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HotSeat Episode 2: ZigBee for Home Automation & Lighting
June 12, 2013 4:28 pm | by Alex Shanahan, Multimedia Production Specialist, WDD | Videos | Comments
Wireless mesh networking technology is not just about smart meters and saving energy anymore. Recent innovation in low power wireless control are making their way into appliances, lighting, security, and home entertainment applications. Through smartphones and tablets, users can now control their devices over ZigBee or other "Internet of Things" wireless technologies.
Building a Movement
June 11, 2013 4:32 pm | by PTTWO | Videos | Comments
Esther Lee, SVP Brand Marketing & Advertising for AT&T, talks about how the dangers of...
HotSpot Exclusive: The Natalia Project
June 10, 2013 10:49 am | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development | Videos | Comments
Back in 2009, human rights activist, Natalia Estemirova, was found murdered as she was working...
GW Instek GDS-2000A Oscilloscope Teardown
May 31, 2013 9:27 am | by David Jones, EEVBlog | Videos | Comments
This week, David Jones from the Electronics Engineering Video Blog (EEVBlog), takes a look...
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Engineering Newswire 42: Futuristic Airplanes Carry Passenger Pods
June 13, 2013 2:01 pm | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development Videos CommentsThis week on Engineering Newswire, we’re building Hyperloop transportation, putting paralyzed people behind the wheel, and riding futuristic airplanes that carry passengers in pods. This episode is brought to you by Smalley Steel Ring Company, the exclusive manufacturer of Spirolox Retaining Rings and Smalley Wave Springs for more than 50 years. Request samples to try in your application today.
HotSeat Episode 3: Rugged WSNs for Harsh Environments
June 13, 2013 11:52 am | by Alex Shanahan, Multimedia Production Specialist, WDD Videos CommentsBill Conley, the Cellular and Proprietary RF Systems Engineering Manager at B&B Electronics, is in the HotSeat this week, demonstrating a well monitoring system out in the Sonora Desert. The sensor network edge is expanding, and sensors are not only being asked to function in increasingly harsh environments, but they are also expected to report their data to ever more distant control centers.
Bringing Space Travel to the Masses
June 10, 2013 1:47 pm | by PTTOW Videos CommentsVirgin Galactic President & CEO George T. Whitesides talks about bringing space travel to the masses, commuting between the continents, working with Richard Branson, and changing the world. PTTOW! is an invite-only, member network and summit that brings together inspiring leaders from the world's most innovative companies, along with cultural icons, to showcase game changing projects and fuel transformational...
HotSpot Episode 16: Big Brother is Watching
June 10, 2013 10:20 am | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development Videos CommentsThis week on WDD's HotSpot, Big Brother is collecting phone records; DARPA's ADAPT program is looking to smart phone technologies and practices to create new ground sensors; HP unveils its all-in-one pc; and Italian start-up 2045Tech introduces a pocket breathalyzer.
Engineering Newswire 41: New Suits Designed for 'Space Diving'
June 6, 2013 1:09 pm | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development Videos CommentsToday on Engineering Newswire, we’re recognizing art with computers, skydiving from space, dancing with drones, and zapping your brain to improve your game.
Eyeborg Man Replaces Eye with Wireless Camera
June 5, 2013 10:10 am | by EnglishLiveEvents Videos CommentsThis man lost his eye in a shotgun accident when he was very young. Now as a documentary film maker, he has fashioned a camera with a wireless transmitter to broadcast his sight to a receiver.
Wireless Audio-Visualizer
June 4, 2013 10:24 am | by University of Akron Videos CommentsUniversity of Akron engineering students demonstrate their senior design team project, a wireless audio-visualizer for use at clubs or parties.
HotSpot Episode 15: Mercedes-Benz Debuts Life-Saving Codes
May 31, 2013 11:20 am | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development Videos CommentsIn this week's Hotspot, brought to you by Memory Protection Devices, Mercedes-Benz debuts life-saving codes for future cars; a perceptive radio that creates a personal theater experience in your own living room; A Universal Battery Charger that takes the weight off of soldiers; and Scanadu seeks crowd-funding for its Scout diagnostic device.
Video of the Day: Engineering Newswire 40: First Autonomous Flight for Airborne Wind Power
May 30, 2013 12:10 pm | by Alex Shanahan, Multimedia Production Specialist, WDD Videos CommentsToday on Engineering Newswire, we're pouring beers with robots, preventing disasters with a floating gate, flying autonomous wings with onboard turbines, and riding a 1.3 million-dollar motorcycle that was designed to cut cost. Do you have story ideas? Comment below and we'll cover them in an upcoming episode.
Why Attend IMS2013?
May 29, 2013 10:09 am | by International Microwave Symposium Videos CommentsWondering why you should attend the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) this year? Tom Raschko, 2013 IEEE MTT-S IMS General Chair, states why he is looking forward to the show this year, and intoriduces others who share their experiences from previous years.
HotSpot Episode 14: Wearable Technology: When Will it Arrive?
May 28, 2013 11:20 am | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development Videos CommentsIn this week's HotSpot, researchers convert a Microsoft Kinect into a child-in-the-hot-car detector; the U.S Navy's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator conducted its first touch-and-go landings; Leap Motion's ne teaser video; and the wearable tech revolution gets delayes.
The Surprising Need for Strangeness
May 24, 2013 9:38 am | by TED Talk, Maria Bezaitis Videos CommentsIn our digital world, social relations have become mediated by data. Without even realizing it, we’re barricading ourselves against strangeness -- people and ideas that don't fit the patterns of who we already know, what we already like and where we’ve already been. A call for technology to deliver us to what and who we need, even if it’s unfamiliar.
Engineering Newswire 39: Lockheed Completes First Vertical Takeoff
May 23, 2013 10:31 am | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development Videos CommentsToday on Engineering Newswire, we’re launching jets vertically, printing paper circuits, driving LEGO trains, and building power plants at the bottom of the sea. This episode features an F-35B test aircraft from Lockheed Martin has completed the first-ever vertical takeoff as part of the most expensive weapons system purchase in United States history.
Kickstarter of the Week: Turn Your Smartphone into a Laptop
May 22, 2013 10:57 am | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development Videos CommentsA self-proclaimed nerd by trade, John Andrus, Founder of Livi Design, is turning ordinary smartphones into laptops with the launch of the Casetop. After the iPhone debuted, Andrus knew that smartphones were going to become a disruptive technology. So why not do more to harness the devices power? After asking this question, he sat down and started designing his idea.
Why Google Glass?
May 20, 2013 5:35 pm | by TED Talk, Sergey Brin Videos CommentsIt's not a demo, more of a philosophical argument: Why did Sergey Brin and his team at Google want to build an eye-mounted camera/computer, codenamed Glass? Onstage at TED2013, Brin calls for a new way of seeing our relationship with our mobile computers -- not hunched over a screen but meeting the world heads-up.
