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MEMS Update: Phone/Body Decoupling -- Distinguishing You from Your Phone

a techfocus media publication January 13, 2014   We're relying on our phones more and more to tell us where we're going. But, while our phones go with us, they're not us, and they have motion that's different from ours. So how can we figure out which motion is us and which isn't? Read ahead to see how simple a problem that's not. In this week's Fish Fry, Amelia discussses Element14's 2013 Community Awards and helps us decompress from CES. Check it out! Did you hear that monkeys knocked out power across the whole country of Zambia? You'd know all about it if you were keeping up with us on Fresh Bytes. Check it out! It's our fun feed of fascinating factoids and techy tidbits. Give it a look and let us know what you think. Thanks as always for reading. We encourage you to share your thoughts in the comments area right below the articles; don't be shy. Or -- get a lively discussion going in the FORUM. Bryon Moyer - Editor, MEMS/Smart Technology   12 of the best ideas from CES 2014 (Today) 26 fitness trackers ranked from worst to first (Today) A face-tracking marshmallow cannon aims straight for your mouth (Today) Monkeys knocked out power across the country of Zambia, prepare for the Monkey Revolution (Today) Blasting the brain with ultrasound enhances sensory abilities (Today) A visit to an underwater art museum (Today) A dance performance that features one dancer and many plastic bags (Today) Scientists accurately predict the popularity of books by analyzing their sentences (Today) New superglue fixes holes in the heart (Yesterday) Lizards need social lives, too (Yesterday) This super-tiny windmill could someday charge your phone (11-Jan) 40 maps that will help you make sense of the world (10-Jan) Hubble images become tactile 3D experience for the blind (10-Jan) The batteries of the future could be powered by rhubarb (10-Jan) The treadmill originated in prisons (10-Jan) A chart of life expectancies around the world (10-Jan) Nanoparticles catch cancer cells that make it into the blood stream (10-Jan) Serpent d'Océan, a massive metal sea serpent skeleton installed on a beach in France (10-Jan) Tonight's your best chance to see Northern Lights in years (9-Jan) Overstock.com is now accepting bitcoins (9-Jan) Introducing the Atmel SAM D20 Cortex M0+ family of microcontrollers - enabling the internet of things. Click here to watch our Chalk Talk! January 13, 2014 Yole said it, FLIR did it: FLIR announced the introduction of the first thermal imager Greenvity introduces scalable IoT system solutions for smart LED lighting and home and building automation 650V SiC Diodes from STMicroelectronics Offer Unique Dual Configurations for Increased Safety, Energy Efficiency, and Space Savings January 09, 2014 What are the challenges for MEMS sensors in the next 5 years? HBM Adds Real Time Data Calculation Capabilities (True RMS) to its 1kV Card January 08, 2014 New Optical Image Stabilization Gyroscope from STMicroelectronics Targets Tiny Smartphones and Cameras January 07, 2014 InvenSense™ Introduces ICS-40720 World's First 70 dB MEMS Microphone For Consumer Electronics One Llama Technology Unveils the Sensor Sound (SSLlama) Toolkit for Wearable Devices World's Most Accurate and Energy Efficient Multisport Wristband Reference Design Launches at CES 2014 New DELO adhesives for MEMS packaging STMicroelectronics Targets Smaller, Smarter Electronics with New Advanced 9-Axis Movement/Position Sensor January 06, 2014 InvenSense™ Introduces Family Of 'AlwaysOn' MEMS Automatic Activity Recognition Solutions For The Wearable Sensor Market Silicon Labs GIANT Gecko MCU Enables Echo Smart Sports Watch To Go the Distance PNI Sensor Advances Motion Processing at 2014 CES First Integrated Environmental Unit opens broad range of applications     Phone/Body Decoupling Distinguishing You from Your Phone by Bryon Moyer The Holidays can be a challenging time in the US. Particularly for people that don't like shopping, this is not a favorite time of year. Count a big portion of the male population in that group of hapless souls that gird up their courage and wade into the miasma that is the local mall. So here you sit, in your car in the mall parking lot, watching the steady stream of people going in empty-handed, coming out loaded with booty. That's your competition. If they buy more than you do, you lose. And if you don't hurry, they're going to buy the cool stuff – and you lose some more.  