Nature asks a question that doesn’t have an easy answer. Medical implants – especially newer ones that interface directly with your brain – are designed for the long… Read the rest “What do you do when your neurological-implant company goes under?”
This is… well, let me just quote the preface:
… Read the rest “Science Art: Cover, Introduction to Transistors & Transistor Projects, 1972.”This book is intended to show the electronics experimenter how the transistor was developed, how it is manufactured, and how it works.
An ad from the first issue of the Journal of the Society for Informational Display. This machine could receive up to 26 teletype messages of 145 characters each (so longer than pre-2017 tweets),… Read the rest “Science Art: United Aircraft Display Transmssion Generator ad, 1964.”
Science magazine reports on one of those simple fixes that could make everything a little bit better if only everyone would sign on. Scientists have found that by attaching green LEDs to … Read the rest “Little green lights could save sharks and turtles while keeping fisheries in business.”
Ars Technica takes us to the technological front of the culture war with a truly absurd story about “quantum pendants” that supposedly neutralize 5G radio waves with negative… Read the rest “Pendants marketed as “Anti 5G” are actually radioactive.”
Not by drinking it! Discover reveals how watching The Glenlivet whisky evaporates – and leaves an almost uniform stain, unlike splotchier drinks like coffee or wine – gave… Read the rest “Using good scotch to make better electronics”
Electronics in 1916, from an article on making headphones for receiving radio transmissions in QST, the amateur wireless magazine of the The American Radio … Read the rest “Science Art: Amplifying Receiver, Sketch 1, April 1916”
Ars Technica is (or rather, researchers they’re reporting on are) quietly taking over Alexa and other smart-home devices with inaudible – and sometimes invisible –… Read the rest “Silently hacking Alexa with a laser. (And Siri and Google Home too.)”
Science Daily brings news (from Nature Biomedical Engineering) of a new, well, not “killer,” but “really pretty useful” app for people suffering a wide range… Read the rest “A smartphone-controlled brain implant.”
New Scientist reveals an experimental system that uses brain electrodes to translate thoughts of speech into words spoken by an electronic voice:
… Read the rest “Brain implant decodes the words your ears are hearing – or that you want to say.”The technique used temporary electrodes
Digital Trends looks at how wearable devices could revolutionize farming and keep chickens healthier:
… Read the rest “Chickens with Fitbits. Future of farming.”Sitting neatly between these two size extremes is a new project coming out of the
SONG: “Circuits in the Sand” (penitential cover)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: This has no scientific source; it’s a penitential cover for being late for last month’s… Read the rest “SONG: Circuits in the Sand (penitential cover)”
Mmm. Switches. Communication.
Early electronics: a cell for isolating minute quantities of heavy metals, apparently by zapping a drop of a solution under a powerful microscope and seeing what’s… Read the rest “Science Art: With this electrolytic cell as little as a milligram of various heavy metals may be precisely determined, 1922”
SONG: “Electronics Follow”.
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE:First Digital Pill Approved to Worries About Biomedical ‘Big Brother’,” The New York Times, 13 Nov 2017, as used… Read the rest “SONG: Electronics Follow”
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