EE Times journalist Cabe Atwell recently noted that a plethora of single board computer (SBC) manufacturers are popping up on the market every year, bringing a myriad of hardware options in tow.
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Smart lighting evolves for the IoT
Writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, Benny Evangelista reports that once-mundane household devices – such as light bulbs – are being transformed into smart, customizable tools.
“There’s a nice symmetry in smart light bulbs blazing the trail for the Internet of Things (IoT),” he explains.
What cryptographers can learn from The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game is a 2014 British-American historical drama film about British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing.
Why insects can helps us build better ‘bots
Founded by John Espey, Organic Electrics designs and builds robots based on insects and other living organisms. Indeed, the small size, power efficiency and complex behaviors of insects make the creatures ideal models for next-gen robotics.
Video on Demand to hit $45 billion by 2018
Writing for the Boston Globe, Ty Burr confirms that accessing video on demand (VOD) is now the way most people watch movies.
“[They are viewing films] at home with a flick of the remote, on laptops or smartphones with the tap of a finger, renting or buying films through their cable on-demand menus, through subscription services like Netflix, or via iTunes or Amazon Instant Video,” Burr explained. “By 2018, VOD is expected to be a $45 billion market.”
BlackEnergy targets critical infrastructure
A Trojan Horse malware program has reportedly “penetrated the software” that runs much of the nation’s critical infrastructure. According to an official ICS-CERT bulletin, the program successfully compromised numerous industrial control systems (ICSs) environments using a variant of the BlackEnergy malware.
