Gadget Freak Gadget Freak Case #203: Smart Recycle Can Rob Spiegel, Senior Editor, Automation & Control1/17/2012 19 Here's a recycling can designed to increase the quantity and quality of recycled material. Peter Riedo, along with members of his mechatronics lab group at Colorado State ...
Gadget Freak Gadget Freak Case #202: Frankenkindle – An Easier-to-Use Kindle Rob Spiegel, Senior Editor, Automation & Control1/3/2012 23 Glenn Johnson, an electrical engineer, wanted to help his sister. She has cerebral palsy, which makes it difficult for her to manipulate modern electronics. Glenn's goal was to ...
Gadget Freak Gadget Freak Case #201: Plug & Play Sprout Board Rob Spiegel, Senior Editor, Automation & Control12/22/2011 23 Jared Bouck has created what he calls the sprout board. It's is a high-quality main board that is designed to allow users to simply plug in an Arduino and create a wide variety of ...
Gadget Freak Slideshow: Best Gadget Freak Projects of 2011 Design News Staff12/5/2011 21 Design engineers are nothing if not homebrew gadget freaks, which is why we created this eponymous column just for them.
Gadget Freak Gadget Freak Case #199: Nixie Millivolt Meter Clock Add-On Rob Spiegel, Senior Editor, Automation & Control11/28/2011 17 It was only recently that James Hartnett came across Nixies -- those tubes for displaying numerals. James loved "that awesome display with the 3D-look and the glow of a tube-like ...
Gadget Freak Gadget Freak Case #198: Build a Remote Fan Control Rob Spiegel, Senior Editor, Automation & Control11/9/2011 9 Andy Morris has solved an aggravating problem. You can get a remote control for tower fans, but they're too noisy for the bedroom. Propeller fans are nice and quiet, but they don't ...
Gadget Freak Gadget Freak Jr.: Manned Electric Helicopter Alexander Wolfe, Content Director11/4/2011 7 The "e-volo," an electric-powered multicopter, took its first test flight in Germany last month. So called because it has 16 rotors, the 176-pound machine is powered by lithium-ion ...
Thanks to embedded electronics, medical devices are getting smaller and smarter than ever. Pacemakers and implantable defibrillators are now able to call physicians. MRIs, CT scanners, and ultrasound machines are gaining mobility. And the venerable Band-Aid may soon be able to detect illnesses ranging from fevers to heart arrhythmias. On February 21, join Design News senior editor Charles Murray for a wide-ranging discussion, "Embedded Angles for Medical Products," which will explore the latest developments in medical electronics. The discussion will examine advances in medical device technology and offer an inside look at the embedded electronics behind it.
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