Archive for May 2016

http://interestingengineering.com/5-unknown-inventions-thomas-edison-changed-world/ Interesting list of inventions. →

http://www.geek.com/science/portugal-ran-on-renewable-energy-alone-for-four-days-1655150/ Nice milestone without using fossil fuels for electrical power. →

Eurovision Diary 2016 at  http://m-m-pr.com/index.php/eurovision-diary-2016 is an interesting technical blog how this year’s Eurovision song contest show was built. There were lots of video,lights and other special effects technology in use. And here is a funny bonus video: Måns Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede find out how to create the perfect Eurovision Song Contest songs →

http://www.sciencealert.com/9-amazing-photos-that-show-how-incredibly-far-technology-has-come Never forget how much information technology has advanced. →

Smart phone cameras are useful in many ways. Smartphone cameras are great, or at least close enough to great that you don’t notice the difference in many cases to traditional camera.Compared to a DSLR, smart phone cameras are still pretty lame. But the camera in your pocket is crazy good considering the limitations manufacturers work →

http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/semiconductors/design/rfonly-logic-could-cut-rfid-size-and-cost This is an interesting idea to make RFID circuits smaller. →

http://metro.co.uk/2016/05/12/burger-king-has-opened-a-spa-in-finland-and-you-can-order-in-5876317/ Of course in Finland and there is sauna! →

Virtual reality is today big news. Arguably much of the resurgence in interest is down to Oculus, the company that surprised everyone in 2012 with a fabulously successful Kickstarter campaign to build its Rift VR headset. The company had been acquired by Facebook in 2014  for the previously inconceivable sum of $2bn. The consumer version →

Finland has received a new technology trade magazine focusing on developing new technology: Uusi Teknologia (=new technology).  Uusi Teknologia magazine’s first issue devoted to IoT solutions, industrial, internet security and future 5G mobile solutions as well as intelligent interactive textiles. Also included are high-end oscilloscopes and a new ways to program embedded systems. The magazine →

http://reneweconomy.com.au/2016/germany-nearly-reached-100-percent-renewable-power-on-sunday-32091 More renevables in use than what I expected… →