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For obvious reasons we teach users
Always update… updates are good… never forget updates, et cetera!
Apart from the danger of malicious advertisements that make use of that showing users that they need to “update”, I want this … Continue reading Did information technology had a increase or decrease in security with the introduction of automatic update features?
Only a tiny percentage of code analysis is still done by humans. Continue reading Scanning Code for Viruses Is No Longer a Job for Humans
Sometimes you start a project with every intention of using it in a specific way, or maybe your plan is to have a very well-defined set of features. Often, though, our projects go in a completely different direction than we might have intended. That seems to be the case with [Dave] and his Pips. These tiny devices were originally intended to be used by people with disabilities, but it turns out that they’re a perfect platform for this “Internet of Things” thing that we’ve been hearing so much about.
Built around the Bright Blue Bean microcontroller platform to take advantage …read more
In preparing for my Cloud Security World 2016 talk, “Automagic! Shifting Trust Paradigms Through Security Automation,” I did a lot of thinking about what can be automated, how to automate, and how to demonstrate and measure value around all that… Continue reading What Shouldn’t Be Automated, Really?
In preparing for my Cloud Security World 2016 talk, “Automagic! Shifting Trust Paradigms Through Security Automation,” I did a lot of thinking about what can be automated, how to automate, and how to demonstrate and measure value around all that… Continue reading What Shouldn’t Be Automated, Really?
We live in a time of unparalleled access to technology and this has the power to make life better for everyone. Today we are excited to announce twenty spectacular builds that use access to technology to move scientific exploration within the reach of all. These are the winners of the Citizen Scientist challenge of the 2016 Hackaday Prize. Themes tackled in this round include blood glucose monitoring, insole sensing for analyzing your footfalls, lab equipment like automated microscopy, sensors to measure the world around us, and more.
The winners for the Citizen Scientist portion of the Hackaday Prize are, in …read more
Continue reading Hackaday Prize: 20 Projects that Make Us All Citizen Scientists
The title of ‘maker’ is conventionally applied to the young-adult age group. In the case of 84 year-old Ralph Affleck, a lifelong sawmiller, ‘maker’ perhaps undersells the accomplishment of building a fully functioning sawmill that can be operated by a single individual.
Starting in the trade at the age of 16 under his father’s tutelage, fifty years of working in sawmills saw him still loving what he did as retirement loomed. So, with pen, paper, and a simple school ruler he designed the entire shop from scratch. Decades of expertise working with wood allowed him to design the machines to …read more
Perhaps the buzziest among buzzwords when it comes to electronics is Home Automation. This is a branch of IoT where you can actually go to the home store and come out with bags filled with products. The current Hackaday Prize round challenges you to automate your life and setting your sights on the home seems like an area open to everyone. But we’re having trouble putting our finger on what exactly makes a home automated, and more importantly, the best ways to benefit those who live beside that technology. So we want to know what you think.
Do you have …read more
Today marks the beginning of the Automation Challenge round for the 2016 Hackaday Prize. We want to see what you can create that automates life. It’s a terrifically fun jumping off point for a project, and done just right, it can score you some amazing prizes.
Technology can make life better and automation is one place that is about to see huge expansion. This is a chance to put your mark on the future by envisioning, prototyping, and explaining your ideas. The animated image at the top of this post is a perfect example of how fun automation builds can …read more
Home automation seems to be working its way to a computer-controlled future in which humans will be little more than an afterthought. Eventually they will take over Skynet-style, but until then, we will enjoy the relative comfort that a good home automation project provides. The latest from [Clement] certainly goes a long way towards this goal by automating his bed (Google Translate from French).
With four load cells and a microcontroller, [Clement]’s bed can tell whether or not he is sleeping. After taking a weight reading, the bed can send commands to the rest of his home automation system and …read more
