http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/wireless/5-myths-about-5g?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29&utm_content=FaceBook 5G is hottest thing in wireless. There are so many things in 5G so open that I think that nobody can really say exactly what kind of system it will be. This article gives one overview to 5G. →
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/05/the-privacy-problem-with-digital-assistants/483950/?utm_source=atlfb Digital assistants will quickly get more information on you than you might expect or want them to get. That’s one price of convience they offer. →
Using JavaScript is a new approach for embedded development, especially with node.js platform. But there are also other interesting JavaScript platforms worth to check out. I read about Finnish developed the open source “duct tape” and thought to check that out: Duktape is an embeddable Javascript engine, with a focus on portability and compact footprint. →
http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/renewables/solar-and-wind-energy-from-the-same-device?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29&utm_content=FaceBook Would this be suitable technology to power smart city IoT devices? →
http://www.iflscience.com/technology/how-check-if-youve-been-hacked-within-seconds There is a service that allows you to check if your information has been breached in any recent hacks. →
Robert Moog is considered the inventor of the modern synthesizer. Robert Moog, inventor of the modern synthesizer, was born on May 23, 1934. Moog is credited with creating the first voltage-controlled subtractive synthesizer to utilize a keyboard as a controller. He demonstrated it at the AES convention in 1964. In the mid-1960s, Dr. Robert Moog →
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/05/nist_starts_pla.html Quantum computers will break easily many popular encryption systems, so we need something new. →
http://futurism.com/worlds-largest-coal-company-going-solar/ Interesting article that describes the benefit of molten salt based solar power generation – it has storage that allows it to continue electrical power generateration also at night. →
Silicon Labs presentation at Arrow IoT summit. The presenter Lars Lydersen had hacked quantun cryptopcraphy in 2010, which lead to downturn of that industry sector. He wants that that IoT manufacturers are serious on security or otherwise bad hacks to those systems can damage the size of the business of the whole IoT sector. →
http://www.geek.com/news/new-form-of-light-may-change-the-future-of-fiber-optics-1655201/ Interesting finding. May have some uses in optical communications. →