Read More   Wag the Cantilever Happy Energy Harvesting by Bryon Moyer   Europe Takes on the World by Dick Selwood   Imaging Without Lenses Apparently That Makes Sense by Bryon Moyer   Body Dashboard Talking Wearables with Jawbone VP Ivo Stivoric by Amelia Dalton   Verify Design Performance with PADS Best-in-Class Simulation and Analysis Chalk Talk sponsored by Mentor Graphics Maximize Your Power and Efficiency with PADS Interactive Placement and Routing Chalk Talk sponsored by Mentor Graphics Synopsys' HAPS Developer eXpress FPGA-based Prototyping Solution White Paper sponsored by Synopsys Faster Time to First Prototype White Paper sponsored by Synopsys Kintex UltraScale 16.3G Backplane Demo Video sponsored by Xilinx Virtex-7 2000T FPGA for ASIC Prototyping & Emulation Video sponsored by Xilinx Cadence Low Power Solution - RTL to GDSII Low Power Design Chalk Talk sponsored by Cadence Hardware in the Loop from the MATLAB/Simulink Environment White Paper sponsored by Altera Architecture Matters: Choosing the Right SoC FPGA for Your Application White Paper sponsored by Altera Routing Interfaces Quickly & Efficiently on PCBs Chalk Talk sponsored by Cadence Gesture Oops posted by Bryon Moyer Gesture recognition on phones sounds like a great idea. But… come on… (9-Jan) Paper Harvester? posted by Bryon Moyer Disney has been showcasing a new "paper energy harvester." Is it just me, or does this seem really familiar to you as well? (8-Jan) Your Wall As a Touchscreen posted by Bryon Moyer It's now possible to make an impromptu presentation anywhere thanks to pico-projectors. But what if you could interact with the projected image? (7-Jan) Mysterious IR Array posted by Bryon Moyer Bosch has a new IR sensor array. Although… getting more info may be tough. (19-Dec)   Phone/Body Decoupling (1 replies) What do you think about the challenges of using your phone to figure out your motion? posted by bmoyer on 01/13/14 at 10:27 AM     Xilinx Agile Mixed Signal (4 replies) MIG Memory -->use a "IP Coregen" --|> Pearl Script für import ucf net to myucf+ add it finaly to sub-folder system.ucf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH4g9bIKi2g&list=PL5126581F05CA46E3 Greetings Holger. posted by KLATUBARARA on 01/10/14 at 9:07 PM           You're receiving this newsletter because you subscribed at our web site www.eejournal.com. If someone forwarded this newsletter to you and you'd like to receive your own free subscription, go to: www.eejournal.com/subscribe If at any time, you would like to unsubscribe, click here. (But we hope you don't.) If you have any questions or comments, send them to comments@eejournal.com. All material copyright © 2008- 2014 techfocus media, inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Statement

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So Sayeth the Community, Rhubarb-Powered Batteries, and Nanoparticles that Catch Cancer Cells

a techfocus media publication January 10, 2013     Hubble images become tactile 3D experience for the blind (Today) The batteries of the future could be powered by rhubarb (Today) The treadmill originated in prisons (Today) A chart of life expectancies around the world (Today) Nanoparticles catch cancer cells that make it into the blood stream (Today) Serpent d'Océan, a massive metal sea serpent skeleton installed on a beach in France (Today) Tonight's your best chance to see Northern Lights in years (Yesterday) Overstock.com is now accepting bitcoins (Yesterday) Men named Dennis are more likely to become dentists (Yesterday) The Map of Zombies, a classification chart of over 350 different types of zombies (Yesterday) California doubles solar capacity in just one year (Yesterday) Porcelain figurines altered with a little help from honey bees (Yesterday) Robins can actually see magnetic fields (but only in one eye) (Yesterday) MiP is a balancing robot that works with your smartphone (Yesterday) Norwegian musician makes beautiful music using instruments created out of ice (Yesterday) Science says Jupiter has the best french fries (8-Jan) Intel shows off a light-up smart mug (8-Jan) Whistleblowing FBI burglars come forward after 43 years (8-Jan) Why New York state legally recognizes haunted houses (8-Jan) You can order a pizza with Ford's new in-car app (7-Jan) Spoon uses camera stabilizing technology to counteract tremors caused by Parkinson's Disease (7-Jan) The pill that might give you perfect pitch by altering your brain (7-Jan) RAF jets fly with 3D printed parts (7-Jan) Turbulent book installations by Alicia Martin (7-Jan) The freaky, bioelectric future of tattoos (6-Jan) iOptik augmented reality contact lens prototype to be unveiled at CES (6-Jan) Artists create the illusion of a hovering tree (6-Jan) Researchers turn to Twitter in the search for time travelers (6-Jan) The weird history of pogs (6-Jan) Science finally able to tell the genetic difference between identical twins (6-Jan) Laser-cut wooden rings that feature mini dioramas (3-Jan) High-tech 3-D cardboard could make bubble wrap obsolete (3-Jan) Scientists make things float and move in space using sound waves (3-Jan) Lost photos of Antarctic expedition uncovered (2-Jan) This animatronic wall of books moves in time with library visitors (2-Jan) Why do we blow out candles on birthday cakes? (2-Jan) This pickup truck is made of ice and you can actually drive it (2-Jan) Hubble telescope finds evidence of clouds on a distant planet (2-Jan) Dolphins filmed chewing on poisonous pufferfish in an apparent effort to get high (1-Jan) A map of the 124 United States of America that could have been (1-Jan)   Explore Raspberry Pi projects at every level Not sure where to start with your Raspberry Pi? No problem. You can now check out Pi projects at every level of expertise, and get inspired to create your own! Discover everything you need to know and explore the latest accessories available to get started. It's all here in one destination on the element14 Community. Learn more     So Sayeth the Community