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Zombie Moore’s Law shows hardware is eating software

This is a fantastic article that illustrates one reason I’ve been so fascinated by hardware over the last few years.

The cheap and easy gains of the last fifty years of Moore’s Law gave birth to a global technology industry. The next little while – somewhere between twenty and fifty years out – will be dominated by a transition from software into hardware, a confusion of the two so complete it will literally become impossible to know where the boundary between the two lies.

Source: Zombie Moore’s Law shows hardware is eating software • The Register

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FutureTech Internet of Things Release_Candidate

Largest DDoS attack ever delivered by botnet of hijacked IoT devices

 

Get used to this, because here’s the future of computer security….

A giant botnet made up of hijacked internet-connected things like cameras, lightbulbs, and thermostats has launched the largest DDoS attack ever against a top security blogger, an attack so big Akamai had to cancel his account because defending it ate up too many resources.

Source: Largest DDoS attack ever delivered by botnet of hijacked IoT devices | Network World

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Amazon’s cheaper Echo Dot


If you’ve been looking for a way to test Amazon’s voice assistant/AI/Machine Learning gizmo Alexa, here’s the cheapest way yet to give it a try.

Amazon is unveiling an all-new, second-generation Dot today that’s priced at just $49.99. Just like the previous Dot, you can use the tiny puck-like device to add the Alexa voice assistant to existing speakers. Amazon is releasing the new Echo Dot in both black and white, with a more powerful, completely redesigned voice processor.

Source: Amazon’s cheaper Echo Dot improves voice recognition, available in black and white – The Verge

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FutureTech Release_Candidate Wearable computing

Hacking medical devices for profit

The hackers would provide data proving the medical devices were life-threatening, with Block taking a short position against St. Jude. The hackers’ fee for the information increases as the price of St. Jude’s shares fall, meaning both Muddy Waters and MedSec stand to profit. If the bet doesn’t work, and the shares don’t fall, MedSec could lose money, taking into account their upfront costs, including research.

Source: Carson Block’s Attack on St. Jude Reveals a New Front in Hacking for Profit – Bloomberg

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Interactive Dynamic Video

 

Really amazing video demo of what’s possible these days with visual analysis and control systems….

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BMW promises fully driverless cars by 2021

“In just five years, the driverless experience will be activated by the touch of a button,” said Amnon Shashua, the chief technology officer of Mobileye.

Source: BMW promises fully driverless cars by 2021 – Jul. 1, 2016

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AR/VR FutureTech Release_Candidate Wearable computing

Wearable Contact Lens Computers

Sony, Samsung, and Alphabet want to get right in your eyeballs. The tech firms have made public movements that appear to see contact lenses as one of the future interaction mediums. For taking pictures, video streaming, and measuring health signs, there may be solid reasoning behind sticking a computer in your eye.

Source: Sony, Samsung, and Alphabet Are Making Wearable Contact Lens Computers | Inverse

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Protopiper Fabrication

Protopiper is a computer aided, hand-held fabrication device that allows users to sketch room-sized objects at actual scale. The key idea behind protopiper is that it forms adhesive tape into tubes as its main building material, rather than extruded plastic or photopolymer lines. Since the resulting tubes are hollow they offer excellent strength-to-weight ratio, thus scale well to large structures.

Source: Paper Bits — prostheticknowledge: Protopiper Fabrication…

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An Internet of Things That Do As They’re Told

 

Cory Doctorow, doing what he does best.

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Soft Robotics Toolkit

Soft Robotics Toolkit.