Yearly Archives: 2009

Printed Electronics 2009: DARPA Projects

Dev Shenoy, program manager at DARPA, gave a good keynote presentation at the Printed Electronics 2009 conference today, highlighting some of the printed electronics projects that the agency supports. Printed Spintronic Memory: This project aims to replace all other types … Continue reading →

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Printed Electronics 2009: Wearable Sensors

I’m at the 2009 Printed Electronics conference in San Jose today and tomorrow. Below are highlights from a talk about wearable sensors by Professor Joe Paradiso of MIT. (Note: Paradiso gave the disclaimer that his projects are less about printed … Continue reading →

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Space Walk set to Twisted Nerve

I re-edited some NASA video from STS-128 and set it to Twisted Nerve by Bernard Herrmann:

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Recent Stories: Cyborgs, Solar, and Data Storage

This post is a roundup of the stories I’ve written over the past few weeks. Without doing it consciously, I’ve totally carved out a cyborg beat. The most recent story is about a neural implant that is wirelessly controlled and … Continue reading →

Posted in science, technology, writing | Tagged data storage, HCI, Intel, memory, Microsoft, neural implants, NIST, photonics, plasmons, quantum computing, RICE, sensors, solar cells, Technology Review, The Economist, University of Washington, wireless, writing | Leave a comment

Long Exposures and a Laser Pointer

I recently got a Nikon D5000, my first foray into the world of DSLR cameras. I don’t know much about photography yet, but it helps to spend some time with friends who are into it. So last Saturday Dave, Jess, … Continue reading →

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