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Friday Fun: Valentine’s Day cards for engineers

Valentine’s Day cards for engineers https://www.edn.com/valentines-day-cards-for-engineers/?utm_content=buffer21696&utm_medium=social&utm_source=edn_facebook&utm_campaign=buffer Despite it being a cardstock holiday, EDN wishes you all a happy Valentine’s Day

Friday Fun: Beyond Broccoli

Introducing Beyond Broccoli, Made from 100% Real Pork Have a craving for a food with the taste and texture of broccoli but the nutritional value of bacon? “Consumers will no longer have to worry about getting enough pork in their diets,ä”

MWC canceled because of Coronavirus COVID-19

I was planning to write some article on the mobile trends on this year based on news-feed from MWC 2020 mobile event. It seems that I have to change those plans because of this news that was just published: The GSMA, the organization behind MWC, the world’s largest mobile trade show, has announced that it

Friday Fun: Engineering Flowcharts

This is a classic: Engineering flowchart: Does it Move? Should it? #WD40 vs. Duct Tape (original artist unknown) https://www.flickr.com/photos/dullhunk/7214525854 This image puts WD-40 on a level playing field of importance in the Duct Tape dominant world we live in! Or maybe we need something more? Here is the proper one with jb weld? https://fi.pinterest.com/pin/52354414392269479/ Here

Biggest mobile app failures this week

This week there has been news on problems with high profile mobile apps for politics and aviation. Iowa has already won the worst IT rollout award of 2020: Rap for crap caucus app chaps in vote zap flap Untested tech, no training, last-minute rollout, buggy code – sound familiar? https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/04/iowa_caucus_software/ ‘We Feel Really Terrible,’ Says

Smartglasses shoot lasers directly into the retina

Cyberpunk 2020! Omg lasers directly into the retina! Lol! Whew. I think I’ll skip this one, but it is super rad. Check out this article: Bosch Gets Smartglasses Right With Tiny Eyeball Lasers A tiny laser array paints images directly onto your retina https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/consumer-electronics/gadgets/bosch-ar-smartglasses-tiny-eyeball-lasers “Lightweight and slim, with a completely transparent display that’s brightly visible

USB 4.0

The USB Implementers Forum has announced the publication of USB4! The specification is available to download now as part of the document library of USB.org. USB Implementers Forum Announces the Publication of Its Thunderbolt 3-Based USB4 Standard article tells that USB 4 offers up to 40Gb/s throughput, PCI Express, and DisplayPort connectivity — plus compatibility

Cyber security news February 2020

This posting is here to collect cyber security news in February 2020. I post links to security vulnerability news with short descriptions to comments section of this article. If you are interested in cyber security trends, read my Cyber security trends 2020 posting. You are also free to post related links to comments.

5G trends 2020

Here are some 5G trends for year 2020: It looked like 5G and wireless dominated the airways in 2019. It seems that year 2020 will be a real test for 5G if it will really take on or fails to full-fill the big expectations. It seems that 5G networks are available at some place here

Computers and component trends 2020

Prediction articles: 2020: A consumer electronics forecast for the year(s) ahead AI Chips: What Will 2020 Bring? CEO Outlook: 2020 Vision: 5G, China and AI are prominent, but big changes are coming everywhere Top 10 Tech Failures From 2019 That Hint At 2020 Trends – Last year’s tech failures often turn into next year’s leading