This DIY Internet-connected alarm clock automatically sets itself based on your calendar. Have you ever slept through a crucial meeting, missed a flight or showed up late to an exam due to a faulty alarm? Fear no more as the S.M.A.R.T (Setup for Meetings, Appointments, Reminders, and Tasks) Alarm Clock is here to solve all […]
Writing for SearchEnterpriseDesktop, Rob Reilly notes that desktop managers are positioned to “to grab the reins” of the IoT (Internet of Things) due to their unique combination of expert networking, security, systems administration and troubleshooting skills. “Enterprise systems, including smartphones, will have to deal with the devices both locally (via Bluetooth, standalone access points and […]
Writing for the LA Times, Chris O’Brien says consumer electronic start-ups have entered a “golden age” characterized by the removal of costly barriers traditionally responsible for blocking market entry. As O’Brien notes, start-up hardware companies were a prominent part of CES 2014, with TechCrunch holding its first ever “Hardware Battlefield” at the show. Meanwhile, Eureka […]
Atmel-based Arduino boards are prominently featured in a number of holiday 2013 top 10 gift lists from various publications, including the New York Times and Engadget. As Wikipedia explains, Arduino is a single-board microcontroller designed to make the use of electronics in multidisciplinary projects (and prototyping) more accessible. The hardware consists of an open-source board designed […]
The Boston firm of Allen & Gerritsen recently acquired the Philadelphia-based Nieman, expanding the total number of company staff to a formidable 200. As Erik Oster of AgencySpy notes, it was obviously going to be quite a challenge for the two corporations to get to know each other. Ultimately, the folks at Allen & Gerritsen […]
Open source hardware can probably best be defined as hardware that has been made publicly available. The primary advantage of open source hardware? The concept allows DIY Makers and engineers to modify, improve, distribute, make and sell the design (or hardware based on that design). According to the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA), open source […]
