A great video on electronic devices and their frailness.
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The Blockchain and us (2017)
While I see Bitcoin as a game changer for Fintech, the blockchain is the real revolution.
Heart Beat shell script
I use this script to get alerts from some systems to insure they are still up. It gives me local IP address, hostname and the WAN IP for the network.
#!/bin/sh
IP=”$(ip addr | grep ‘state UP’ -A2 | tail -n1 | awk ‘{print $2}’ | cut -f1 -d’/’)”
IP2=”$(curl ifconfig.co)”
HST=”$(hostname)”
CN=”$(curl ifconfig.co/country)”
CT=”$(curl ifconfig.co/city)”
HST=”$(hostname)”
echo $IP2 > /tmp/$HST
echo $IP >> /tmp/$HST
echo $CN >> /tmp/$HST
echo $CT >> /tmp/$HST
/usr/bin/sendemail -t info\@mydomain.org -f hb\@mydomain.org -u “HB from $HST” -s smtp.server -o message-file=/tmp/$HST;
How to Become Relevant when a Robot Takes Your Job | Pablos Holman | TEDxLA
The Future Doesn’t Need You – How to Become Relevant when a Robot Takes Your Job
In this talk, Pablos dares you to imagine the possibilities in what once seemed impossible: a harmonious co-existence of humans and robots: Robots taking over your jobs and why they should; how this can trigger fear in humans and why it shouldn’t; redefining happiness; solving world problems like eliminating disease; a personal narrative of parenting that will bring you to your knees; and the responsibility of humans in all of this.
3D-Printed Embedded Electronics Make this Drone Ready to Fly Straight out of the Printer
Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, have created a 3D-printed drone that is almost completely flight-ready straight out of the 3D printer by using printed embedded electronics.
Hotel ransomed by hackers as guests locked in rooms
One of Europe’s top hotels has admitted they had to pay thousands in Bitcoin ransom to cybercriminals who managed to hack their electronic key system, locking hundreds of guests in or out of their rooms until the money was paid.
EU is looking into the need to give robots/AI person hood in the eye of the law…
MEPs have called for the adoption of comprehensive rules for how humans will interact with artificial intelligence and robots.
The report makes it clear that it believes the world is on the cusp of a “new industrial” robot revolution.
It looks at whether to give robots legal status as “electronic persons”.
Designers should make sure any robots have a kill switch, which would allow functions to be shut down if necessary, the report recommends.
Meanwhile users should be able to use robots “without risk or fear of physical or psychological harm”, it states.
Lorna Brazell, a partner at law firm Osborne Clarke, was surprised by how far-reaching the rules were.
But questioned the need to give future robots legal status.
[via BBC]
90 hacker friendly boards
Our New Year’s guide to hacker-friendly single board computers turned up 90 boards, ranging from powerful media playing rigs to power-sipping IoT platforms.
Community backed, open spec single board computers running Linux and Android sit at the intersection between the commercial embedded market and the open source maker community. Hacker boards also play a key role in developing the Internet of Things devices that will increasingly dominate our technology economy in the coming years, from home automation devices to industrial equipment to drones.
My first Schematic in decades !!!!
An AC power control system powered by #ESP8266 micro-controller, a relay module and a AC relay for monitoring state of the controlled circuit. Done in #EagleCAD on my Linux Mint machine. Will do write up next week.
ESP8266 notes 10-12-16 – Problem uploading sketch – MEM CHECK FAIL
Discovered an issue when I attempted to upload a sketch for the ESP8266 that results in a MEM CHECK FAIL error message. The fix is to make sure there is no load on the GPIO pins.