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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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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I have a new article over at Mouser Electronics Bench Talk for Design Engineers blog! Click here to go right to the article. See what magic you can make happen with some TI MSP430s and a TI LaunchPad! Hint: Snail Mail Gets a High Tech prototype! You don’t have to be an engineer to enjoy…
Read MoreI have been playing with Phidgets more and more lately. Mainly because it is forcing me to go relearn good OOP programming skills, it’s also serving to push me to learn Python. As a hardware guy, it’s always a challenge to get motivated to learn yet another new programming language. But so far, so good….
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I have been playing with, what is for me, a new electronics ecosystem call Phidgets. After doing some research I found out they have actually been around for over a decade. In my short time playing with them, they appear to offer a very interesting twist on the open source hardware model. A twist that…
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In my nearly 20 years of engineering, I have found there are two types of creative people you must have in your groups if you want to be innovative while making awesome things. I call them “the Tool-igans” and the “Product Jocks.” Both are passionate about technology and both love to build, but there are…
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S.T.E.A.M. Power Podcast #46 2 August 2014 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/2014/STEAM_0046_02AUG14.mp3 DIY Space Shuttle and Mission Control Simulator Storing The Wind Under The Ocean Stereolithography 3D Printing + Geometry + Aerogel = Super Strong Materials Google’s Smart Contact Lens Gets Real Tesla Inks Deal For Battery Gigafactory Forget Fiberoptic, Hello Air Waveguides Michael Art and Crafts [Download] For more…
Read MoreAs an (older) Eagle Scout who has been removed from scouting for a few years, I was excited to see a bunch of new tech related merit badges being offered started in 2014. In my career as a Scout by earning merit badges such as Radio, Electricity, and Electronics, I found a passion that would…
Read MoreLatin was widely used in the Catholic religion as a way to disenfranchise the masses thus elevating the priesthood and the church to an undue empowered status. Luckily those days are behind us. Unfortunately that hasn’t stopped humans from seeking to retain special status over their fellow man. A lot of professions seek to unduly…
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S.T.E.A.M. Power Podcast #29. 1 December 2013. http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/2013/STEAM_0029_1DEC13.mp3 Blue Eagle Labs Kossel Clear 3D Printer PaxSpace Our Solar System’s Cousin New Champion for Universe’s Largest Structure Beaming Power From The Moon Salty and Solar in Nevada Rumor: Google Building Chrome-app Based IDE codenamed Spark [Download] For more tech news and how-to’s visit the blog or follow along…
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