http://teknologia.messukeskus.com/ Huge professional technology fair opens now for three days in Helsinki Finland. It contains electronics components fair Elkom in it. Elkom in Helsinki is one of the leading trade fairs for professional electronicsin the Baltic region. This exhibition is communication and information platform in the industry and offers the exhibiting companies the opportunity to →
This is the end of era of Microsoft Windows smartphones that never really started! https://www.pcworld.com/article/3231965/windows-phone-os/windows-10-mobile-phones-are-dead.html Windows phones are really, truly dead. This weekend, Microsoft’s VP of operating systems confirmed the writing on the wall. “Of course we’ll continue to support the platform [with] bug fixes, security updates, etc.,” Joe Belfiore wrote on Twitter. Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore says →
http://mymodernmet.com/nikon-small-world-competition-2017/?utm_source=laughingsquid.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_facebook Incredible set of fantastic photographs! →
Your Hard Disk As An Accidental Microphone article tells that modern hard disks can sense sounds around them unintentionally. [Alfredo Ortega] has uncovered in his talk at the EKO Party conference in Buenos Aires where he he demonstrates how a traditional spinning-rust computer hard disk interacts with vibration in its surroundings, and can either become →
http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/63902/security/securing-smart-grid.html During the recent years, there have been two cyber-attacks on power plants in Ukraine, which for the first time in the history succeeded to disrupted and cut power in a country. An analysis of the events in Ukraine indicates that in order for a cyber-attack to materialize, three conditions must exist: opportunity, ability, and motivation. →
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609048/the-seven-deadly-sins-of-ai-predictions/?utm_campaign=add_this&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post We are surrounded by hysteria about the future of artificial intelligence and robotics—hysteria about how powerful they will become, how quickly, and what they will do to jobs. A story in MarketWatch that said robots will take half of today’s jobs in 10 to 20 years. The claims are ludicrous. Today’s robots and AI systems are incredibly narrow in what they →
https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/05/the-new-electric-utilities/?ncid=rss&utm_source=tcfbpage&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&utm_content=FaceBook&sr_share=facebook New utilities are enabled by new technologies and business models, not fuels. Almost two-thirds of Americans want renewables to be prioritized. This desire transcends party politics and climate denial. But this doesn’t mean consumers want to pay more. Solar (and wind) power have made rapid progress against other energy options. Solar, and to a lesser extent, →
https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/JeremySCook/arduino-strain-relief-enclosure-97c6fd?ref=user&ref_id=97062&offset=0 Arduino boards are great for experimentation. You just plug the wires in, and the connections stay there with spring force. On the other hand, they also pull out quite easily… Here is An enclosure for the Arduino Uno that not only allows you to see inside, but locks down wires coming out to keep them →
https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/5g-waves/4458895/Delivering-5G-mmWave-fixed-wireless-access?utm_content=bufferd0a03&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Mobile network operators view fixed wireless access (FWA) as the first application for 5G in millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum. Fixed wireless access describes a wireless 5G connection between a centralized base-station and numerous fixed or nomadic user locations. With regulatory rules defined, large amounts of spectrum already in the operators’ hands, and enough power output →
https://www.boredpanda.com/famous-brand-logos-drawn-from-memory/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=cfm Over 150 People Tried To Draw 10 Famous Logos From Memory, And The Results Are Hilarious →