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https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/28/its-surprisingly-easy-to-program-living-tissue-to-form-new-3d-shapes/?ncid=rss&utm_source=tcfbpage&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&utm_content=FaceBook&sr_share=facebook The boundary between biology and technology blurs further and further as researchers make discoveries. Now it seems that it’s relatively simple to essentially hack living tissue by programming a pattern into cells, making them grow and fold on their own into shapes like bowls, coils, and boxes. The DNA patterns result in layers of →

https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/consumer-electronics/gadgets/animals-vs-electronics For an end-of-year treat, enjoy this IEEE Spectrum magazine photo-video compilation of animals interacting with gadgets.  →

Internet is full of intetesting IoT projects built using Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ESP8266, ESP32, and many other hardware platforms. I will collect links to intetesting IoT projects to comments.  Feel free to post your best IoT project links to comments… →

https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/22/the-tech-industry-needs-to-move-towards-responsible-innovation-in-2018/?ncid=rss&utm_source=tcfbpage&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&utm_content=FaceBook&sr_share=facebook  For over a decade now, Silicon Valley ideology has been to simultaneously:Move fast and break things. Make the world a better place. According to this article 2017 has been a demoralizing year. Our product innovations for accessible and affordable content have also been weaponized against society by bad actors. Social media became a vector of bullying and propaganda targeted with algorithms. →

https://opensource.com/article/17/8/linux-grafana?sc_cid=70160000001273HAAQ  This is a basic walkthrough for how to set things up to monitor Linux system and networking. This is a basic install that incorporates collectd, InfluxDB, and Grafana on the same host. →

https://opensource.com/article/17/12/top-5-sysadmin-articles-2017?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY   Take a look at Opensource.com’s top 5 articles for system administrators from the past year. →

https://www.spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/devices/the-high-school-student-whos-building-his-own-integrated-circuits  Electronics enthusiasts like being able to make things themselves. But making DIY integrated circuits seemed impossibly out of reach. After all, building a modern fab is astronomically expensive. This article has an interesting story of a 17-year-old high school student who has started making chips in his garage fab. Zeloof was inspired by Jeri Ellsworth’s YouTube channel, where →

Merry Christmas to everybody that celebrate it. There is lot’s of snow in home country of Santa Claus. →

http://preshing.com/20171218/how-to-write-your-own-cpp-game-engine/  The gaming platforms of 2017 – mobile, console and PC – are very powerful and, in many ways, quite similar to one another. Game engine development is not so much about struggling with weak and exotic hardware, as it was in the past. In my opinion, it’s more about struggling with complexity of your own →

https://www.edn.com/design/analog/4459183/Thoughts-on-the-circuits-you-should-publish?utm_content=buffer26964&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer There are two fundamental categories that define what can and what should not be published: professional and consumer.  In general, virtually any circuit was safe to publish for a professional audience that usually understood any apparent hazards. And most circuits that had hazards had them pretty well spelled out.  In ignoring dangerous circuits, there →