Element14's 2013 Community Awards and CES Decompression by Amelia Dalton With the Consumer Electronics Show drawing to a close, it's time to reflect and decompress. In this week's Fish Fry, we meditate on the electronic engineering wonders and winners of the 2013 element14 Annual Community Awards with Dianne Kibbey of element14. And, if you're still tense after a solid week in the consumer electronics playground, you are certain to enjoy the soothing waters of PADS board design software. This week, we unveil a whole new way to binge on your favorite Chalk Talk webcasts with the launch of an exciting new series that might make you rethink your board design strategy. We're giving away a GertBoard (courtesy of Newark element14) to one lucky listener this week! Head on over to element14.com/fishfry to enter to win. Read More   Out of the Fab and Into the Frying Pan Fryin' up Some Semis with Mike Gianfagna by Amelia Dalton In this week's Fish Fry, we're throwing some FR4 on the barbie and frying up a side of silicon -- eSilicon to be exact. My guest is EE Master Chef Mike Gianfagna from eSilicon. Mike always joins Fish Fry around this time of year, and this year we are discussing the state of the semiconductor union: what's keeping us hungry for Moore, and what trends are boiling on high. Also this week, we check out a new crowdsourcing event called "The Iron Man Factory" that could make your dreams (and mine) of a 3D printed Iron Man suit a reality...if they can get Marvel to agree to it.   Body Dashboard Talking Wearables with Jawbone VP Ivo Stivoric by Amelia Dalton Alright, Fish Fryers - let's do some visualization. You're wearing some kind of device. It's monitoring your vital signs, it's measuring your activity, and it knows if you've been naughty or nice. What names come to mind? Fitbit? Jawbone? BodyMedia? In this week's Fish Fry, my guest is none other than Ivo Stivoric. He's the former co-founder, CTO, and VP of New Products at BodyMedia, the current Vice President of Research and Development at Jawbone, and a Croatian dancer extraordinaire. Join us, won't you?   Hackers, Makers, and Teachers Ben Heck, UVM Primer, and Printing with Metal by Amelia Dalton The year is drawing to a close, and the snow is falling, but the friday fun is just heatin' up. Our first guest is none other than Ben Heck from element14's wildly popular engineering television series "The Ben Heck Show". Ben gives us an exclusive preview of the next season of "The Ben Heck Show" and lets us in on how he got into this crazy business. Also this week, author Ray Salemi is here to light our way to a special place called UVM land. He's written a new book called "The UVM Primer: A Step-by-Step Introduction to the Universal Verification Methodology" and he's here to break UVM down into its geeky bits and pieces. Finally, we close up this week's Fish Fry with a discussion about some innovative open source plans that could bring 3D metal printing right to your work bench. Saddle up, my friends, the fun is about to begin!   Bright Ideas and Big MCUs by Amelia Dalton This week's Fish Fry takes on Black Friday* -- no coupons needed, and no standing in line necessary! In honor of today's annual celebration of America's shopping obsession, we go behind-the-scenes to check out the engineering ideas (big and small) that drive this gift-giving season. Dianne Kibbey (element14) rolls in with a shopping cart chock-full of innovation from element14's Smarter Life Challenge, and Rich Hoefle (Microchip Technology) delivers the goods on the world's fastest single-core 32-bit MCUs. (Can you imagine our holiday gift-giving season without MCUs? Neither can I.)     So Sayeth the Community (1 replies) What was the coolest thing you saw at CES this year? What do you think should be element14's product of the year? posted by amelia on 01/10/14 at 11:56 AM     That's a Stretch (1 replies) Any thoughts on Imec's approach to stretching circuits? Other ideas? posted by bmoyer on 01/09/14 at 11:06 AM     Sensor Hub Partitioning (3 replies) Oh, so now you're going to put me on the spot, eh? After all the effort I went through to remain neutral? Honestly, and sorry if this seems wishy-washy, but I don't think there's one right solution for everyone. For basic stuff, something like Sentr… posted by bmoyer on 01/08/14 at 1:06 PM     A New Piezoelectric Oscillator (2 replies) Thanks for the eagle-eye. Fixed it. posted by bmoyer on 01/08/14 at 12:55 PM     Your Wall As a Touchscreen (1 replies) And, via the magic of LinkedIn, I've been made aware of another similar thing, although it's just the touchscreen functionality without the projector. http://www.vmarker.org/en/ posted by bmoyer on 01/08/14 at 12:46 PM           You're receiving this newsletter because you subscribed at our web site www.eejournal.com. If someone forwarded this newsletter to you and you'd like to receive your own free subscription, go to: www.eejournal.com/subscribe. If at any time, you would like to unsubscribe, click here. (But we hope you don't.) If you have any questions or comments, send them to comments@eejournal.com. All material copyright © 2008- 2014 techfocus media, inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Statement

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