nimble as…

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Full STEAM Ahead At The National Maker Faire

http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/SPP/2015/STEAM_0067_14JUN15.mp3 This week we cover: National Maker Faire 2015 Tindie Inventables X-Carve Nanoparticles and Human Limb Regeneration Lego Worlds Launches Ikea Gets Into Home Automation Does C-Section Birth Present Health Issues to Child Later in Life? MX3D to use Robotic 3D Printers to make Bridge in Amsterdam Bunk Science? App Claims to Detect Illness By…

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Becoming a Better Engineer

“To improve the quality of life for someone is a very powerful feeling.” Johns Hopkins Magazine Summer 2015 Building technology is relatively simple these days thanks to advances in computer aided design tool and cheap manufacturing techniques. But building great technology that changes peoples lives for the better is as elusive as effort. Reason being,…

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Cloister Founder Alexis Matelin

Gears of Resistance Episode #9 30 May 2015 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/GOR/2015/GOR_0009_30MAY15.mp3 In this week’s episode we talk with Alexis Matelin, the founder of Cloister and blogs at digitaljunky.io. It’s a fascinating discussion about how people get into tech and how people can turns ideas into companies. Big thanks to Alexis for his time! Highly encourage you check out his…

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A Rant on Google Brillo+Weave, Apple HomeKit, OpenHAB

Going to start something new. Instead of writing my blogs, I am going to try (when I am wearing pants) to do more videos. We shall see how long this lasts! But for now… I go on a rant about the potential of Google’s newly announced #Brillo and #Weave projects. How it racks and stacks against…

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NSFW: Shake Your Holograms!

http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/SPP/2015/STEAM_0066_24MAY15.mp3 This week we cover: FitBit Charge HR Review U.S. Gets Access To Cuban Lung Cancer Treatment Apple Wants Your DNA Fat Fighting Microbiomes Tesla Model S Software Hacking Smartphone App Will Prescribe Your Next Pair of Glasses HoloLens Will Bring People Into Your Home (Warning we get a little NSFW starting here) AltspaceVR Looks…

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